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Manon Rhéaume (born February 24, 1972) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender. An Olympic silver medalist , she achieved a number of historic firsts during her career, including becoming the first woman to play in an exhibition game in any of the major North American pro-sports leagues .
The Renegades began play in the 1995–96 season in the WCHL. Although the Renegades never moved past the first round of the WCHL playoffs, the team achieved notoriety in 1996 by signing female goaltender Manon Rhéaume, who earlier in the decade played in preseason games for the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning. Rhéaume appeared in 11 regular season ...
Manon Rhéaume was the first woman to play in a National Hockey League game; although she was Canadian, "She played goalie for the Tampa Bay Lightning..." [213] Mona Van Duyn was the first woman named US poet laureate. [214] 1993 Hazel R. O'Leary became the first woman to serve as Secretary of Energy; she served under President Bill Clinton. [4]
On this day in 1992, Manon Rhéaume became the first woman to play NHL hockey. John Dorn. Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:41 PM. 10 Photos. Women in hockey. See Gallery.
The Atlanta Knights was an IHL expansion team in 1992 as the top farm team of the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning.They won the Turner Cup in the 1993–94 season. The Knights featured the first professional black head coach in John Paris Jr.
Manon Rheaume: Goaltender: Beauport, Québec: 2007–2009: Team Canada for 1998 Winter Olympics; IIHF team in 1992 and 1994. Played for several men's professional minor league teams. Angela Ruggiero: Defense: Simi Valley, California: 2006–2010: Team USA for 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2010 Winter Olympics; IIHF team from 1997 to 2011.
Scientists have some good news for rats and some bad news for city dwellers. Rat populations are rising in cities including Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, reports a study released Friday ...
The Lightning finished last in penalty-kill % during the regular season (74.43%). [1]In the Lightning's very first NHL game on Wednesday, October 7, 1992, Chris Kontos scored the first hat trick in Lightning history as Tampa Bay defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 7-3 (the 7 goals would be the most that the Blackhawks would allow in a regular-season game that year).