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    Helene Elliott: Manon Rheaume, the first woman to play in an NHL game, continues to break barriers

    LOS ANGELES — Playing goal was as natural to Manon Rheaume as breathing. She didn't intend to be the only girl on her youth teams, the first girl to play in the famed Quebec International Pee Wee tournament and the first girl to play in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. There weren't many options for girls to play hockey in the 1980s and 1990s. She had to compete against boys if she ...
    by Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times Oct 06, 2022 4 minutes
    Former Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Manon Rheaume in a file image.

    LOS ANGELES — Playing goal was as natural to Manon Rheaume as breathing.

    She didn't intend to be the only girl on her youth teams, the first girl to play in the famed Quebec International Pee Wee tournament and the first girl to play in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. There weren't many options for girls to play hockey in the 1980s and 1990s. She had to compete against boys if she wanted to play at all, and she was determined to play.

    She also didn't intend to make history, but she couldn't say no when the expansion Tampa

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