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Making hockey history

Broadcast Date: Nov. 14, 1992

Sept. 23, 1992: Manon Rheaume makes history when she steps onto NHL ice. She becomes the first woman to play professional hockey. The native Quebecer plays net for the Tampa Bay Lightning as part of an exhibition game against the St. Louis Blues. Critics of general manager Phil Esposito say it's just a gimmick. Even Front Page Challenge panellist Allan Fotheringham asks guest Rheaume if she's a victim of a publicity stunt.

Rheaume answers her critics by saying she did it for the love of the game and that she wasn't about to let a great opportunity pass her by. While Rheaume fails to be a dominant force in men's hockey, the buzz created by her NHL debut and her contract with the Lightning's farm team Atlanta Knights leads the International Olympic Committee to include women's ice hockey as a full medal sport at the 2002 Olympics.

Making hockey history

• During her first NHL game, Manon Rheaume tended net for 20 minutes, stopping seven out of nine shots.
• Rheaume was asked to pose nude for Playboy for a reported sum of $75,000 but declined.
• In 1998, Rheaume was part of the first ever Canadian Women's Olympic Hockey Team. The team won silver in Nagano, Japan.

• "It's never been easy. But I've always wanted to play hockey. I love hockey. I'd rather play hockey than do anything else. If you have that kind of desire, I think you can achieve what you want to achieve." — Manon Rheaume
• Rheaume was born on Feb. 24, 1972, in Lac Beauport, Que.

• Rheaume continues to remain active in hockey, coaching a girl's hockey team and playing with the University of Minnesota's Duluth women's team.
• Rheaume currently (2003) heads the global marketing for women's hockey at Mission Hockey, an equipment manufacturer based in California.

Making hockey history

Medium: Television

Program: Front Page Challenge

Broadcast Date: Nov. 14, 1992

Guest(s): Manon Rhéaume

Host: Fred Davis
Panellist: Pierre Berton, Allan Fotheringham, Betty Kennedy, Jack Webster

Duration: 10:38

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Dec. 19, 2006

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