Kim St-Pierre (born December 14, 1978 in
Châteauguay
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,
Quebec
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) is a
Canadian
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ice hockey
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player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medallist and five-time IIHF world champion. She was announced as a
Hockey Hall of Fame inductee on June 24, 2020. She was named to the
Order of Hockey in Canada
The Order of Hockey in Canada is an award given out annually by Hockey Canada. It honours Canadian ice hockey players, coaches and executives and recognizes their contributions to the game. The first group of honourees was announced on April 10 ...
in 2022.
Playing career
McGill
In 1998-99, she was the top rookie for the
McGill Martlets women's ice hockey team. She was also the first woman in
Canadian Interuniversity Sports history to win a men’s regular season game when
McGill University
McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous ...
defeated
Ryerson University
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU or Toronto Met) is a public research university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District, although it also operates facilities elsewhere in Tor ...
on November 15, 2003 by a score of 5-2.
International play
Kim St. Pierre was the goaltender for Team Canada in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, and was the starting goaltender in Team Canada's 3-2 victory over Team USA in the gold medal final. She also played for the
Canadian women's team in Turin. St. Pierre holds numerous records in international competition, including most shutouts (15), most wins (24), and lowest
goals against average
Goals against average (GAA) also known as "average goals against" or "AGA" is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending ...
(0.84). She received a gold medal in the Women's Hockey game at the
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
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. St. Pierre retired from international play in April 2013.
CWHL
St-Pierre formerly played for the
Montreal Stars
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pe ...
of the
Canadian Women's Hockey League. In 2007-08, she was voted the CWHL Top Goaltender and a CWHL Eastern All-Star. By winning the 2009
Clarkson Cup, St. Pierre won the top three trophies in women's ice hockey, becoming the third woman to win the Clarkson Cup, an Olympic gold medal (in
2002,
2006, and
2010), and a gold medal at the IIHF women's world hockey championships.
St. Pierre did not play the
2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team
The 2011–12 women's national hockey team represented Canada in various tournaments during the 2011-12 hockey season. The head coach of the National team was York Lions women's ice hockey coach Dan Church.
News and notes
*June 23, 2011: Sixteen o ...
season (along with the Stars season) to have a baby.
Montreal Canadiens practice
St. Pierre made
women's ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hoc ...
history on October 23, 2008, when she tended goal during a practice session with the
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal CanadiensEven in English, the French spelling is always used instead of ''Canadians''. The French spelling of ''Montréal'' is also sometimes used in the English media. (french: link=no, Les Canadiens de Montréal), officially ...
at
Denis Savard Arena.
Carey Price
Carey Price (born August 16, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is considered to be one of the best goaltenders in the world by many colleagues, fans, ''The ...
was out with the
flu. She was the second woman in NHL history to play alongside NHL players, since
Manon Rhéaume in an
exhibition game. Wearing her usual #33
jersey
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,
Alexei Kovalev
Alexei Vyacheslavovich Kovalev ( rus, Алексей Вячеславович Ковалёв, , ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ kəvɐˈlʲɵf; born February 24, 1973) is a Russian professional ice hockey coach, executive and former pr ...
put a
wrist shot
A wrist shot is a type of hockey shot that involves using arm muscles (especially those in the wrist and forearm) to propel a puck forward from the concave side of the blade of a hockey stick. Generally, when the puck is shot in a similar manne ...
past her ear and
Francis Bouillon
Francis Joseph Bouillon (born October 17, 1975) is an American-Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens and Nashville Predators. He also played a seaso ...
blasted a
slapshot
A slapshot (also spelled as slap shot) in ice hockey is a powerful shot. Its advantage is as a high-speed shot that can be taken from long distance; the disadvantage is the time to set it up as well as its low accuracy.
It has four stages wh ...
that just missed her
mask
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and deflected off the
crossbar. St.Pierre referred to the experience as "
priceless".
Awards and honours
* CWHL Top Goaltender, 2007–08 and 2008–09
* CWHL First All-Star Team, 2008–09
* CWHL Eastern All-Stars, 2007–08
* CIAU Championship game Most Valuable Player in 2000
* CIS Most Outstanding Player in 2003
* Most Valuable Player, 2002 Esso Women's Nationals
* Top Goaltender at the 2001 World Championships
* Top Goaltender at the 2004 World Championships
* Top Goaltender at the 2002 Winter Olympics
* Top Goaltender at the 2002 Esso Canadian National Championship
* Named to the
Order of Hockey in Canada
The Order of Hockey in Canada is an award given out annually by Hockey Canada. It honours Canadian ice hockey players, coaches and executives and recognizes their contributions to the game. The first group of honourees was announced on April 10 ...
in 2022.
References
External links
Official website of Kim St-Pierre
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1978 births
Canadian women's ice hockey goaltenders
Clarkson Cup champions
French Quebecers
Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
Ice hockey people from Quebec
Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Living people
McGill Martlets ice hockey players
McGill University alumni
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Les Canadiennes de Montreal players
Olympic gold medalists for Canada
Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Order of Hockey in Canada recipients
People from Châteauguay