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Then he found out she was a girl—and Esposito decided this could be a way to get Floridians excited about hockey.

At the end of the day I still had to prove myself and perform on the ice. And I think every session I was on the ice, the trainer was adding padding to my shoulder pads. We found a way to be creative. On Day 1 of training camp, there was a mini tournament, and Rheaume finished with the third-best average among the goalies invited.

After that first save in her debut, Rob Ramage skated by and tapped her on the pads. And Rheaume felt like any other goalie at the time, too. But in the years that followed, she started to understand the effect of what she accomplished with the Lightning. They were not even born. She laughs thinking about what it would be like if this moment were happening today, in the age of an explosion of social media, and with much more coverage of hockey in Tampa Bay.

We were still getting fan mail in the mail—people actually mailing letters. But she never felt pressure like that first game with the Lightning.

I'm very lucky to tell her story. Critics say Rheaume's minute preseason appearance against the Blues former Red Wings forward Brendan Shanahan scored on a one-timer for one of St.

Louis' two goals and a subsequent exhibition game against the Boston Bruins in were publicity stunts by Hall of Famer and Tampa Bay president and general manager Phil Esposito. The Lightning now tied in the Stanley Cup final against the Dallas Stars were an expansion team in a non-traditional NHL market in and Esposito acknowledged he was hoping for extra media attention which came in the form of national TV network coverage, including an appearance on "Late Night with Dave Letterman.

Brent Gretzky, Wayne's brother. I'm sure he was a fabulous player but he was a Gretzky and he put butts in the seats. When he found out, he was adamant. She had the skills, moves, reflexes. She still had to perform out there.

She was on a mission. Rheaume, who dressed in a separate dressing room before the first scrimmage in a mini-tournament at the Lakeland Civic Center in Lakeland, stopped all 14 shots in 20 minutes and finished with the third best goals against average among the eight goalies.

I didn't want to live my life with regret and ask, 'What if? That's what I tell the kids when I coach them. You cannot be afraid to take a chance. If I don't play well, they're going to say, 'Oh it's because she's a girl. The game was tied after one period. I was really happy with what I had done. Rheaume wound up signing a three-year contract with the Atlanta Knights of the International Hockey League as the third goalie and emergency backup.

In her first full game against the men in , she allowed six goals on 31 shots against the Cincinnati Cyclones. In , she came out of retirement to play for the Port Huron Icehawks during an exhibition game against the Flint Generals and made a brief appearance with the Generals in a game against the Muskegon Lumberjacks.

She's a mentor for girls and a strong leader. Rheaume said that goaltending experience has helped her become a better coach in the Little Caesars program, which has produced 83 state titles including the U12's four consecutive championships and 21 national titles since Little Caesars also just added three alumni from university teams to help coach during the pandemic season: Mellissa Channell Wisconsin , Brooke Kudirka St.

Cloud and Kari Schmitt Ohio State.