Kim St-Pierre

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 2020
Kim St-Pierre
Date of birth December 14, 1978
place of birth Chateauguay , Quebec , Canada
size 175 cm
Weight 70 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 33
Catch hand Left
Career stations
1998-2004 McGill Martlets
2004-2006 Québec Avalanche
2006-2007 Axion de Montréal
2007-2013 Stars de Montréal

Kim St-Pierre (born December 14, 1978 in Châteauguay , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who has won several gold medals at World Championships and Winter Olympics with the Canadian women's national team . She was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2020 .

Career

At the age of eight, Kim St-Pierre began to play ice hockey and until the age of 18 he practiced this sport exclusively in teams with male athletes. In 1998, St-Pierre began studying kinesiology at McGill University and played for the university's women's ice hockey team, the McGill Martlets in the CIS . During the 2003/04 season she was a member of the university's men's team. On November 15, 2003, she defeated Ryerson University 5-2 with the men's team from the university , making her the first goalkeeper in a CIS league to win a men's game.

NWHL and CWHL

After completing her studies, St-Pierre played for the Québec Avalanche in the National Women's Hockey League until 2006 , then for a year for the Axion de Montréal . In 2007, the NWHL was dissolved and St-Pierre moved to the Stars de Montréal in the Canadian Women's Hockey League . In the 2007/08 season she was named a CWHL Top Goaltender and was elected to the CWHL Eastern All-Star Team. In October 2008, St-Pierre made ice hockey history when she stood in goal during a training session for the Montréal Canadiens at the Denis Savard Arena and represented Carey Price , who was sick with the flu . She was the second woman in the history of the NHL after Manon Rhéaume , who has stood on the ice with NHL players.

In 2009, she and the Stars won the league's championship trophy, the Clarkson Cup , becoming the third woman to win the Clarkson Cup, an Olympic gold medal and a gold medal at world championships. So she belongs to the unofficial Triple Gold Club in women's ice hockey.

In September 2011, St-Pierre announced that it would suspend the game for the 2011/12 season because she was pregnant. For the 2012/13 season, she planned to play professional ice hockey again and to fight for her place in the national team. In late October 2012, she made her comeback for the stars in the CWHL in the 4-1 loss to the Boston Blades .

In 2013 she finally ended her career.

International

In 1999, Kim St-Pierre was appointed to the squad of Team Canada for the first time , after she had previously tried unsuccessfully several times to be included in the regional selection team of the province of Québec . She then took part in the 1999 World Cup and won the gold medal with Team Canada. Further world championship titles followed in 2000 , 2001 , 2004 , 2008 and 2011 .

At the World Championships in 2005 , 2008 and 2009 , St-Pierre won the silver medal. In addition, she was recognized as the best goalkeeper at the tournaments in 2001 and 2004.

In 2002 she was a member of the Olympic squad at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City . She reached the final against the USA as a regular goalkeeper with the national team, in which they were defeated 3-2 and won their first Olympic gold medal. At the end of the tournament she was also named the best goalkeeper.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , she won her second and 2010 in Vancouver her third Olympic gold medal.

St-Pierre holds various international records, including records for most shutouts (15), most goalkeeping wins (24) and the lowest goalscoring (0.84).

Achievements and Awards

International

International statistics

year team event Sp Min SaT GT SVS Sv% GTS SO
1999 Canada WM 2 120: 00 34 1 33 97.06 0.50 1
2000 Canada WM 3 149: 58 46 3 43 93.48 1.20 0
2001 Canada WM 3 180: 00 64 2 62 96.88 0.67 2
2002 Canada Olympia 4th 240: 00 78 5 73 93.59 1.25 2
2004 Canada WM 4th 179: 44 62 3 59 95.16 1.00 3
2005 Canada WM 3 200: 00 66 1 65 98.48 0.30 2
2006 Canada Olympia 2 120: 00 13 1 12 92.31 0.50 1
2007 Canada WM 3 180: 00 49 1 48 97.96 0.33 2
2008 Canada WM 3 160: 00 43 7th 36 83.72 2.63 0
2009 Canada WM 2 120: 00 33 0 33 100.00 0.00 2
2010 Canada Olympia 2 100: 00 13 0 13 100.00 0.00 1
2011 Canada WM 1 60:00 13 0 13 100.00 0.00 1

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Notable Women's Hockey Players. Hockey Hall of Fame, accessed March 25, 2013 .
  2. ↑ a b Canadian women's goalie St. Pierre pregnant. The Canadian Press, September 15, 2011, accessed March 25, 2013 .
  3. ^ Kim St-Pierre tends goal at Canadiens practice . CTV approx. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  4. ↑ Canadian Gold 2010, Andrew Podnieks, p. 158 and p. 166, Fenn Publishing, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55168-384-3
  5. ↑ cwhlmontreal.stats.pointstreak.com, # 33 Kim St-Pierre - Player Statistics CHWL 2012/13  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / cwhlmontreal.stats.pointstreak.com  
  6. ↑ doylehockeydev.com, 3-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Kim St-Pierre and How She Started Playing Hockey
  7. ↑ Canadian women blank US in Olympic hockey final. (No longer available online.) Gazette.com, February 25, 2010, formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 25, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.gazette.com  
  8. ^ Canadian Gold 2010, Andrew Podnieks, p. 166, Fenn Publishing, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55168-384-3
  9. ↑ 2002 Esso Canadian National Championship . whockey.com. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME St-Pierre, Kim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES St. Pierre, Kim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Chateauguay , Quebec , Canada