Canadian goaltender Kim St-Pierre carries the Canadian flag after winning Olympic gold on home ice in Vancouver.
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By the time Kim St-Pierre retired from hockey in 2013, she had set several records which will be very difficult to break.
She is the only female goalie to have won three Olympic gold medals, and her 13 career shutouts at the Women’s World Championship is also not likely to be challenged for a very long time.
St-Pierre played for the McGill Martlets in Canadian University hockey starting in 1998-99, the year she first played for Canada at the Women’s Worlds. She went on to win the first 12 games of her international career between 1999 and 2004, including all four games in 2002 when Canada won its first Olympic gold. St-Pierre was named Best Goalie of those Olympics.
Her lengthy string of victories produced an equally lengthy string of gold medals for Canada. She won gold in her first five tournaments, notably that ’02 Olympics gold as well as gold at the Women’s Worlds in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2004. She was also named Best Goalie in both 2001 and 2004.
St-Pierre was part of Canada’s 2005 WW team as well, perhaps the oddest in IIHF history. She played three games and didn’t allow a goal except in the gold-medal game, in the shootout, settling for a silver medal despite her virtually perfect record.
In 2007, she had two more shutouts in three games and led Canada to gold with an impressive 5-1 win over the U.S. in the final game. This was the greatest team Canada ever had, and St-Pierre won her fourth WW gold in the process.
St-Pierre wasn’t just the winning goalie; she often posted a shutout in the process. In her 31 career games at the Olympics and World Women’s, she posted 17 shutouts, 13 at the Women’s Worlds. That record number is more than double the ones of Charline Labonte (CAN) and Noora Raty (FIN), who both have six.
Towards the end of her university career, St-Pierre made more history by playing for McGill’s men’s team, and winning in her lone appearance. She became the first woman ever to win a game in men’s competition at this level.
By the time she retired in 2013, St-Pierre had made a name for herself as the winningest goalie in women’s history, losing only three games in 12 years. Her career record at the Olympics is a perfect 8-0-0, during which time she recorded four shutouts and allowed only six total goals in three Games. Her nine WW medals is most all time, and her shutout records are something to behold.
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She is the only female goalie to have won three Olympic gold medals, and her 13 career shutouts at the Women’s World Championship is also not likely to be challenged for a very long time.
St-Pierre played for the McGill Martlets in Canadian University hockey starting in 1998-99, the year she first played for Canada at the Women’s Worlds. She went on to win the first 12 games of her international career between 1999 and 2004, including all four games in 2002 when Canada won its first Olympic gold. St-Pierre was named Best Goalie of those Olympics.
Her lengthy string of victories produced an equally lengthy string of gold medals for Canada. She won gold in her first five tournaments, notably that ’02 Olympics gold as well as gold at the Women’s Worlds in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2004. She was also named Best Goalie in both 2001 and 2004.
St-Pierre was part of Canada’s 2005 WW team as well, perhaps the oddest in IIHF history. She played three games and didn’t allow a goal except in the gold-medal game, in the shootout, settling for a silver medal despite her virtually perfect record.
In 2007, she had two more shutouts in three games and led Canada to gold with an impressive 5-1 win over the U.S. in the final game. This was the greatest team Canada ever had, and St-Pierre won her fourth WW gold in the process.
St-Pierre wasn’t just the winning goalie; she often posted a shutout in the process. In her 31 career games at the Olympics and World Women’s, she posted 17 shutouts, 13 at the Women’s Worlds. That record number is more than double the ones of Charline Labonte (CAN) and Noora Raty (FIN), who both have six.
Towards the end of her university career, St-Pierre made more history by playing for McGill’s men’s team, and winning in her lone appearance. She became the first woman ever to win a game in men’s competition at this level.
By the time she retired in 2013, St-Pierre had made a name for herself as the winningest goalie in women’s history, losing only three games in 12 years. Her career record at the Olympics is a perfect 8-0-0, during which time she recorded four shutouts and allowed only six total goals in three Games. Her nine WW medals is most all time, and her shutout records are something to behold.
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Kim St-Pierre got her last of 13 career shutouts at the Women’s Worlds in 2011.
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