She's a bit of a celebrity in Québec because she played in the LHJMQ ( Québec's league one step under the pro scene, from which the NHL recruits ) and then some out-of-season NHL games as a publicity stunt.
So let's speak the unspeakable words Femnists rage against : she was amazing... for a woman.
But still couldn't compete in the NHL against top male athletes.
And that was as a goalee. She would have been injured if she played at other positions in a real NHL game.
She's a bit of a celebrity in Québec because she played in the LHJMQ ( Québec's league one step under the pro scene, from which the NHL recruits ) and then some out-of-season NHL games as a publicity stunt.
So let's speak the unspeakable words Femnists rage against : she was amazing... for a woman.
But still couldn't compete in the NHL against top male athletes.
And that was as a goalee. She would have been injured if she played at other positions in a real NHL game.
She also never really stood out on the women's international scene.
Canada has replaced her on the national team with younger female goalies by the time anyone started caring about Olympic hockey.