{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1978)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Kim St-Pierre 33.jpg | alt = | caption = St-Pierre with Canada in 2007 | image_size = 230px | position = Goaltender | catches = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = 155 | played_for = McGill Martlets<br>Montreal Stars | sex = f | ntl_team = CAN | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|12|14}} | birth_place = Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada | career_start = 1998 | career_end = 2013 | halloffame = 2020 | website = {{URL|http://www.kimstpierre.com}} | medaltemplates={{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{MedalSport | Women's ice hockey}} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold | 2002 Salt Lake City |Tournament}} {{MedalGold | 2006 Torino | Tournament}} {{MedalGold | 2010 Vancouver | Tournament}} {{MedalCompetition | IIHF World Women's Championships}} {{MedalGold | 1999 Finland | Tournament}} {{MedalGold | 2000 Canada | Tournament}} {{MedalGold | 2001 United States | Tournament}} {{MedalGold | 2004 Canada | Tournament}} {{MedalGold | 2007 Canada| Tournament}} {{MedalSilver | 2005 Sweden | Tournament}} {{MedalSilver | 2008 China | Tournament}} {{MedalSilver | 2009 Finland | Tournament}} {{MedalSilver | 2011 Switzerland | Tournament}} {{MedalSport | Women's 4 Nations Cup}} {{MedalGold | 2010 Canada | Tournament}} }}
'''Kim St-Pierre''' (born December 14, 1978) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender. 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 in 2022.
==Playing career==
===University=== 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 defeated Ryerson University on November 15, 2003, by a score of 5–2.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/htmltimecap/wmspla05.shtml |title=Notable Women's Hockey Players |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |access-date=April 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706155807/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/htmltimecap/wmspla05.shtml |archive-date=July 6, 2010 }}</ref>
In 2002, St-Pierre was picked by Hockey Québec for the National Championships and she led the all-stars to their fifth Abby Hoffman Cup. She posted four shutouts in four games and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.<ref>"Quebec best in Canada" ''The Ottawa Citizen'', March 11, 2002, p. C2.</ref>
===NWHL and CWHL=== St-Pierre formerly played for the Montreal Stars 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.<ref>Canadian Gold 2010, Andrew Podnieks, pp. 158, 166, Fenn Publishing, Toronto, Ontario, {{ISBN|978-1-55168-384-3}}</ref>
St. Pierre did not play the 2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team season (along with the Stars season) to have a baby.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/story/?id=376471 |title=Pregnancy creates opening in goal on women's hockey team |publisher=Tsn.ca |date=September 22, 2011 |access-date=January 27, 2014 |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020225221/http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/story/?id=376471 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Montreal Canadiens practice=== St. Pierre made women's ice hockey history on October 23, 2008, when she tended goal during a practice session with the Montreal Canadiens at Denis Savard Arena. Carey Price was out with the flu.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=253512&lid=sublink04&lpos=headlines_main|title=Kim St-Pierre tends goal at Canadiens practice|access-date=October 23, 2008|publisher=CTV.ca}}</ref> She was the second woman in NHL history to play alongside NHL players, since Manon Rhéaume in an exhibition game. As she wore her usual #33 jersey, Alexei Kovalev put a wrist shot past her ear and Francis Bouillon blasted a slapshot that just missed her mask and deflected off the crossbar. St.Pierre referred to the experience as "priceless".
===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 (0.84).<ref>Canadian Gold 2010, Andrew Podnieks, p. 166, Fenn Publishing, Toronto, Ontario, {{ISBN|978-1-55168-384-3}}</ref> She received a gold medal in the Women's Hockey game at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/canada-blanks-u-s-to-win-gold-in-women-s-hockey-1.871142|title=Canada wins blanks U.S. to win gold in women's ice hockey|access-date=February 26, 2010|publisher=CBC.ca | date=February 25, 2010}}</ref> St. Pierre retired from international play in April 2013.
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! W ! L ! T/OT ! MIN ! GA ! SO ! GAA ! SV% |- | 2002 | Canada | OG | {{gold1}} | 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 240:00 || 5 || 2 || 1.25 || 0.936 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006 | Canada | OG | {{gold1}} | 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 120:00 || 1 || 1 || 0.50 || 0.923 |- | 2010 | Canada | OG | {{gold1}} | 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 100:00 || 0 || 1 || 0.00 || 1.000 |}
==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<ref>[http://www.cisport.ca/e/championships/w_hockey/2007/award_winners.cfm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303020725/http://www.cisport.ca/e/championships/w_hockey/2007/award_winners.cfm |date=March 3, 2007 }}</ref> * CIS Most Outstanding Player in 2003 * Most Valuable Player, 2002 Esso Women's Nationals<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/8504/la_id/1.htm |title=The Official Website of Hockey Canada |publisher=Hockeycanada.ca |access-date=January 27, 2014 |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204140053/https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca |url-status=live }}</ref> * 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<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.whockey.com/country/canada/nats/2002/|title= 2002 Esso Canadian National Championship|publisher= whockey.com|access-date= November 25, 2010|archive-date= February 4, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230204140121/http://www.whockey.com/country/canada/nats/2002/|url-status= live}}</ref> * Named to the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2022-oohic-class-of-2022-named-to-order|title=Class of 2022 unveiled for Order of Hockey in Canada|date=2022-03-09|website=Hockey Canada|access-date=2022-09-08|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204140128/https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2022-oohic-class-of-2022-named-to-order|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.kimstpierre.com Official website of Kim St-Pierre]
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