# Kim St-Pierre > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kim_St-Pierre > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kim_St-Pierre.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_St-Pierre > Source revision: 1350955544 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Canada_women's_national_ice_hockey_team) in 2007 | image_size = 230px | position = [Goaltender](/source/Goaltender) | catches = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = 155 | played_for = [McGill Martlets](/source/McGill_Martlets_ice_hockey)
[Montreal Stars](/source/Les_Canadiennes_de_Montr%C3%A9al) | sex = f | ntl_team = CAN | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|12|14}} | birth_place = [Châteauguay](/source/Ch%C3%A2teauguay), Quebec, Canada | career_start = 1998 | career_end = 2013 | halloffame = 2020 | website = {{URL|http://www.kimstpierre.com}} | medaltemplates={{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{MedalSport | Women's [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey)}} {{MedalCompetition | [Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games)}} {{MedalGold | [2002 Salt Lake City](/source/2002_Winter_Olympics) |[Tournament](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament)}} {{MedalGold | [2006 Torino](/source/2006_Winter_Olympics) | [Tournament](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament)}} {{MedalGold | [2010 Vancouver](/source/2010_Winter_Olympics) | [Tournament](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament)}} {{MedalCompetition | [IIHF World Women's Championships](/source/IIHF_World_Women's_Championships)}} {{MedalGold | 1999 Finland | [Tournament](/source/1999_IIHF_Women's_World_Championship)}} {{MedalGold | 2000 Canada | [Tournament](/source/2000_IIHF_Women's_World_Championship)}} {{MedalGold | 2001 United States | [Tournament](/source/2001_Women's_World_Ice_Hockey_Championships)}} {{MedalGold | 2004 Canada | [Tournament](/source/2004_Women's_World_Ice_Hockey_Championships)}} {{MedalGold | 2007 Canada| [Tournament](/source/2007_Women's_World_Ice_Hockey_Championships)}} {{MedalSilver | 2005 Sweden | [Tournament](/source/2005_Women's_World_Ice_Hockey_Championships)}} {{MedalSilver | 2008 China | [Tournament](/source/2008_Women's_World_Ice_Hockey_Championships)}} {{MedalSilver | 2009 Finland | [Tournament](/source/2009_Women's_World_Ice_Hockey_Championships)}} {{MedalSilver | 2011 Switzerland | [Tournament](/source/2011_IIHF_Women's_World_Championship)}} {{MedalSport | Women's [4 Nations Cup](/source/4_Nations_Cup)}} {{MedalGold | 2010 Canada | [Tournament](/source/2010_Four_Nations_Cup)}} }} '''Kim St-Pierre''' (born December 14, 1978) is a Canadian former [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) [goaltender](/source/goaltender). She is a three-time Olympic gold medallist and five-time IIHF world champion. She was announced as a [Hockey Hall of Fame](/source/Hockey_Hall_of_Fame) inductee on June 24, 2020. She was named to the [Order of Hockey in Canada](/source/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](/source/McGill_Martlets_women's_ice_hockey) team. She was also the first woman in [Canadian Interuniversity Sports](/source/Canadian_Interuniversity_Sports) history to win a men’s regular season game when [McGill University](/source/McGill_University) defeated [Ryerson University](/source/Ryerson_University) on November 15, 2003, by a score of 5–2.{{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 }} 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](/source/2002_Abby_Hoffman_Cup). She posted four shutouts in four games and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player."Quebec best in Canada" ''The Ottawa Citizen'', March 11, 2002, p. C2. ===NWHL and CWHL=== St-Pierre formerly played for the [Montreal Stars](/source/Montreal_Stars) of the [Canadian Women's Hockey League](/source/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](/source/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](/source/ice_hockey_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics), [2006](/source/ice_hockey_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics), and [2010](/source/ice_hockey_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics)), and a gold medal at the IIHF women's world hockey championships.Canadian Gold 2010, Andrew Podnieks, pp. 158, 166, Fenn Publishing, Toronto, Ontario, {{ISBN|978-1-55168-384-3}} St. Pierre did not play the [2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Canada_women's_national_ice_hockey_team) season (along with the Stars season) to have a baby.{{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 }} ===Montreal Canadiens practice=== St. Pierre made [women's ice hockey](/source/women's_ice_hockey) history on October 23, 2008, when she tended goal during a practice session with the [Montreal Canadiens](/source/Montreal_Canadiens) at [Denis Savard Arena](/source/Denis_Savard_Arena). [Carey Price](/source/Carey_Price) was out with the [flu](/source/influenza).{{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}} She was the second woman in NHL history to play alongside NHL players, since [Manon Rhéaume](/source/Manon_Rh%C3%A9aume) in an [exhibition game](/source/exhibition_game). As she wore her usual #33 [jersey](/source/hockey_jersey), [Alexei Kovalev](/source/Alexei_Kovalev) put a [wrist shot](/source/wrist_shot) past her ear and [Francis Bouillon](/source/Francis_Bouillon) blasted a [slapshot](/source/slapshot) that just missed her [mask](/source/hockey_mask) and deflected off the [crossbar](/source/goal_(sport)). St.Pierre referred to the experience as "[priceless](/source/double_entendre)". ===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](/source/Canada_women's_national_ice_hockey_team) in Turin. St. Pierre holds numerous records in international competition, including most shutouts (15), most wins (24), and lowest [goals against average](/source/goals_against_average) (0.84).Canadian Gold 2010, Andrew Podnieks, p. 166, Fenn Publishing, Toronto, Ontario, {{ISBN|978-1-55168-384-3}} She received a gold medal in the Women's Hockey game at the [2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics](/source/2010_Vancouver_Winter_Olympics).{{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}} 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](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament) | [Canada](/source/Canada_women's_national_ice_hockey_team) | [OG](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_Olympic_Games) | {{gold1}} | 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 240:00 || 5 || 2 || 1.25 || 0.936 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [2006](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament) | [Canada](/source/Canada_women's_national_ice_hockey_team) | [OG](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_Olympic_Games) | {{gold1}} | 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 120:00 || 1 || 1 || 0.50 || 0.923 |- | [2010](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament) | 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[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 }} * CIS Most Outstanding Player in 2003 * Most Valuable Player, 2002 Esso Women's Nationals{{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 }} * 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{{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}} * Named to the [Order of Hockey in Canada](/source/Order_of_Hockey_in_Canada) in 2022.{{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}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.kimstpierre.com Official website of Kim St-Pierre] {{DEFAULTSORT:St-Pierre, Kim}} Category:1978 births Category:Canadian women's ice hockey goaltenders Category:Clarkson Cup champions Category:Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Category:Ice hockey people from Montérégie Category:Sportswomen from Quebec Category:Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Category:Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Category:Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Category:Living people Category:McGill Martlets ice hockey players Category:McGill University alumni Category:Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Category:Les Canadiennes de Montreal players Category:Olympic gold medalists for Canada Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Canada Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey Category:Order of Hockey in Canada recipients Category:Sportspeople from Châteauguay Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kim St-Pierre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_St-Pierre) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_St-Pierre?action=history)). 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