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Who was the first woman to sign with an NHL team?

Manon Rheaume. Manon Rheaume, a French Canadian, who was also the first woman to play with a men's Junior A team (Trois-Rivieres, 1991/92), signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning on August 8, 1992. She never saw regular season action (only exhibition vs. Saint Louis) and some believe she was only given a chance to attract more fans (women who were interested in her achievement and men who were interested in her body). Still, it was a step in the right direction.

During which Olympic Games was women's hockey first played?

1998. While the decision to include women's hockey in the Winter Olympics was made in 1992, it was not a part of the Olympics until Nagano when the United States took gold.

What year and where was the first recorded women's hockey game played?

1892, Barrie.

Which hockey icon and Lord flooded a lawn to allow his two daughters to play ice hockey in 1889?

Lord Stanley & Frederick Arthur & Lord Stanley of Preston & Frederick Stanley & Sir Frederick Stanley. Lord Stanley of Preston (Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley) is the creator of the NHL's Stanley Cup. His daughter, Isobel, was the first woman to appear in a photo while playing Canada's game.

Though Jacques Plante is credited with first using a goalie mask, this woman beat him to it by 32 years.

Elizabeth Graham & Graham. In 1927, while playing with Queen's University, Graham wore a fencing mask to protect herself. Credit for this intelligent idea, however, was given to NHL goalie Jacques Plante in 1959.