No news as to how this might affect her Bally Sports Detroit duties…
Bienvenue Manon!
We’ve hired @ManonRheaume as a Hockey Operations and Prospect Advisor.— LA Kings (@LAKings) July 7, 2022
Here’s more from LA Kings Insider’s Zack Dooley:
“Rheaume, who will continue to be based in Michigan, will also be involved with designated assignments within the hockey operations department and will participate in various organizational activities.”
Rheaume had an extensive career as a goaltender with the Canadian Women’s national team, winning silver at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, the first games to feature a women’s hockey tournament, and gold during the 1992 and 1994 Women’s World Championships. Rheaume was the first woman to play in an NHL game, when she suited up for the Tampa Bay Lightning during the 1992 preseason, a feat she went on to repeat the following year. Rheaume also played regular-season games in men’s professional leagues – the IHL, ECHL and WCHL – in additional to women’s professional hockey in the WWHL. This past season, she returned to the ice as a participant in the adidas NHL Breakaway Challenge, part of the 2022 NHL All-Star Skills event at the 2022 NHL All-Star Game.
Rheaume also worked with the Kings organization during the 2021-22 season, as she was a part of a pre-game panel during Gender Equality Night on March 24. Rheaume joined Olympic silver medalist Megan Bozek and LA Kings scout Blake Bolden on the panel in an effort to continue to grow women’s hockey in Southern California.
