Kim St-Pierre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Châteauguay, QC, CAN |
December 14, 1978 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Goaltender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Caught | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CIS CWHL team |
McGill Martlets Montreal Stars |
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National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1998–2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | http://www.kimstpierre.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kim St-Pierre (born December 14, 1978 in Châteauguay, Quebec) is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medallist and five-time IIHF world champion.
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.
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). She received a gold medal in the Women's Hockey game at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. St. Pierre retired from international play in April 2013.
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 one of only three women 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.