🔎 Back of card

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"No less than Time magazine named her one of the Top 10 Female Sports Pioneers in history, Rheaume became the first, and still only, woman to play in an NHL game. While her one preseason appearance didn't lead to a permanent roster spot, she did enjoy international success as a member of Team Canada.

- Became the first woman to play in an NHL game.

- Played 24 games with various men's teams from 1992 to '97

- Won a silver medal with Team Canada in the 1998 Winter Games."

🔥 Pretty solid pickup for $7.50 Canadian on an eBay auction

🎉 My first article for The Hockey News!: https://thehockeynews.com/womens/other-news/how-the-first-women-s-hockey-card-inspired-a-generation-of-players

This was such a cool piece to work on. In May 2023, I started the first account dedicated to women’s hockey cards on Instagram (@womenshockeycards) with one card in my collection, a signed 1992 Classic Games Manon Rheaume card.

After a year of collecting, publishing posts, and researching the history of women’s hockey cards, I realized that Manon’s 1992 cards were the first trading cards of a women’s hockey player ever produced.

Earlier this year, Ian Kennedy at The Hockey News approached me about writing about women’s hockey collectibles. It was immediately clear to me what topic I wanted to tackle first - Manon’s 1992 cards, a story that had never been told before.

Thank you to Manon, Steve Bartlett (of Bartlett Hockey - Manon’s agent in 1992), and Sami Jo Small for sharing their thoughts about the 1992 cards. Coincidentally, while attending the Toronto Sports Card Expo earlier this year, I was lucky enough to hear Hockey Hall of Famer Angela Ruggiero speak about the absence of women’s cards when she was a young player and was excited to be able to work that into the article.

I grew up reading The Hockey News. I couldn’t be more proud to have my name appear in this publication and shed some light on a previously unexplored area of women’s hockey and sports memorabilia history. 

📰 Read ‘How the First Women's Hockey Card Inspired a Generation of Players’: https://thehockeynews.com/womens/other-news/how-the-first-women-s-hockey-card-inspired-a-generation-of-players