Women in Nets Part I

 With the hockey season about to get underway and my focus is on the Women's Hockey and with keeping with the sites title. I want to discuss the Women who patrol the Nets. There has been so many female goaltenders that have gone on to playing in men's leagues.

One of the most famous ones is Manon Rheaume who has played in 8 leagues over her Illustrious career. Her first season she was with Trois-Rivieres Draveurs of the QMJHL. She also played in a pre-season exhibition game with the Tampa Bay Lightning in games in 1992 and 1993. She is the first general manager with the PWHL Detroit team which begins play this season.

This card is one of Manon Rheaume's most difficult card to locate. I was fortunate to have found 3 of these cards and currently I have just sent one to Manon asking her to sign the card. The card is by Semic Globe and the text on the cards reverse is Swedish. This is her rookie card and is card number 250. This shows Manon during her playing time with team Canada. I like the small hologram on the front of the card as it is in gold which changes colors when moved in the light.

This card is from the 2023 Tim Hortons Record Books card. Again this card shows her playing for team Canada. These cards have a metallic look and Manon won gold medals with team Canada during the World Championships in 1992 and 1994. She went on to win a silver medal during the 1998 winter Olympics losing the gold to team USA.

This card is one of my favorite as it is the beautiful design as it has many unique symbols. This card is the 2011 In the Game Women of the Nets card. Kim is one of the most successful goalies in Canadian hockey history winning 3 gold medals in the winter games. Kim was the first woman ever to practice with the Montreal Canadiens when Carey Price was ill.

This card is another beautiful cards of Kim St. Pierre. I wish In the Game was still manufacturing hockey cards as I would easily choose them over Upper Deck. Just the name for the card set Going for Gold says a lot and the clean crisp photo's. In the Game made many autograph issues and I do have a Kim St. Pierre certified auto of Kim by In the Game. I will show some of these cards in the second part of Women in Nets.

This card is the 2009-10 O-Pee-Chee card of Charline Labonte from the Canadian Heroes subset. Labonte helped team Canada win the gold medal in the 2006 winter games in Torino and she also won a silver playing in the Woman's worlds in 2009.

This card is from the 2006 In the Game Going for Gold and Charline did just that getting 2 shutouts in the 3 games played during the 2006 winter games in Torino.

This card is the 2014 Women'sNational team USA card of Jessie Vetter. Jessie played 4 years at the University of Wisconsin Badgers winning a national championship in 2009. She won an NCAA record 91 games and now the record was broken by Hillary Pattenden who broke the record with 100 wins in 2011. Jessie went on to win 6 gold medals at the  Women's World Championships, 2 silver medals at the 2010 Vancouver and Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic games. She also won 2 silver medals at the Women's world championships.

This card is the 2024-25 Upper Deck Elevated Talent card of Ann Renee Desbiens. Desbiens also played 4 years with the University of Wisconsin. In her senior year 2016 she broke the shutout record held by Noora Raty's with her 44th career shutout by defeating Bemidji state beavers 6-0. She has won Gold in the 2022 Olympics and won 3 world championship gold medals along with 3 silvers in the Worlds.

Her last trophy was guiding the Montreal Victoire of the PWHL to their first ever Walter Cup in 2026.

This card is the 2024-25 Upper Deck PWHL of Aerin Frankel. Frankel played in this year Winter Olympic games leading team USA to the gold medal. She also has won 2 world champions gold medals along with 3 silvers and a 5 time NCAA hockey east championships.

Her last accolade was being named the PWHL MVP and goaltender of the year in 2026. Aerin is a great at signing an autograph for her fans.

I hope everyone has enjoyed the summer as it sure has flown by and very soon the white flakes will be flying in the air. I am ok with that because this year I will be watching more hockey. I am adding to start watching the University of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio State and others this year along with my Bruins. Good luck reeling in cards from your want list and stay safe. Happy Collecting!!!