Bio:
MEN AT WORK: Scrimmaged with the McGill men's team in 2002 training camp (without allowing a goal) in addition to practicing once in sophomore year and a few times in her freshman season...
Became the first woman in McGill history to play for a men's varsity team in a pre-season game on Oct. 3, 2003 (saved nine of 11 shots in relief of starter Patrice Godin; played a total of 29:48 and was charged with the loss in a 4-2 setback at St. Mary's University)...
Became the first woman in Canadian Interuniversity Sport history to be credited with a win in a men's regular season game when McGill defeated Ryerson 5-2 at McConnell Arena on Nov. 15, 2003; she saved 27 of 29 shots, was selected as the game's first star and then was named as the McGill, Quebec and Canadian university female athlete of the week...
Also was the first woman to play a full men's game, surpassing the 20 minutes played by Lesley Reddon with the University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds (in 1994-95 and again in 1995-96; Reddon allowed one goal against in her 40 minutes of fame). )... Became the first woman in CIS history to be credited with a loss in a men's regular season game when McGill lost 5-3 to Guelph on Nov. 29/03...
HALL OF FAME: Was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2021. The Toronto-based Hall has a display featuring the puck, official scoresheet and the hockey stick used by St-Pierre in her historic first win in a men's game... They previously requested her McGill jersey when she was named CIS women's hockey player of the year...
SIMPLY THE BEST: Has received the top award possible at the university, national, world and Olympic levels... A four-time All-Canadian, she won the 2003 Jim Thompson trophy at the BLG Awards Gala, which is presented to the female athlete of the year in Canadian Interuniversity Sport...
Won the 2003 Brodrick trophy, presented to the most outstanding player in Canadian university women's hockey...
CAREER STATS WITH THE McGILL MEN'S TEAM:
She played two regular season games with the men's team in 2003-04 and posted a 1-1-0 record, allowing six goals in 119 minutes for a 3.02 goals-against average, an .889 save percentage (48 saves, 54 shots)... Including two non-conference games, she posted a 1-2-0 record in four games, allowing 15 goals in 181 minutes for a 4.97 GAA, and an .824 save percentage (70 saves, 85 shots)...
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS WITH McGILL WOMEN'S TEAM:
A fifth-year kinesiology senior who graduated with her education degree in 2005... Was honoured prior to the Concordia-McGill women's game on Nov. 30, 2002, as the first McGill student in 90 years (and the first woman ever) to win an Olympic gold medal... A banner was raised in McConnell Arena to recognize her achievement (that night, she recorded a 48-save shutout as the No. 5-ranked McGill Martlets defeated No. 4-Concordia)...
Won 2003 Gladys Bean trophy as McGill's female athlete of the year... Took the 2001-02 year off school, in order to train in Calgary with the Canadian Olympic team and compete in the Olympic Games at Salt Lake City...
Single-handedly brought respectability to the McGill University women's hockey program, which under her leadership, made the playoffs in each of her four years after missing post-season play for 11 of the previous 12 seasons, dating back to 1985-86...
A FOUR-time Team MVP, she has led McGill to a pair of bronze medal finishes at the Nationals (2000-01, 2002-03), a silver medal in 1999-00 and a fifth-place finish in 1998-99...
She was the Quebec conference rookie of the year in 1998-99 was voted TWICE as the league's player of the year (2000-01, 2002-03)...
CAREER STATS WITH McGILL MARTLETS:
She owns 60 McGill women's goaltending records (20 in regular season, 20 in playoffs and 20 overall)...
In 103 career games (99 starts) with the women's team, she had a 50-40-12 overall record with 27 shutouts and a 2.13 goals-against average...
In 33 regular season games, she had a career 19-8-6 record with 12 shutouts and a 1.74 GAA... Made 40 (or more) saves in a game 19 times and made over 50 saves NINE times, including a McGill record of 62 saves in a 6-0 loss at Concordia on Oct. 25, 1998...
At the CIS national women's championships over her four years, she posted a 1.45 goals-against average (17 GA, 705:22 mins), with a .952 save percentage (354 shots, 17 goals), four shutouts and a 6-5-0 record; she was named player of the game FIVE times, and was voted as Tournament MVP of the 2000 CIAU championship tournament, where she led McGill to a best-ever silver medal.
MISCELLANEOUS:
Had two assists in her third season and a single-season school record (for goalies) of four assists in her senior year, giving her another McGill record for most assists in a career (6)... Signed a 3-year sponsorship deal with Sherwood on March 13, 2002... Was ranked #2 in The McGill Tribune's listing of McGill's top 20 athletes in the last 20 years (behind only CFL veteran Michael Soles)...
At the CIS national championships, she was TWICE named to the All-Tournament Team (2000 and 2001) and also earned Tournament MVP honours in 2000.
SCOUTING REPORT: Shoots left, catches left... Butterfly-style goalie with excellent technical skills... A good poke-checker... Has outstanding puck-handling skills and "serves" as a third defenceman (had a McGill goaltending record of four assists in 2002-03 and an all-time school record of six assists)... A gifted athlete who is physically very strong and thrives on dealing with the challenge of traffic in front of the net... An extremely hard worker who loves to practice ("She could face 1,000 shots a day and still be smiling afterwards" says McGill women's head coach Peter Smith. "She brings tremendous confidence and experience which has a calming influence on her teammates.")...
HOCKEY CANADA BACKGROUND
Member of the National Women's Team from 1998 to 2011 ... Has taken part in three Olympic Winter Games (2010, 2006, 2002), six IIHF World Women's Championships (2008, 2005, 2004, 2001, 2000, 1999), and six 4 Nations Cups (2006, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998) and the Torino Ice Tournament (2005) ...
PRIOR TO 2010 OLYMPICS: Ranks first all-time with Canada's National Women's Team in games (67), wins (53) and shutouts (24) ... Won the 2004 IIHF World Women's Championship Directorate Award as the Top Goaltender ... Named to Canada's 2003 World Women's Championship roster, but the championship was subsequently cancelled ... Named Top Goaltender at the 2001 IIHF World Women's Championship ... Member of Canada's National Women's Under-22 Team which won a three-game series against the USA in August, 1999 with one shutout
At the 2001 world hockey championships, she was voted as the most outstanding goaltender... At the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, she won a gold medal, was named to the All-Olympic team and was selected as the most outstanding goaltender...
At the 1999 Three Nations Cup (co-hosted by Montreal and Sherbrooke, December, 1999), she was chosen Tournament MVP...
At the Olympics, she started in four of Canada's five games, winning all four and saving 73 of 78 shots for a sparkling 1.25 GAA and a stingy .936 save percentage... In the gold medal game, she saved 25 of 28 shots as Canada spoiled the American's 35-game win streak, which included eight straight victories over Canada...
Named Tournament MVP at 1999 Three Nations Cup (in Montreal & Sherbrooke, Dec., 1999)... In Jan., 2003, she attended a development camp with the national team in Toronto in preparation for the 2003 IIHF women's world hockey championship scheduled for April 2-8, 2003 in Beijing, China...The tournament was eventually cancelled due to the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome...
In 1999, she also had a 3-0 record in four games with national under-22 team.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS WITH QUEBEC PROVINCIAL TEAM: In four seasons, she helped Quebec win two gold medals and two silvers... At the 2002 Esso Canadian senior championships in Arnprior, Ont., she led Quebec to gold and was named Tournament MVP... She was credited with a 3-0-1 record, earning four shutouts in four games (111 shots, 0 goals against, 205 minutes), including a 0-0 overtime tie vs. Ontario (39 saves in 55 minutes)... In her second game, she earned a 3-0 shutout vs. the Brampton Thunder, saving all 12 shots in 45 minutes...In the semifinal, she made 17 saves in a 3-0 shutout (45 minutes) vs. the Brampton Thunder... In the gold medal contest, she was named player of the game after earning a 1-0 shutout over the Beatrice Aeros, making 43 saves in 60 minutes as Quebec was outshot 43-18...
At the 2001 championships in Summerside, PEI., she was named the most outstanding goaltender and led Quebec to silver...
At the 2000 championships in Nova Scotia, she led Quebec to silver ...
At the 1999 championships in Mississauga), she led Quebec to gold.
Began playing hockey as a nine-year-old forward in St. Jean sur Richelieu, Que., and started playing goal the following year... Played junior AA men's hockey with the Chateauguay Express du Suroit for two seasons...
After playing men's hockey, she joined the McGill women's team in 1998 and said that she had a hard time adjusting to the women's game...Since women's shots were not as fast, she had to re-adjust her timing...
At the 2001 world championships, she staved off five shots in 10 seconds against a Team USA powerplay, saying "I didn't know where the puck was, but the puck was just hitting me. That means you're really on top of your game."...
Has been through numerous evaluation camps for the Quebec provincial and the Canadian national women's teams.... Was also a member of the Quebec provincial hockey and softball teams (played shortstop)...
Was a top-notch soccer player for 11 years, leading the CEGEP league in scoring in 1997 while playing for Collège André Laurendeau, and was named female athlete of the year in 1997-98... Attended College St-Louis high school.
PERSONAL: Fluently bilingual in French and English... Nicknamed "Kimmer"... Loves to nap... Her goalie mask features a Latin phrase on one side of her helmet and Chinese writing on the other...
FAVOURITE NHL PLAYER: goaltender Patrick Roy of the Colorado Avalanche...
HOBBIES: softball, soccer, tennis, movies, reading, surfing the Internet...
FAVOURITE FOODS: Italian, chicken...
FAVOURITE MOVIES: Les Boys, Good Will Hunting...
FAVOURITE SINGER: Celine Dion... She coaches young goalies in Chateauguay in her spare time... Also an instructor at the Canadian Girls on Ice hockey school in Cambridge, Ont (ages 6-18) and at a Montreal school run by former McGill teammate Amey Doyle...
Comes from a sporting family: her father (Andre) played with Omaha in the old CHL is retired from the Quebec Provincial Police and is currently an investigator for the Banque Nationale where he catches credit card cheats, among others... He plays hockey, runs daily and is into weight-training... Her mother (Louise), serves as a role-model and is a gym teacher who runs daily, swims, does weight-training and competes in triathlons... Has two brothers, (Yan and Karl) who both play hockey, like to cycle and do weight-training... Yan is a policeman in Montreal and Karl is training to be a police officer.
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SEASON BY SEASON AT McGILL
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FIFTH SEASON AT McGILL (2003-04): She played in four games overall for the men's team then rejoined the women's team just in time to play three games at the CIS championships, hosted by McGill.
SENIOR SEASON AT McGILL (2002-03): In her return to university hockey after a one-year sabbatical with the Olympic team, she had a dominant campaign and led McGill to a bronze medal at the CIS championships... In regular season play, she led the nation in shutouts, goals-against average, save percentage, wins and winning percentage... She posted a 13-0-2 mark with a CIS regular-season record of 11 shutouts in 15 games (900 mins.), a 0.40 GAA and a .983 save percentage (allowing only six goals on 360 shots)... In 28 games overall, she racked up a CIS single-season record of 16 shutouts, with a 1.07 goals-against average, a .959 save percentage (713 shots, 29 goals), and a 20-5-2 record... In 23 games against Canadian university opponents, she had a 20-1-2 record and was only been scored upon by five teams: Toronto (4 goals), UQTR (3), Wilfrid Laurier (2), Lethbridge (2) and Ottawa (2)... After posting an unprecedented six consecutive shutouts, she saw her CIS record shutout streak of 436 minutes and 11 seconds come to an end on Jan. 18/03 when Kim Malcher of the Toronto Varsity Blues scored with only 3:24 remaining in the game (a 3-1 win for McGill).... Included among St-Pierre's three shutouts over Concordia was a 2-0 whitewash at Concordia, McGill's first-ever road victory against the Stingers... Was named as the McGill, Quebec and Canadian university female athlete of the week on Dec. 1/02... Also named TWICE more as McGill & Quebec athlete of the week (Feb. 17/03 & Mar. 10/03).
JUNIOR SEASON AT McGILL (2000-01): Led McGill to a bronze medal at Nationals... Faced an average of 35.0 shots per game... Had an 11-11-3 mark in 25 games overall, with 4 shutouts, a 2.57 GAA and a.928 save percentage... In league play, she had a 3-2-1 record in 6 games, with no shutouts, a 3.36 GAA and a .915 save percentage... Voted MVP in the Quebec University Hockey League... Earned third consecutive berth on the CIAU All-Canadian team...Was named to the All-Tournament Team at the CIAU championships for the second straight year... Had a shutout in the bronze medal game against Concordia University, in which she made 38 saves and stopped all five shooters she faced in the shootout)... LIFE BEGINS AT 40: She made 40 (or more) saves FIVE times: 51 saves in a 4-2 loss (empty-net goal) vs. Concordia on Jan. 12/01... 47 saves in a 4-2 win at UQTR on Feb. 2/01... 45 saves in a 5-1 loss vs. St. Lawrence on Jan. 19/01... 43 saves in a 1-0 shootout win vs. Concordia in the CIAU bronze medal game on Feb. 25/01... 41 saves in a 3-1 loss at Toronto on Nov. 19/00.
SOPHOMORE SEASON AT McGILL (1999-00): Led McGill to a silver medal at the CIAUs, its best finish ever... Faced an average of 37.5 shots per game... Played in 22 games overall for McGill, including 21 starts... She posted a 2.29 GA average (51 goals, 1,339 mins.) with three shutouts, a save percentage of .938 (775 saves) and a 9-10-2 record... In regular season play, she had a 2-2-1 record with a GA average of 2.80 and a save percentage of .949... For the second consecutive year she was selected a CIAU All-Canadian and earned all-conference honours in the Quebec university league... She was named to the CIAU All-Tournament Team and was voted as Tournament MVP of the CIAU championships after posting a 2-1-0 record with a stingy 0.67 goals-against average and a sparkling .981 save percentage, kicking out 103 of 105 shots faced in her three games... Selected as McGill's Game MVP in the gold medal game vs. Alberta after a 42-save performance... Named TWICE as McGill-Adidas athlete of the week (Dec. 6 and Feb. 28)... Among her 10 losses were three to teams in the women's pro hockey league, three to #1-ranked Concordia and one to the CIAU champion Alberta Golden Bears...
SOPHOMORE SEASON AT McGILL (cont'd): reached the 40-save plateau on 12 occasions with the 1999-2000 edition of the Martlets: 57 saves in a 5-0 loss vs. Concordia on Feb. 4... 55 saves in a 2-1 win in six overtimes vs. UQTR in the QSSF sudden-death semifinal on Feb. 19... 54 saves in a 3-2 loss vs. Concordia on Jan. 28... 53 saves in a 6-0 loss at Concordia on Feb. 20... 47 saves in a 5-2 loss to the Montreal Wingstars (a pro team)... 42 saves in an 8-2 loss to the St-Julie Panthers (a pro team)... 41 saves in a 5-3 win at Maine on Jan.11... 41 saves in an 2-0 (empty-net goal) loss to the Alberta Pandas in the gold medal game at the CIAUs... 41 saves in a 3-2 shutout loss to Calgary... 40 saves in a 3-0 loss to the Laval Mistral (a pro team)... 40 saves in a 1-0 loss at Middlebury on Jan. 26... SHUTOUTS: Her three shutouts in the 1999-00 season, included a 21-save effort in a 5-0 win over St. F.X. at the CIAU national championships, a 34-save whitewash in a 0-0 tie at College St-Laurent (Jan. 23) and an 18-save performance in a 5-0 win vs. Ottawa (Jan. 8) at the Concordia Theresa Humes Tournament, where she was named as the Game MVP in McGill's 2-1 shootout loss to No. 3-ranked Calgary (Jan. 6).
FRESHMAN SEASON AT McGILL (1998-99): Was in first year of playing organized women's hockey; for previous 12 years, she had played on boy's teams only... In 25 games, had an 8-12-5 record with THREE shutouts and a 2.35 GAA... In regular season, she was 1-4-2 in 7 games, with one SHO and a 3.03 GAA... Named McGill and QSSF conference rookie of the year... Won Team MVP award... Named as McGill Tribune female athlete of the year... Earned all-conference honours and became first McGill player to earn All-Canadian status... At CIAU national championships, she led McGill to a fifth-place finish with a 1-2-0 record, allowing 7 goals against in 3 contests, including a player-of-the-game performance in a 3-2 shootout loss to Alberta... Lost only three times in last 11 games (5-3-3)... Led McGill to a second-place finish and its first winning record since 1991-92... LIFE BEGINS AT 50: made over 50 saves on 3 occasions, including a McGill record of 62 saves in a 6-0 loss at Concordia on Oct. 25... Made 51 saves in CIAU regular-season debut -- a 4-1 loss at Concordia on Oct. 2 -- as the Stingers outshot McGill 55-9... Had a 57-save performance in a 3-1 loss at Northeastern on Nov. 7... SHUTOUTS: Earned three shutouts in a 5-game span, including one at RPI on Jan. 30, followed by back-to-back 0-0 ties vs. Concordia on Feb. 6 and at College St-Laurent on Feb. 10... The whitewash vs. first-place Concordia was a 35-save performance, which snapped McGill's 14-year, 40-game losing streak against the Stingers... In the Quebec conference championship game on Feb. 21 she made 39 saves in a 4-0 loss at Concordia.
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SEASON BY SEASON WITH THE CANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM:
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With Team Canada in 2002-03: Played in two games overall (both at the Four Nations Tourney in Kitchener), posting a 2-0-0 record in two starts, with one shutout, a 0.50 GA average (1 GA, 120 mins.) and an .973 save percentage (36 saves, 37 shots)... Was named as Canada's player of the game in a 3-1 win over Finland on Nov. 9 after saving 10 of 11 shots... The shutout was a 26-save performance in a 7-0 win over the USA on Nov. 6... Was also slated to play for Canada at the World Hockey Championships in Beijing but the tourney was cancelled due to a SARS outbreak in China.
With Team Canada in 2001-02: In 14 games overall, she had a 9-4-0 record in 13 starts, with five shutouts, a 1.89 GA average (25 GA, 795 mins.) and an .905 save percentage (238 saves, 263 shots)... Was named to the Olympic Tournament All-star team... Was TWICE named as Canada's player of the game: in a 4-3 loss to the USA on Nov. 28 and in a 3-1 loss to the USA on Jan. 5.
With Team Canada in 2000-01: In 7 games overall, she had a 5-1 record with 4 shutouts (one shared), a 1.00 GA average (6 GA, 361 mins.) and a .955 save percentage (128 saves, 134 shots)... In four games at the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Minnesota, she was 4-0, earned three shutouts and was named most outstanding goaltender (shutting out Kazakstan, Sweden and Finland)... She saved 65 of 67 shots for a .970 save percentage and a 0.60 goals-against average (200 mins., 2 GA)... In the gold medal game, a 3-2 win over USA, she saved 33 of 35 shots.
With Team Canada in 1999-00: In nine games overall, she had a 6-0 record with two shared shutouts, a 1.01 GA average (7 GA in 414 minutes) and a .955 save percentage (148 saves, 155 shots)... In four games at the THREE NATIONS CUP in Montreal and Sherbrooke (December, 1999), she had a 3-0 record and was named Tournament MVP after kicking out 88 of 92 shots for a save percentage of .955 and a goals-against average of 1.18 (4 GA, 204 minutes)... She was hailed in The (Montreal) Gazette as a Canadian hero after winning three times against the USA, including the gold medal contest... Was named as the player of the game in the final after stopping 42 of 44 shots, including all four shots faced in the post-overtime shootout, which Canada won 3-2... Also went 3-0 in four games with the Canadian under-22 team in an exhibition series vs. the USA (August, 1999) and at the Four Nations tourney in Fussen, Germany (Feb. 10-13), where she had a 2-0 record to win a gold medal, sweeping both of her starts: a 14-1 win over Finland (saved 11 of 12 shots) and a 3-0 shutout over Germany (Feb. 12).
With Team Canada in 1998-99: Officially named to Canadian national team on January 28/99 after starring in a tryout at the 3 Nation's Cup tourney in Finland prior to Christmas... In eight games overall, had a 7-0 record with three shutouts, a GAA of 1.36 (10 GA in 440 minutes) and a .931 save percentage (133 saves, 143 shots)... Also played two games for Canadian national under-22 team at the Nike Elite Camp in Lake Placid, N.Y., in August, 1999 and made 13 saves in a 2-0 shutout vs. Team USA on Aug. 26 and saved all 24 shots faced in the first 30 minutes of 2-1 loss to the USA on Aug. 25... At the Three Nations Cup in Kuortane, Finland (Dec. 10-16), she had a 2-0 record in four games, including the gold medal contest...In the tourney, she allowed six goals in 240 minutes and picked up two wins over Finland, including a 2-0 shutout... She started and saved 13 of 15 shots in 20 minutes of a 3-2 shootout win over the USA but was not involved in the decision... She also picked up two victories in exhibition play vs. Finland (including a 22-save, player-of-the-game performance) during their tour of eastern Canada in mid-January (saved 22 of 23 shots in a 2-1 victory; also won 6-2 in another game)...
Made 24 saves in an exhibition 3-0 shutout vs. Sweden in Stockholm on March 5... At the world hockey championships in Espoo, Finland (March 8-14), won two games and a gold medal, earning a 10-0 shutout vs. Switzerland (19 saves) and a 4-1 semifinal win over Sweden on March 13 (saved 14 of 15 shots)... Also played two games for the Canadian national under-22 team at the Nike Elite Camp in Lake Placid, N.Y., in August, 1999 and made 13 saves in a 2-0 shutout vs. Team USA on Aug. 26 and saved all 24 shots faced in the first 30 minutes of 2-1 loss to the USA on Aug. 25.
