From Jeers to Cheers: Kim St-Pierre set to enter Hockey Hall of Fame

Jordan Stoopler
7 min readJun 30, 2020
Kim St-Pierre, a three-time Olympic gold medallist with Team Canada, is heading to the Hockey Hall of Fame. (Photo courtesy of Phillip MacCallum/Getty Images)

As she stood in the goal crease of hockey rinks in and around Quebec, a young Kim St-Pierre heard it all from those she faced off against.

As the lone girl in the entire Châteauguay minor hockey association, the netminder became used to the vitriol not even her mask could shield her from.

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Jordan Stoopler

Freelance sports journalist. B.A. Concordia University Journalism program, M.A. Hofstra University. Lover of sports and of the great game of hockey.