From Jeers to Cheers: Kim St-Pierre set to enter Hockey Hall of Fame
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.
“For sure, they wanted to win and didn’t want to lose against a girl,” said St-Pierre. “I heard a lot of bad comments and negative stuff like ‘girls should not play hockey.’ I don’t think it was personal, but it was never easy to hear.”
St-Pierre instead used these hurtful messages as fuel to propel her towards the game’s greatest heights, including, most recently, to hockey’s hallowed Hall of Fame.
St-Pierre, who had been eligible for admission into the Hall since 2016, initially thought she would have to wait another year for induction.
“I knew the announcement was coming at 4:30, but I was thinking the inductees would find out perhaps a day or a few hours before,” she said. “I…
