Manon Rheaume played goalie for the Tampa Bay Lightning during the NHL preseason only. She was the first and only female to have played in the NHL.
Hayley Wickenheiser did not play in the NHL at all although many think she did. Her time with the NHL consisted of participating in the Philadelphia Flyer rookie camps of 98 and 99. Bobby Clarke (Flyers GM) afforded her this opportunity.
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In January 2011, a total of 253 Quebecois goaltenders have appeared in the NHL. Quebec has produced the most NHL goalies of all Canadian provinces.
All of the teams in the NHL have American players.
There are 37 Russian Born Players in NHL
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Shneider and Calamari were Jewish NHL players.
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Women should be allowed to be goalies in NHL but players may be bit much Chivalry is not dead yet
As of now, there are no openly gay hockey players in the NHL. However, in a recent poll of all NHL players, over 80% of them said they believe they have a gay teammate.
AnswerThere are 23 players on an NHL team,20 players dress for each game, while 3 sit out.
there has never been a female nhl players. There has been I believe on two occasions a female goalie invited to camp, perhaps played in preseason...but both times alot of goals were allowed and from what I understand never a real interest in signing either of them to contracts.