From: jwodzia@dino.uucp (john wodziak)
Subject: IHL: Atlanta Knights and Manon  
Reply-To: jwodzia@dino.UUCP (john wodziak)
Organization: Clemson University Engineering Department
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 08:40:03 GMT

First Things First.....I'm not sure that anything that I'm posting is getting 
 out to the  real world. Or That if anyone getting this group wants to hear
 what I'm saying...So E-Mail me If you want this and/or you want this off
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#include <Atlanta Knights vs San Deigo Gulls>

Atlanta lost the game 4-1 but the real story of the night was not the but 
the first appearance by Ms. Manon Rheume in a regualar season game.

Although rumor had her starting the game and being the #1 netminder for the 
Knights it was not to be. David Littman started the contest and played the
entire first period without letting in any goals after facing only 3 San
Deigo shots. But the real story of the (K)night was soon to  come....

[quoting Ailene Voisin of The Atlanta Constitution]

The suspense finally ended when Rheaume led the Knights onto the ice for the 
warmup before the second period to a smattering of applause. But even the 
novice hockey fan recognized that history soon was to be made when SHE skated
straight over to the crease at the far end and began to stretch.

[All spelling errors are mine. The quote is Ailene's]

Yes Manon finally played during the regular season. 

She played a total of 5:49 and faced 4+ shots. Allowed 1+ goal and looked 
scared. Well about as scared as any of us would have looked as a 20 year old
with names like Gretzky, Ken Hodge (Jr, Not the Bruins Great), 
and Andrew Trefilov (who has a 10 month 
old Olympic Gold Medal for CIS around is neck) staring us in the face.

For the math majors among us thats a GAA of 10+ and a Save Percentage of .75.
officially.

The goal that she let in is described in my words as "The Goalies Fault."

Or in other words she attempted to clear the puck past Todd Gillingham, who
was just out of the penalty box, and shot it in to his body. Gillingham
capatilized on the mistake, gained control of the puck, and put a simple
shot over her sprawled body and into the net. 

The reason that I included the "+'s" in her stats is that she "UN"-officially
let in another weak goal that was disallowed by the ref because of a penalty 
for having an "offensive man in the crease"  which in my eyes was a 
bullshit call by the ref as the replay showed him to be clearly out of the 
crease and in no way interfearing with the goal tender.

[Despite what the news services may report this is my version of the story
as seen at least 3 times on SportSouth coverage]

Other Manon news has her still working on getting rid of the puck in her own
end and trying to increase her strength to accomplish this feat better.

DISCLAIMER:
	Please do not interpret this post as sexist in any way
	I am just trying to keep the rest of the world up to speed
	with what Manon Rheaume is doing with the Atlanta Knights
	and I am comparing her with NHL (and other IHL) goalies as
	best I can do in hopes of her making it to the BIG TIME NHL
	as <objectively> as I can.
					JRW


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