Danielle Dube
| Danielle Dube | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 10, 1976 Vancouver, BC, CAN |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg; 10 st 5 lb) |
| Position | Goaltender |
| Catches | Left |
| WCHL team | Long Beach Ice Dogs |
| National team |  Canada |
| Playing career | 2008–present |
Danielle Dube (born March 10, 1976) played for the Canadian National women's ice hockey team from 1994 to 1998 and from 2000 to 2002.[1] She was a late cut from the 1998 and 2002 Canadian Olympic teams.
On December 11, 2002, Danielle Dube became the third female goaltender to start in goal for a professional men's team.[2] Dube was the goalie for the Long Beach Ice Dogs in a loss against the San Diego Gulls.[3] She stopped 12 of 13 shots for the Ice Dogs.[4] In 2008, she had considered approaching the Vancouver Canucks, with hopes of earning a recommendation to play for the ECHL's Victoria Salmon Kings.[5]
On August 26, 2011, she participated in the Longest Ice Hockey Game 4 CF, at Canlan Ice Sports Burnaby 8 Rinks in Burnaby, British Columbia. The goal was to play for the next 10 days as 40 women attempted to set a new Guinness World Record for playing the longest hockey game while also raising funds and awareness for the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.[6]
Awards and honors [edit]
British Columbia Female Athlete of the Year, 1996[7]
Personal [edit]
She lives with her husband Steve Peregoodoff in New Westminster and have two children, son Porter and daughter Camden. When she was eight-and-a-half weeks pregnant with Porter, she played in a Sea-to-Sky Challenge game.
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/5836/la_id/1.htm
- ^ Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 4, p.118, Bob Ferguson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA, ISBN 1-55041-855-6
- ^ Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.54, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2002/dec/11/sports/sp-icedogs11
- ^ http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=ae3ecb0b-2f65-4801-ac6b-44a88f94e301&sponsor=
- ^ http://www.burnabynow.com/health/Shooting+record/4096936/story.html
- ^ Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 4, p.118, Bob Ferguson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA, ISBN 1-55041-855-6
