Danielle Dube

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.

Danielle Dube
Born (1976-03-10) March 10, 1976
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
WCHL team Long Beach Ice Dogs
National team  Canada
Playing career 19942004

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]

Dube is currently studying at the University of British Columbia. She joined the UBC Thunderbirds women's hockey program as a player at the beginning of the 2012-13 Canada West season and helped the team to the greatest turnaround in Canadian Interuniversity Sport history.[7]

Awards and honours

British Columbia Female Athlete of the Year, 1996[8]

Personal

Danielle lives with her 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

  1. "The Official Website of Hockey Canada | Minor Hockey, Team Canada, National Championships and more".
  2. 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
  3. Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.54, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
  4. "Getting Her Shot". 2002-12-11.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-08-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2011-08-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Ex-national team goalie turned 36-year-old rookie leading the way for UBC".
  8. 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
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