Szabados, Shannon
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| Birthname | Shannon-Lynn Szabados | ||||
| born on | 6 August 1986 at 21:15 (= 9:15 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Edmonton, Alberta, 53n33, 113w28 | ||||
| Timezone | MDT h6w (is daylight saving time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   14°20'   00°16 Asc. 14°36'
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Biography
Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the PWHPA and the Canada women's national ice hockey team who was in goal during Canada's gold medal wins over the United States at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.
Szabados had played for the MacEwan University Griffins and the NAIT Ooks men's hockey teams of the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference from 2007 until 2013. Szabados has been the first female player at several different tournaments and in several leagues, including minor, junior, and professional hockey. While playing junior hockey, Szabados became the first female to appear in the Western Hockey League (WHL) where she played exhibition games for the Tri-City Americans. Szabados was also the first female to play in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL), and recorded a shutout in her first game. After the 2006–07 season, Szabados was named the AJHL's Top Goaltender. During the 2013–14 season, Szabados became the first woman to both sign and play in the Southern Professional Hockey League.
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes birth notice, Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta), 12 August 1986, page D6.
Categories
- Traits : Body : Race (Hungarian ancestry)
- Traits : Body : Size (1.73 m/ 5 ft 8 in)
- Traits : Body : Weight (64 kg/ 141 lb)
- Vocation : Sports : Hockey (Ice hockey goaltender)
- Notable : Awards : Olympics (2 Gold, 1 Silver, Ice hockey team)
