{"id":412,"date":"2026-05-15T18:34:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=412"},"modified":"2026-05-15T18:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:34:27","slug":"manon-rheaume-named-general-manager-of-pwhl-expansion-team-in-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=412","title":{"rendered":"Manon Rheaume named general manager of PWHL expansion team in Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>Manon Rheaume is carrying over her trailblazing women\u2019s hockey career into a front office role in being hired as the general manager of the PWHL\u2019s expansion team in Detroit, the league announced on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=410\">A Republican\u2019s mysterious absence highlights Congress\u2019 silence on health<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Canadian Olympian goaltender, and first woman to appear in an exhibition game of any of North America\u2019s four major sports, has spent the past four years working in the NHL\u2019s Los Angeles Kings hockey operations department. And Rheaume\u2019s hiring represents a homecoming for the 54-year-old, who spent 11 years in a developmental role for the Detroit-based Little Caesars youth hockey girls\u2019 program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cShe brings an unmatched r\u00e9sum\u00e9, a championship mind-set and a lifelong commitment to growing the women\u2019s game,\u201d said Jayna Hefford, PWHL executive vice president of hockey operations, who oversees the hiring process.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>\u201cHer experience at every level of hockey, combined with her leadership and vision, makes her the perfect person to lead PWHL Detroit into its inaugural season.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rheaume\u2019s hiring comes a little more than a week after the league announced Detroit as an expansion team. The PWHL has since added two more franchises in Las Vegas and Hamilton, Ontario, and is planning make one more addition in growing to a 12-team league for next season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=408\">Seven of the first 11 games on the road, at least five prime-time games, and other thoughts on the Patriots\u2019 2026 schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Of the PWHL\u2019s nine GMs now in place, seven are women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m incredibly honored to join the PWHL and help build something special in Detroit,\u201d Rheaume said. \u201cThe city has such a deep hockey tradition, and the passion for hockey here is truly special.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Among her first duties is preparing for an expansion free agent signing process tentatively scheduled to begin on May 28, followed by the league\u2019s draft, which will be held in Detroit on June 17.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rheaume is from Beauport, Quebec, and began making her international mark in the early 1990s by signing with Trois-Rivieres of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. In 1992, she tried out for the NHL\u2019s Tampa Bay Lightning, and allowed two goals on nine shots in one period of a preseason game against St. Louis. A year later, she made a second preseason game appearance against Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rheaume went on to win a silver medal representing Canada at the 1998 Nagano Games, the first to feature a women\u2019s tournament. She also won gold medals at the 1992 and \u201994 world championships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=406\">Kendrick Perkins voices opinions on Celtics, from fellow big man Neemias Queta to the Jays to what needs to change<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rheaume has spent the past four years working in the NHL\u2019s Los Angeles Kings hockey operations department. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manon Rheaume named general manager of PWHL expansion team in Detroit - 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