Rhyah Stewart stopped all 24 shots she faced and was named the game's first star playing in a QMJHL preseason game for the QMJHL's Cape Breton Eagles.
Rhyah Stewart stopped all 24 shots she faced and was named the game's first star playing in a QMJHL preseason game for the QMJHL's Cape Breton Eagles.
Rhyah Stewart stopped all 24 shots she faced in a QMJHL preseason game for the Cape Breton Eagles, earning first star honors in the game.
When Stewart came out of the game finishing her half, she received a standing ovation from the Cape Breton crowd.
After Stewart left the game with Cape Breton leading 2-0, the Moncton Wildcats came back in the final half of the game beating the Eagles 5-3.
This pas season, Stewart became the first woman to ever play for the Cape Breton West Islanders U-18 boys' 'AAA' team. The Islanders compete in the Nova Scotia U-18 Major Hockey League, the highest level of competition at the age group in Nova Scotia, where Stewart faced more shots 771 and made more saves 693 than any players in the U-18 'AAA' league.
Stewart recently returned from representing Canada at the U-18 Select Series against the USA in Lake Placid. The 17-year-old netminder backstopped Team Nova Scotia to a Canada Games silver medal.
She's committed to play NCAA hockey for Wisconsin.