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FINALLY, SHE CAN READ THAT BOOK

By HELENE ELLIOTT
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What does a goaltender do to stay alert when she has to make only eight saves in a game?

Canadian women’s goaltender Manon Rheaume talks to herself.

“I tell myself to stay ready and stay calm,” said Rheaume, who was in goal for Canada’s 2-0 victory over China on Monday. “And I move a lot in my net. I need to stay warm. . . . I love getting shots. The more you get, the more in the game you are. As we get closer to the end [of the tournament] I’m going to get more and more shots. This kind of game helps me to be more prepared mentally.”

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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