Erin Whitten Hamlen
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Erin Hamlen née Whitten is an American retired ice hockey goaltender and the current head coach of the Merrimack Warriors women's ice hockey program in the Hockey East (HEA) conference of the NCAA Division I. She was among the first women to play professional ice hockey and, on October 30, 1993, she became the first woman to earn a victory in a professional hockey game as a goaltender, in the Toledo Storm's 6–5 win over the Dayton Bombers in the East Coast Hockey League. As a member of the U.S. national team, she competed in and won silver medals at four IIHF Women's World Championships. She was USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year in 1994.
Erin Whitten, as part of pro hockey's first all-female goaltending showdown, pitting her and the Pittsburgh Phamtoms against the New Jersey Rockin Rollers (Manon Rheaume) at Brenden Byrne Arena, in the Meadowlands, New Jersey, on July 13, 1994.
The Merrimack Warriors women's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women's college ice hockey program. The Warriors are a new member of Hockey East. They play at the 2,549-seat J. Thom Lawler Arena in North Andover, Massachusetts.
An NCAA Division I women's ice hockey game between Merrimack and Vermont.