Goalie Shannon Szabados, the first woman to play in the Southern Professional Hockey League, was released by the Peoria Rivermen due to a “cancerous” relationship with a teammate.
Starting goalie Storm Phaneuf, a rookie, and SPHL veteran Szabados were both let go by the Rivermen earlier this week, just two games into the 2016-17 season. At the time, coach Jean-Guy Trudel said “our goaltending wasn’t good enough to compete." Graduated collegians Matt Grogan and Tyler Green were signed to replace them.
Turns out there was more, much more, to the story, according to CBC Sports.