If you're a guy and a hockey fan, meet Tara Wheeler, the perfect girlfriend...

[JR]

Miss Virginia 2008

See her in the Miss America Pageant.

Watch her stop pucks.....

http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2008/11/14/tara-wheeler-local-girl-beauty-pageant-winner-miss-america-contestant-star-college-hockey-goalie-not.html

Tara Wheeler, Miss Virginia 2008, is one of the great dichotomies I've ever encountered: already judged to be one of America's most beautiful women, but also so accomplished a hockey goalie that at 17 she attended a tryout for the 2002 U.S. women's Olympic Hockey team. She didn't make the team, but she would go on to enjoy a standout career at Penn State, rewriting numerous team goaltender records. As Miss Virginia, which is a full-time job requiring 3,000-4,000 miles of travel a month Wheeler canvasses the state addressing students, advocates for a notable and worthy children's charity, the Children's Miracle Network, highlights the dangers of smoking as part of the group Right Decisions, Right Now, and champions the cause of . . . hockey.
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And then she goes in net against the Virginia Tech men's hockey team



I love the way she stopped that punk who did the spin-o-rama.

 

[Double J]

Wow.........................

 

[Ashy Larry]

Re: If you're a guy and a hockey fan, meet Tara Wheeler, the perfect girlfriend


sorry....but she has to stink.

 

[Double J]

No way, Jose. I want to marry this girl.

 

[wicked]

Wasn't a bad goalie at Penn State, either. Was a tough kid. Even threatened to kick the women's hockey beat reporter's ass (as did a few of her teammates) once upon a time.

 

[ondeadline]

So, what's her weakness? The five-hole?

 

[JR]

She looked pretty competent in the clip...square to the shooter....moved laterally OK.

 

[silvershadow1981]

I'm in love.

 

[Flash]

Y'all Americans spell tuque wrong.

 

[Flash]

One of America's most beautiful women? Y'all are lowering your standards, too ...

 

[Double J]

I say she's gorgeous and, silvershadow, back that **** up!! I got dibs.

 

[Chef]

One of America's most beautiful women? Y'all are lowering your standards, too ...

That grille appears to have been finished on.

 

[The Granny]

Snaggletooth for $1,000, Alex.

 

[Batman]

Snaggletooth or not, most guys would be happy to spend five minutes in her box.

 

[Flash]

Oh hey, never said she wasn't a pretty girl, but let's start being careful with our superlatives.

 

[mike311gd]

Sweet. ...

Wheeler was an Army brat, her father's military career moving the family from Kentucky to Massachusetts and eventually to Woodbridge and Ft. Belvoir. She traces the formation of her love for hockey to the 3rd grade, while in Massachusetts. She was introduced then to the Mighty Ducks' movies.

"I wanted to be Julie the Cat," she explained, alluding to the female goaltending hero in D2. "I told my parents, 'Mom and dad, I'm gonna be a goalie like Julie the Cat.' They said, 'ok.'"

 

[The Granny]

By the way, Michael. Since we're on the subject, love the hockey hair.

 

[Hustle]

Re: If you're a guy and a hockey fan, meet Tara Wheeler, the perfect girlfriend

I actually interviewed her some years ago while she was still playing. Penn State was at Maryland (or rather at some nondescript hockey rink in the wilds of Montgomery County, Md.) and I caught up with her. I thought I had left in plenty of time to see part of the game; instead, I arrive as they're boarding the bus. So I get her cell phone and talk to her later (looong since been deleted, sorry fellas).

Didn't think anything of it at the time - right after a game in the dark is probably not the same circumstance as the photo above - but good for her for winning.

 

[HC]

Re: If you're a guy and a hockey fan, meet Tara Wheeler, the perfect girlfriend

You've found a better girlfriend? Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.

 

[Double J]

Oh boy........ :-\