VIDEO US Olympian Anne Schleper micd up for skate with Lightnin

US Olympic hockey player Anne Schleper had the opportunity to join the for their Monday morning skate ahead of their game against the . She also happened to be wearing a microphone as she got to live out a dream of most hockey players, male or female.Like teammate Hilary Knight with the Belgium Jersey Anaheim Ducks a week prior, Schleper became one of the first female players to practice with an NHL team in season. Both skated as part of the IIHF World Girls Ice Hockey Weekend and showed that the elite female players can certainly hold their own on NHL ice.The Lightning actually have inclusion of female players in their history. Manon Rheaume, a Canadian goaltender, became the first woman to play in an NHL game when the Lightning stuck her between the pipes in a 1992 preseason contest against the .Seeing how much fun Schleper had during this whole experience is enough to put a smile on your own face. Schleper was part of the US Olympic Womens Hockey Team that took silver at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. She has 58 total appearances for the U.S. Womens National Team and was a star defenseman for the University of Minnesota. Brazil Jersey