Hayley Wickenheiser

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 2019
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2019
Hayley Wickenheiser
Date of birth 12th August 1978 (age 42)
place of birth Shaunavon , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 77 kg
position striker
number # 22
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1998-2001 Calgary Oval X-Treme
2002-2003 Edmonton Chimos
2003 Salamat
2003-2008 Calgary Oval X-Treme
2008-2009 Linden HC
2010-2015 University of Calgary
2015-2017 Calgary Inferno

Hayley Wickenheiser , OC (born August 12, 1978 in Shaunavon , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player . She is considered one of the best players in the world. Wickenheiser was the first woman to score in a men's professional league. In addition to her assignments for Team Canada at four Olympic Winter Games and 13 ice hockey world championships , she played for the Canadian softball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics .

During the 2014 Winter Olympics , she was elected to the IOC's Athletes' Commission for eight years .

With four Olympic gold medals, she is the record winner together with Canadians Jayna Hefford and Caroline Ouellette .

career path

Wickenheiser was a professional ice hockey player until January 13, 2017. On that day she announced the end of her sporting career. But even before the end of her ice hockey career, she was engaged in health sciences . In 2013, Wickenheiser completed a Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology ( movement science ) and in 2016 a Master's degree from the University of Calgary . In 2018 she joined the University of Calgary Medical School (renamed the Cumming School of Medicine in 2014 ) and in August 2018 assumed the position of Assistant Director of Player Development for the Toronto Maple Leafs from the National Hockey League (NHL).

Athletic career

Wickenheiser in the jersey of the Canadian national team

Hayley Wickenheiser started ice hockey at the age of five in her hometown of Shaunavon . She has played in the Canadian women's ice hockey team since 1994 and won the silver medal with the Canadian team in 1998 and gold in both 2002 and 2006 and 2010 . In 2002 she scored the decisive goal in extra time for the Canadians' 3-2 victory in sudden death . From January 11 to November 12, 2003, she played for Kirkkonummi Salamat , a Finnish men's ice hockey team from the Suomi-sarja , and was the first woman to score points in a men's professional league.

Between 2010 and 2015 she played for the University of Calgary in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport , from 2015 for Calgary Inferno in the Canadian Women's Hockey League .

In January 2017, she finally ended her career.

family

Her cousin Doug Wickenheiser , who died of cancer in 1999, was also a hockey player and was selected as the first overall in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft .

other activities

Wickenheiser is an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right to Play . Wickenheiser spoke the Olympic oath on behalf of all athletes at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games . She was the flag bearer of the Canadian Olympic team at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

honors and awards

Career statistics

Club and college ice hockey

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 Team Canada Olympic Preference 21st 9 13 22nd 34
1998/99 Calgary Oval X-Treme Alberta
1999/00 Calgary Oval X-Treme Alberta 11 15th 5 20th
2000/01 Calgary Oval X-Treme Alberta 14th 8th 7th 15th 36
2001/02 Team Canada Olympic Preference 15th 11 8th 19th 16
2002/03 Edmonton Chimos NWHL 11 4th 2 6th 16 - - - - -
2002/03 Salamat Suomi-sariah 12 1 3 4th 6th 11 1 6th 7th 4th
2003/04 Salamat Mestis 17th 1 6th 7th 4th - - - - -
2003/04 Calgary Oval X-Treme NWHL 5 10 3 13 6th 4th 1 3 4th 4th
2004/05 Calgary Oval X-Treme WWHL 18th 22nd 36 58 20th 3 2 2 4th 0
2005/06 Team Canada Olympic Preference 12 1 10 11 14th
2006/07 Calgary Oval X-Treme WWHL 14th 27 21st 48 16 3 4th 8th 12 2
2007/08 Calgary Oval X-Treme WWHL 19th 19th 30th 49 20th 3 3 4th 7th 6th
2008/09 Linden HC Division 1 25th 5 6th 11 10 - - - - -
2009/10 Team Canada Olympic Preference
2010/11 University of Calgary CIS 15th 17th 23 40 32 2 0 3 3 6th
2011/12 University of Calgary CIS 16 17th 15th 32 60 7th 4th 10 14th 4th
2012/13 University of Calgary CIS 30th 19th 34 53 32 8th 3 7th 10 18th
2013/14 Team Canada AMHL 26th 5 8th 13 10
2014/15 University of Calgary CIS 15th 5 14th 19th 16
2015/16 Calgary Inferno CWHL 23 3 13 16 10 3 1 2 3 0
2016/17 Calgary Inferno CWHL 1 0 0 0 0

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1994 Canada WM 3 0 1 1 0
1997 Canada WM 5 4th 5 9 4th
1998 Canada Olympia 6th 1 6th 7th 4th
1999 Canada WM 5 3 5 8th 8th
2000 Canada WM 5 1 7th 8th 4th
2002 Canada Olympia 5 7th 3 10 2
2004 Canada WM 5 3 2 5 2
2005 Canada WM 5 5 3 8th 6th
2006 Canada Olympia 5 5 12 17th 6th
2007 Canada WM 5 8th 6th 14th 0
2008 Canada WM 3 3 4th 7th 6th
2009 Canada WM 5 4th 4th 8th 4th
2010 Canada Olympia 5 2 9 11 0
2011 Canada WM 5 3 2 5 4th
2012 Canada WM 5 3 7th 10 4th
2013 Canada WM 3 0 0 0 2
2014 Canada Olympia 5 2 3 5 0
2016 Canada WM 5 0 1 1 0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

literature

  • Wickenheiser, Hayley: Born To Play. Toronto: Kids can press, 2005. ISBN 1-55337-791-5 . (English language children's book)

Web links

Commons : Hayley Wickenheiser  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sports Illustrated , 1998 Nagano Olympics - Hayley Wickenheiser ( Memento from May 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), February 4, 1998
  2. ^ Hockey Hall of Fame , Notable Women in Hockey
  3. ↑ Athlete spokeswoman is reprimanded by the IOC (April 13, 2020)
  4. ↑ Canadian women's hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser retires , on: si.com, January 13, 2017, accessed March 22, 2020
  5. ↑ a b Jeremy Freeborn: Hayley Wickenheiser , on: thecanadianencyclopedia.ca, September 18, 2013, updated November 18, 2019, accessed March 22, 2020
  6. ↑ Wickenheiser from red to blue. In: iihf.com. August 25, 2018, accessed on August 28, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Hayley Wickenheiser: 'we had to wear a toque under our helmets'. In: cbc.ca . November 27, 2008, accessed October 13, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Hayley is always proud to call Shaunavon her home January 17, 2017 - The Shaunavon Standard - Page 11; (PDF file)
  9. ↑ CBC , Wickenheiser makes pro debut Saturday , January 9, 2003
  10. ↑ Hayley Wickenheiser calls end to gold-plated career. In: cbc.ca. January 17, 2017, accessed April 19, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Wickenheiser, Hayley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey and softball player
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Shaunavon , Saskatchewan, Canada