Hayley Wickenheiser
Hockey Hall of Fame , 2019 | |
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IIHF Hall of Fame , 2019 | |
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
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
- 2007: Canada's best female athlete (Bobbie Rosenfeld Award)
- 2011: Awarded Officer of the Order of Canada
- 2014: Admission to Canada's Walk of Fame
- 2014: Honorary Doctorate from Ryerson University
- 2016: Honorary Doctorate from the University of British Columbia
- 2017: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Saskatchewan
- 2017: Honorary Doctorate from Mount Saint Vincent University
- 2018: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Calgary
- 2019: Admission to the International Hockey Hall of Fame (HHF) and the IIHF Hall of Fame of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)
Career statistics
Club and college ice hockey
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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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 | |
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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
- Official website
- Hayley Wickenheiser at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Hayley Wickenheiser at: thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sports Illustrated , 1998 Nagano Olympics - Hayley Wickenheiser ( Memento from May 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), February 4, 1998
- ^ Hockey Hall of Fame , Notable Women in Hockey
- ↑ Athlete spokeswoman is reprimanded by the IOC (April 13, 2020)
- ↑ Canadian women's hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser retires , on: si.com, January 13, 2017, accessed March 22, 2020
- ↑ a b Jeremy Freeborn: Hayley Wickenheiser , on: thecanadianencyclopedia.ca, September 18, 2013, updated November 18, 2019, accessed March 22, 2020
- ↑ Wickenheiser from red to blue. In: iihf.com. August 25, 2018, accessed on August 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Hayley Wickenheiser: 'we had to wear a toque under our helmets'. In: cbc.ca . November 27, 2008, accessed October 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Hayley is always proud to call Shaunavon her home January 17, 2017 - The Shaunavon Standard - Page 11; (PDF file)
- ↑ CBC , Wickenheiser makes pro debut Saturday , January 9, 2003
- ↑ Hayley Wickenheiser calls end to gold-plated career. In: cbc.ca. January 17, 2017, accessed April 19, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wickenheiser, Hayley |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey and softball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Shaunavon , Saskatchewan, Canada |