Hayley Wickenheiser A Great

Canadian
Have you ever experienced that special feeling when you first step in a stable with your horse, or felt the thrill when you step on stage ready to sing your heart out. Nothing co pares to experiencing so ething for the first ti e. !o you can " agine how it felt for a girl to step on the sheer shi ering white ice freshly laid, ready for a ga e. #his girl isn$t %ust any girl. #his &' year old is playing in her first winter (ly pic ga es and not %ust any sport the best Canadian sport there is for a Canadian sport for a Canadian girl... hockey) *ut before " explain of the tourna ents, let e tell how she got to the (ly pics. "t was &++, she was on her way to the (ly pics and re e ber she was only &' really young to be playing in her first (ly pics. !he ade her way to the ice hockey cha pions and succeeded in winning three gold edals and one silver. When she won her silver edal it was her falling out point because the winner gets gold the loser get silver in the final. #hen the next ga e decides who gets bron-e and the loser places fourth. !he has won great awards fro &++. to /0&/ !urprisingly, !he has been in ore than %ust the winter (ly pics she co peted in the the su er (ly pics too. she played softball. !he1s only done it once but she ay try again in the co ing up su er (ly pics in /0&2 at *ra-il. !o in

total she has been in four winter (ly pics and one su (ly pics.

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!he ca e ho e with a gold edal her first try 3eople were surprised 4a gold edal, A a-ing)5 When she ca e back for seconds and won Another gold people were shocked and excited.(n her third atte pt at winning a gold, of course succeeded in winning gold agin. 6nfortunately her fourth ti e wasn$t as sweeping. !he lost the gold edal. 3eople were disappointed and surprised. "n /0&, she is going into her fifth winter (ly pics and " wish her the best of luck. However the (ly pics weren1t all she did. !he has been in the world cha pionships. !he was the first girl to ever earn a pro contract. A pro contract is when you get to play in the big leagues, A.7.A, with the boys. #o Hayley the ga es are the best part. #he rush of stepping on the ice, the thrill of scoring a goal or blocking a shot, but if you are a fierce co petitor like Hayley you need goals. !he1s achieved a lot of little goals but her ain desire is co bining several little achieve ents together to ake one big goal. "t goes like this8 4#o focus on the ice, try as hard as " can in everything " do5 #oday she works for Wo en1s Hockey. !he tries to set up charities to help others. *ut her ost fa ous fund is called wickfest. Wickfest is fun place to help raise oney for wo en1s sports.

#hey do presentations, play a variety of ga es to win pri-es, and they even de onstrate to show how it1s done, and you can get Autographs.Hailey plays hockey right in front of you, she talks a little about her hockey, and there is usic and food to en%oy. !he offers ore than %ust Wickfest8 she plays ga es to raise oney for wo en1s hockey to, with %ust girl tea s. *eing a professional hockey player for all these years, obviously she has earned her fair share of awards. #hanks to a website called about hayleywickenheiser.co we could find a list of these awards.

2012
9 9 9 9 9 Na ed to the Globe and :ail$s #op 3ower ;ist Gold :edal, C"! Cha pionships, 6niversity of Calgary <inos8 Na ed #op =orward Na ed 6niversity of Calgary <inos =e ale Athlete of the >ear Gold edal, ""H= World Wo en1s Hockey Cha pionships8 Captain and All !tar ? #ea Canada Na ed Capital (ne Acade ic All@A erica of the >ear, Wo en$s At@;arge, College <ivision

2011
9 9 9 !ilver Canada Na ed C"!1 Canada West :ost Aaluable 3layer, 3layer of the >ear, and won the *roderick #rophy Na ed (fficer of the (rder of Canada by the Governor General edal, ""H= World Wo en1s Hockey Cha pionships8 Na ed to All !tar #ea ? #ea

2010
9 9 9 9 Gold edal, Aancouver /0&0 Winter (ly pics to break the B00 career@point barrier =irst player on the Canadian wo en$s hockey tea 3ublished (ly pic Cstablishes the =irst Annual Wickenheiser "nternational Wo en1s Hockey =estival in *urnaby, *C e oir 4Gold :edal <iaryD "nside the World1s Greatest !porting Cvent5

2009
9 9 9 !ilver Gold edal, ""H= World Wo en1s Hockey Cha pionships8 Na ed #op =orward ? #ea edal ? , Nations Cup, Aeri aki, =inland ? #ea Canada Canada =irst player to notch /00 ga es played with the Wo en1s National #ea

2006
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 !ilver edal, ""H= World Wo en1s Hockey Cha pionships ? #ea Canada in !weden 3layed with Cskilstuna ;inden, a third@division en1s professional tea Na ed one of !ports "llustrated #op /0 E#oughest Athletes5 Na ed :A3 at the /00. Csso Wo en1s Nationals in Charlottetown, 3C" ? (val F@#re e Na ed to the All@!tar #ea Worked on C*C1s *ei%ing !u Gold #ea Gold Canada edal, Csso Wo en1s National Cha pionships ? (val F@#re e @ (val F@#re e er (ly pics as analyst for Wo en1s !oftball edal, ""H= World Wo en1s Hockey Cha pionships8 Na ed :A3 and :edia All !tar ?

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Geceived *obbie Gosenfeld Award as Canadian 3ress =e ale Athlete of the >ear unity of !ilver !prings in Calgary dedicated an outdoor rink in her na e ? called Hayley1s Gink "n :ay /00H, she travelled to Gwanda with four other (ly pians as part of Gight to 3lay Gold Gold edal, #orino Winter (ly pics8 ;eading !corer for #ea @ (val F@#re e edal, #ea Canada and na ed :A3 WWWH; Cha pionship #ea

Alberta at /00H Csso Wo en1s Nationals in !al on Ar , *C

No inated as =inalist for /002 !portswo an of the >ear by the Wo en1s !ports =oundation, founded by *illie Iean 7ing Appeared as %udge on C*C1s 7raft Hockeyville with other %udges including Catriona ;e:ay <oan, :ike *ossy and Glen Anderson !portsplex in her ho etown of !haunavon, !askatchewan was rena ed Wickenheiser 3lace in honour of her athletic acco plish ents

2005
9 9 !ilver Gold edal, ""H= World Wo en1s Hockey Cha pionships ? #ea edal, first@ever WWH; Cha pionship ga e ? (val F@#re e Canada

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;eading !corer in the Western Wo en1s Hockey ;eague and na ed to na ed to WWH; All !tar #ea @ (val F@#re e ilestone !cored her &00th international career goal on August B&, /00' in a B@& victory over !weden, aking her the first Canadian to reach that Na ed by #he Hockey News, 4#op &00 :ost "nfluential 3eople in Hockey5 Worked with second largest co pany in Canada, CnCana Corporation to develop 4*attle of the *order5 a six@ga e series that against the 6! !elects which has since toured into co unities and raised over half a who benefit wo en, fa ily and children. ore than /2 illion dollars for :inor Hockey Associations, and charities

2004
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Gold ? #ea Gold Gold edal, ""H= World Wo en1s Hockey Cha pionships8 Na ed :A3 and scored winning goal Canada edal, , Nations Cup in ;ake 3lacid, New >ork ? #ea Canada edal, Csso Wo en1s National Cha pionships ? (val F@#re e

3layed with !ala at &st <ivision :estis Na ed by #he Hockey News, 4#op &00 :ost "nfluential 3eople in Hockey5 Na ed a ong the 4#op '0 :ost "nfluential Albertans5 by Aenture *usiness :aga-ine Geceived Honourary <octor of ;etters JHonours CA6!AK fro (ntario Geceived Honourary <octor of ;etters, Arts and !ciences Nipissing 6niversityL Na ed 4Wo an of "nfluence5 by CAAW! JCanadian Association for the Advance ent of Wo en in !portK Hayley WickenheiserD *orn to 3lay, a biography of her career written by Cli-abeth Ctue was written and published by 7idsCan 3ress Nipissing 6niversity in North *ay,

2003
9 9 9 !ilver edal, , Nations Cup in !kovde, !weden ? #ea Canada en1s league *egan the season playing with HC !ala at, in the =innish <ivision " *eca e the first wo an to score a goal in a &00 years 9 9 9 9 Created and starred in 4(ne of the *oys,5 a docu entary about her =innish experience Na ed by #he Hockey News, 4#op &00 :ost "nfluential 3eople in Hockey5 Na ed to 4:ac;ean1s Honour Goll5 and was featured on the cover of the Na ed one of Globe and :ail1s 4#op '0 :ost 3owerful Wo en in Canada aga-ine en1s professional league on Ianuary B&, /00B @ ? a

feat that earned her the +2th story in the ""H=1s #op &00 international hockey stories of the past

2002
9 9 9 9 Gold edal, !alt ;ake City, Winter (ly pics8 Na e :A3 and was leading scorer ? #ea Canada 3layed a season in =inland with HC !ala at J en1s tea K in <ivision "" Na ed by #he Hockey News, 4#op &00 :ost "nfluential 3eople in Hockey5 Na ed 4M& 3layer in the World5 by #he Globe and :ail

2001
9 9 9 9 9 9 Gold edal, Csso Wo en1s National Cha pionships ? (val F@#re e Geceived the *ruce 7idd Award for athletic leadership at the /00& Canadian !ports Awards !tarted 4Wickenheiser on & #our5 with partner, #o as 3acina. Went to &/ cities and played with B,000 fe ale players focusing on skill develop ent Ho etown of !haunavon, !askatchewan erected 4Ho e of Hayley Wickenheiser5 at Ho eco ing *ash that helped raise Na ed to #ea ore than NB0,000 for a new rink in that co unity. issed event due Canada for ""H= World Wo en1s Hockey Cha pionships, but

to knee in%ury suffered during Csso National Cha pionships No inated for 4Canadian =e ale Athlete of the >ear5

2000
9 :e ber of Canada1s National !oftball #ea do it in tea 9 9 9 !ilver Gold Gold sports. at the /000 !u er (ly pics in !ydney, Australia. Was the second wo an ever to co pete in both the !u er and Winter (ly pics. =irst ever to

edal, Csso Wo en1s National Cha pionships8 Na ed :A3 ? (val F@#re e edal, ""H= World Wo en1s Hockey Cha pionships8 Na ed one of Canada1s 4#op B Canada Canada edal, , Nations Cup in 3rovo, 6tah8 Na ed :A3 ? #ea

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1999
9 9 9 9 9 9 Gold edal, ""H= World Wo en1s Hockey Cha pionships8 Na ed to All !tar #ea ? #ea Canada !ilver edal, Csso Wo en1s National Cha pionships8 Na ed :A3 ? (val F@#re e Gold edal, B Nations Cup in :ontreal, Ouebec ? #ea Canada :e ber of #ea Canada1s 3re@(ly pic #ea #our :e ber Iolane #ransport =astball #ea which went to !enior Nationals Attended the NH;1s 3hiladelphia =lyers rookie ca p in &++. and &+++

1998
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 (ly pic !ilver Gold Gold edal, Nagano, Winter (ly pics ? #ea Canada Canada edal, National Wo en1s 6nder@// #ea at the &++. Christ as Cup ? #ea edal, Csso Wo en1s National Cha pionships8 Na ed :A3 ? (val F@#re e edal@winning National Wo en1s 6nder@// #ea #our at the &++.

Attended the NH;1s 3hiladelphia =lyers rookie ca p in &++. and &+++ Captain of Canada1s gold Christ as Cup :e ber of #ea Canada1s 3re@(ly pic #ea Na ed by #he Hockey News, 4#op &00 :ost "nfluential 3eople in Hockey5

1997
9 9 9 9 Gold !ilver edal, ""H= World Wo en1s Hockey Cha pionships8 Na ed 4#ourna ent All !tar5 ? #ea edal, #ea Canada at B Nations Cup in ;ake 3lacid, New >ork ? #ea Canada Canada :e ber of the :idget !ilver !prings H2ers :idget =astball Nationals in Whiterock, *C. Na ed 4#op *atter5 and 4All !tar !hortstop5 No inated for 4Canadian =e ale Athlete of the >ear,5 Canadian !port Awards

1996
9 9 9 :e ber of #ea Gold edal, #ea Canada for B Nations Cup in (ttawa, (ntario ? #ea Canada, 3acific Gi in Gich ond, *C ? #ea Canada Canada Na ed :A3 at the Csso Wo en1s National Cha pionships in :oncton, New *runswick ? (val F@#re e

1995
9 9 9 9 9 Gold #ea edal, #ea Canada Canada at the World Iunior =astball Cha pionships Canada, 3acific Gi 8 na ed 4(utstanding =orward5 and first 4#ea All !tar5 ? Co peted in fastball for #ea

No inated for 4Iunior Canadian =e ale Athlete of the >ear,5 Canadian !ports Awards Geceive 4Calgary *ooster Club !pecial Achieve ent Award5 Na ed one of Calgary1s Channel /PH 4#op &0 !ports 3ersonalities of the >ear5

1994
9 9 9 At age &' was the youngest e ber na ed to Gold@ edal winning National #ea Gold edal, ""H= World Wo en1s Hockey Cha pionships ? #ea Canada Na ed :ost Aaluable 3layer for NW *anta AAA *ruins

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Geceived 4Harley !wain :e orial Award5 for <edication to Hockey for all of Calgary1s *anta AAA *oys tea s Na ed *ishop Carroll High !chool Iunior Girls 4Athlete of the >ear5 Geceived 4All Canadian !hortstop5 and 4#op *atter5 awards at the Canadian :idget !oftball Nationals

1991
9 Gold edal, #ea Alberta at the Canada Winter Ga es. !cored ga e@winning goal and was na ed final ga e :A3

All these awards don1t ake her a good person. " chose her because she is brave, co petitive, and a great person. !he is

now going to 6niversity of Calgary to beco e a doctor, but she still plays her hockey ga es. !he is living in her ho e with her &B year old son Noah. Next ti e you feel like playing hockey think of Hayley Wickenheiser and what a great Canadian she is. DK DK