Order of Hockey in Canada – 2026 Honouree

Name of Honouree: Hayley Wickenheiser

Hockey Accomplishments

• Played 276 games with Canada’s National Women’s Team from 1994-2016
• Recorded 379 points (168 goals, 211 assists) with Team Canada
• Ranks #1 in games played, goals, assists and points
• Captain of Canada’s National Women’s Team from 2006-13
• Won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship
• Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games
• Won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2013 IIHF Women’s World Championship
• Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2012 IIHF Women’s World Championship
• Named to the Media All-Star Team at the 2012 IIHF Women’s World Championship
• Won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2011 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Named to the Media All-Star Team at the 2011 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games
• Won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2009 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Named Top Forward at the 2009 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2008 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Named to the Media All-Star Team at the 2008 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2007 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Named Most Valuable Player at the 2007 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Named Top Forward at the 2007 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Named to the Media All-Star Team at the 2007 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games
• Named Most Valuable Player at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games
• Named Top Forward at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games
• Named to the Media All-Star Team at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games
• Won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2005 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2004 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games
• Named Most Valuable Player at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games
• Named Top Forward at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games
• Named to the Media All-Star Team at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games
• Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2000 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 1999 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games
• Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 1997 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 1994 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Played 15 3/4 Nations Cups with Team Canada, winning 12 gold and three silver
• All-time Olympic rankings: G (1st), A (2nd), P (1st)
• All-time WWC rankings: G (T-5th), A (T-3rd), P (3rd)
• Assistant general manager with the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) from 2022-26
• Senior director of player development with the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) from 2021-22
• Assistant director of player development with the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) from 2018-21
• Won the Clarkson Cup with the Calgary Inferno in 2016
• Played with the women’s hockey team at the University of Calgary from 2010-13 and 2014-15
• Won the CIS national championship with Calgary in 2012
• Won the Broderick Trophy as CIS national player of the year in 2010-11
• Named a CIS First Team All-Canadian in 2010-11 and 2012-13
• Played men’s pro hockey with Eskilstuna Linden (SWE) in 2008-09 and HC Salamat (FIN) in 2002-03
• Became the first woman to score in a men’s professional game on Jan. 31, 2003
• Won the WWHL championship with the Calgary Oval X-Treme in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
• Won the NWHL championship with the Calgary Oval X-Treme in 2004
• Named Most Valuable Player at Esso Women’s Nationals in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007 and 2008
• Won a gold medal with Alberta at the 1991 Canada Winter Games

Additional Background

• Born on August 12, 1978 in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan
• Has one son, Noah
• Played for Canada in softball at the 2000 Olympic Summer Games
• Hosts the Wickenheiser Female World Hockey Festival (Wickfest) every year
• Received an MD from the University of Calgary in 2021
• Received a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from the University of Calgary in 2013

Honours

• Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019
• Inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2019
• Elected to the IOC Athletes’ Commission in 2014
• Inducted onto Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2014
• Selected to carry the Canadian flag into the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games
• Invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2011
• Took the Athletes’ Oath the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games
• Won the Bobby Rosenfeld Award as Canadian Press female athlete of the year in 2007
• The Crescent Point Wickenheiser Centre in Shaunavon, Saskaskatchewan, was named in her honour in 2006