Hayley Wickenheiser Biography - Backyard Rink, Chronology, Made Olympic History, Ready To Rumble?, Awards And Accomplishments, Career Statistics - CONTACT INFORMATION
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1978-
Canadian hockey player
Canadian hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser stands likely to become the first female position player in professional men's hockey (three other women have played in goal). In 2002, a few teams in the National Hockey League (NHL) minors realm were expressing tentative interest signing this Olympic gold medallist and her formidable skills as a forward. Maclean's called her "arguably the best player in women's hockey today."
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: c/o Edmonton Chimos Hockey Club, #205, 8908-99 St., Edmonton, Alberta T6E 3V4, Canada. Phone: (780) 44-CHIMO. Online: http://www.edmontonchimos.com.
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Wickenheiser was born in 1978 and grew up in Shaunavon, in the province of Saskatchewan. The oldest of three, she first learned to skate at the age of six when her parents created a backyard ice rink with the help of a garden hose and some two-by-fours. She played her first hockey games on it, and was soon devoted to the sport; her father once woke in the middle of night to find her out in the bac…
Wickenheiser balanced her hockey career with studies at the University of Calgary, where she enrolled in its pre-med program. In 2000, she and Team Canada won another World Championship—the fourth for her—and later that year she qualified for a spot on the Canadian women's softball team and traveled to the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. After Sue Holloway, a cross-…
Some wondered if Wickenheiser, at five feet, nine inches in height and 170 pounds, could withstand the likely assaults from male players who dwarfed her. Richmond Renegades coach Gord Dineen theorized that Wickenheiser would be happy to prove herself. "I don't think guys would really hold back," he told Eric Duhatschek of the Cincinnati Post. "They're playing for…
"A hockey heroine goes to boys camp." Maclean's (June 8, 1998): 37. "Canada Beats United States." Cincinnati Post (November 11, 2002): C7. "Canada Captures Four Nations Cup." Seattle Post-Intelligencer (November 11, 2002): D13. "Canada Defeats U.S. In Four Nations Cup." New York Times (November 11, 2002): D11. "Canada rallies, f…
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Rob Miller
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Rob Miller
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Rob Miller
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Megan
omg i lOVE hailey wikenhiser! she is the best womans hockey player ever!! im doing my Speech on her for my school :)