Writing Summary Of Hayley Wickenheiser

Hayley Wickenheiser

Canadian hockey player

August 12, 1978, Shaunavon,   Saskatchewan, Canada), Canadian ice hockey player who is widely considered   the greatest female hockey player of all time. A four-time Olympic gold   medalist, Wickenheiser is Canada’s all-time leader in international goals   (168), assists (211), and points (379). She was also the first woman to score   a goal in a men’s professional league.

Early Years

Wickenheiser first started   playing ice hockey on a backyard rink built by her father. In 1990 she moved   with her family to Calgary and then represented Alberta at the 1991 Canada   Winter Games in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Participating in a   tournament for teenage girls aged 17 and younger, she was not only the   youngest player on her team but also the smallest (at 5-feet [1.5-metres]   tall). She scored three goals in the tournament, including the game-winning   goal in the championship final as Team Alberta won the gold medal.   Wickenheiser was named the tournament’s most valuable player (MVP).

The World Hockey Championships

Wickenheiser played in her   first women’s world hockey championship for Team Canada in 1994 at Lake   Placid, New York. At age 15, Wickenheiser was still the youngest player on   her team. She played three games and posted one assist to help Canada win the   gold medal.

At the 1997 world championship   in Kitchener, Ontario, 18-year-old Wickenheiser became an offensive force.   She led Team Canada in scoring with nine points and notched an assist on the   overtime game-winning goal in the championship final as Canada defeated the   United States 4–3. Wickenheiser later led Canada to the 1999 and 2000 women’s   world hockey championship titles but was unable to attend the 2001 world   championship because of a knee injury. In 2005 Team Canada lost the   gold-medal game of the women’s world hockey championship to the United States   for the first time.

In 2007 Wickenheiser set a   Canadian record for most points (14) at a women’s world hockey championship   with eight goals and six assists. At the tournament in Winnipeg, Team Canada   won its first world championship since 2004 by beating the United States 5–1   in the gold-medal game. Wickenheiser, who took over the captaincy from Cassie   Campbell, was the tournament MVP.

Wickenheiser also displayed   outstanding leadership at the 2012 women’s world hockey championship. Team   Canada won the gold medal by beating the United States 5–4 in overtime, after   being defeated by the Americans 9–2 in the preliminary round. She later   helped Canada to world championship silver medals in 2013 and 2016.

Olympic Career

Wickenheiser was a force at the   Olympic Games as well. However, despite Canada’s dominance at the world   championship in 1997, the team was not guaranteed an Olympic gold at the   Games the following year. At the Nagano 1998 Olympic Winter Games, the United   States defeated Canada 3–1 to win the first Olympic women’s hockey   tournament. Wickenheiser would have to settle for an Olympic silver medal.

She would not have to wait long   for gold, however. At the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City,   Wickenheiser was the tournament’s most valuable player as Team Canada   captured its first Olympic gold medal with a 3–2 win over the United States.   Wickenheiser was the tournament’s co-leader in goals (seven) and points (ten).

At the 2006 Olympic Winter   Games in Turin, the expectations were that Canada would need another strong   performance from Wickenheiser to beat the Americans. In a major surprise,   Sweden upset the United States in the semifinal, setting up an unexpected gold-medal   game with Canada. The Canadians were victorious 4–1 in the gold-medal contest   with Wickenheiser once again named tournament MVP, leading the event with 12   assists and 17 points.

Wickenheiser won her third gold   medal in women’s hockey at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. At the   2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, Wickenheiser was chosen to be the   Canadian flag-bearer in the Opening Ceremonies. In the Olympic tournament,   Wickenheiser notched two goals and three assists for five points in five   games as Team Canada won its fourth consecutive gold medal.

Other Accomplishments

In 2002–03, Wickenheiser played   in a Finnish men’s hockey league, scoring two goals and nine assists for HC   Salamat. On January 31, 2003, Wickenheiser became the first woman to score a   goal in a men’s professional hockey league. She was also an accomplished   softball player and was a member of the Canadian national softball team at   the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

In 2017 Wickenheiser retired   from competitive hockey. She later was assistant director of player   development for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

SUMMARY：According to this article, the best female hockey player of all time is Hayley Wickenheiser. And I can support my claim with a number of specifics. At the 2014 Olympic Games' Opening Ceremonies, Wickenheiser was chosen to carry the Canadian flag. He also helped his country win its fourth consecutive gold medal. Additionally, when Wickenheiser participated in a Finnish men's hockey league in the 2002–2003 season, she became the first woman to score in a league of men. Later in 2017, after she had retired, she was hired by the Toronto Maple Leafs as an assistant director.