Hayley Wickenheiser (b.
August 12,
1978, in
Shaunavon[?],
Saskatchewan,
Canada) is one of the best players of the female Canadian
ice hockey team. She has been a member of the Canadian National team since 1995, winning the silver medal at the
1998 Winter Olympic Games, and the gold medal at the
2002 Winter Olympic Games. In the gold medal game in 2002, she scored Canada's winning goal in a 3-2 victory over the
United States team. In January 2003, she joined the
Kirkkonummi Salamat[?], a men's team in
Finland making history by becoming the first female to ever score a point in a male professional hockey league.
A versatile athlete, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, she also played for Canada's women's softball team.