Meet the Team
Jayna Hefford » Forward
Hockey Canada Background
Has been with Canada’s National Women’s Team since 1997 … Has played in four Olympic Winter Games (1998, silver; 2002, gold; 2006, gold; 2010, gold), nine IIHF World Women’s Championships (1997, gold; 1999, gold; 2000, gold; 2001, gold; 2004, gold; 2005, silver; 2007, gold; 2008, silver; 2009, silver), 14 3 Nations/4 Nations Cups (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010), the 2005 Torino Ice Tournament and 2009 Hockey Canada Cup … Played in a six-game series vs. the United States leading up to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games … Ranks third all-time with Canada’s National Women’s Team in games, goals, points … Scored her 100th international goal on November 10, 2006 vs. Finland, becoming the third Canadian to reach the milestone … Set a Canadian record with seven points in a game (3G, 4A) on November 10, 2006 vs. Finland … Named Top Forward at the 2004 and 2005 IIHF World Women’s Championships … Named to the Media All-Star Team at the 2004 IIHF World Women’s Championship … Scored the game-winning goal in the gold medal game at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games with one second left in the second period
Hockey Background
2010-11: Helped Brampton reach the Clarkson Cup … Served as Brampton captain … Second in CWHL scoring … 2008-09: Helped Brampton reach the semifinals of the 2009 Clarkson Cup … Won the Angela James Bowl as the CWHL’s leading scorer … 2007-08: Helped Brampton win the CWHL championship … Named Top Forward at the Esso Women’s Nationals in Charlottetown, P.E.I. … Named CWHL MVP, an award voted on by the league’s six team captains … 2006-07: Won the NWHL championship with Brampton … 2004-05: Named Top Forward at the Esso Women’s Nationals and the NWHL championship … OTHER: Named OWIAA Rookie of the Year and was the league’s top scorer with the University of Toronto in 1996-97 … Played with the Ottawa Regional Select Team in a series against the U.S. National Under-18 Team in 1995 … Captained Ontario to a gold medal at the 1995 Canada Winter Games in Grande Prairie, Alta. … Won a gold medal with Ontario at the 1994 national under-18 championship
Personal
Daughter of Larry and Sandra … Has one brother, Mike … Named Kingston’s Amateur Athlete of the Year in 1998 … Runs the Jayna Hefford/Lori Dupuis Hockey School with Brampton teammate Lori Dupuis … Is the national spokesperson, along with NHL star Paul Kariya, for Hockey Canada’s Initiation Program … Involved with the Community Foundation for Greater Kingston … Collects Wayne Gretzky memorabilia as a hobby
