Editing Hayley Wickenheiser (section)

===International competition===
[[File:Hayley Wickenheiser cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|Wickenheiser captained Canada to a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics.]]

At the age of 15 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20120413/SPORTS14/120412047/Hayley-Wickenheiser-Canadian-icon |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730043758/http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20120413/SPORTS14/120412047/Hayley-Wickenheiser-Canadian-icon |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 30, 2012 |title=Hayley Wickenheiser is a Canadian icon |date=April 12, 2012 |work=[[The Burlington Free Press]] |author=John A. Fantino }}</ref> (1994), Wickenheiser was named to Canada's National Women's Team for the first time and remained a member until her retirement in 2017. Her first international tournament was the 1994 World Championship, held in [[Lake Placid, New York]].  She played three games, and picked up her first international point—an assist, and Canada won gold. Her second World Championship in 1997 also produced a gold medal and she earned a spot on the tournament All-Star team, the first of four such honours (1997, 1999, 2000, 2005). In 1999, Wickenheiser helped Canada to another gold medal and was named tournament MVP. Wickenheiser has seven World Championship gold medals (1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2012) and three silver medals (2005, 2008, 2009). She was named to Team Canada in 2001, but was unable to compete due to an injury, and was also on Canada's roster for the 2003 World Championship which was cancelled.<ref name="HCan">{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/11737/la_id/1/ss_id/24788/player_id/2020/step/2.htm|title=Hockey Canada Player Profile: Hayley Wickenheiser|access-date=November 16, 2007|publisher=Hockey Canada|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204214710/https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/error/404?aspxerrorpath=/en-ca/index.cfm/ci_id/11737/la_id/1/ss_id/24788/player_id/2020/step/2.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Wickenheiser was a member of Team Canada at the [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|1998 Winter Olympics]], when women's hockey was introduced as a medal sport.<ref name="SI1998"/> She also played 21 games for Team Canada during their pre-Olympic tour. Canada won a silver medal at the event and Wickenheiser was named to the tournament all-star team. Her performance at the 1998 Olympics impressed Men's Team Canada General Manager [[Bobby Clarke]] so much, that he invited her to participate in the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] rookie camps in 1998 and 1999.<ref name="doc">{{cite web|author=Hestekin, Kjellrun |publisher=The Gazette (Memorial University) |url=https://www.mun.ca/marcomm/gazette/issues/vol39no15/c9.php |title=Oration Honouring Hayley Wickenheiser |access-date=November 16, 2007 |date=May 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531161750/http://www.mun.ca/marcomm/gazette/issues/vol39no15/c9.php |archive-date=May 31, 2008 }}</ref> 2002 was another chance at Olympic gold, and Wickenheiser was named to Canada's roster for the [[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|2002 Winter Olympics]] held in [[Salt Lake City, Utah]].  On Team Canada's pre-Olympic tour, Wickenheiser played 26 games and racked up 36 points. In a bit of redemption for 1998, Canada won the gold medal by defeating Team USA in the final game.  Wickenheiser was named Tournament MVP and she was the top scorer on the Women's side.<ref name="wicksite" /> At the [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|2006 Winter Olympics]], Canada was defending its gold medal status. When the final match was set, Canada was facing off against [[Sweden]], a surprise finalist. They won gold again, and Wickenheiser once more was named tournament MVP, Top Forward, and to a berth on the all-star team. She also led the tournament in scoring,
with five goals and 17 points in five games.<ref name="HckyNws">{{cite magazine|last1=Clinton|first1=Jared|title=Hayley Wickenheiser is Hall of Fame Bound After Retirement From Canada's Women's Team|url=http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/hayley-wickenheiser-is-hall-of-fame-bound-after-retirement-from-canadian-women-s-team|access-date=January 14, 2017|magazine=The Hockey News|date=January 13, 2017|archive-date=February 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223232346/http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/hayley-wickenheiser-is-hall-of-fame-bound-after-retirement-from-canadian-women-s-team|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="wicksite" /><ref name="HCan" />

Wickenheiser captained Canada to a gold medal at the 1998 Christmas Cup (World Women's Under-22 Championship). She has also contributed to at least 10 gold medals for Canada at the 4 Nations Cup tournaments (1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010).  At the 2006 Four Nations Cup, she served as team captain.<ref name="HCan" />

On February 17, 2010, Wickenheiser became the all-time leading Olympic goal scorer as Canada defeated Sweden 13–1 at the [[Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|Vancouver Olympics]]. Wickenheiser reached her record total of 16 career Olympic goals by scoring once on Wednesday as Canada followed up their 18–0 win over Slovakia and 10–1 defeat of Switzerland.<ref>vancouver2010.com, [http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/afp-news/ice-hockey--wickenheiser--canada-shatter-scoring-records_282774sz.html Canada shatter scoring records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410015240/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/afp-news/ice-hockey--wickenheiser--canada-shatter-scoring-records_282774sz.html |date=April 10, 2010 }}</ref>

Wickenheiser attended the [[World Hockey Summit]] in 2010, to address the status of women's hockey internationally. [[International Olympic Committee]] president [[Jacques Rogge]] stated that the tournament might be eliminated from the Olympics since the event was not competitively balanced. Either Canada and the United States had won the gold since the event began in 1998, and the two countries had also won each [[IIHF World Women's Championship]] since the event began in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/hockey-summit-2/|title=World hockey summit arrives in Toronto|date=August 22, 2010|work=Sportsnet|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406234205/https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/hockey-summit-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> She explained that the talent gap between the North American and European countries was due to the presence of women's professional leagues in North America, along with year-round training facilities. She stated the European players were talented, but their respective national team programs were not given the same level of support as the European men's national teams, or the North American women's national teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20100602/284094907734426|title=Time for another hockey summit has come, writes Wayne Scanlan|last=Scanlan|first=Wayne|date=June 2, 2010|work=Ottawa Citizen|access-date=April 6, 2020|via=Press Reader|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406231200/https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20100602/284094907734426|url-status=live}}</ref>

With a third and fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in women's hockey won by defeating the United States 2–0 in Vancouver and 3–2 in [[Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|Sochi]], Wickenheiser won 5 Olympic medals: 4 gold and 1 silver. She is one of only five athletes to win gold in four consecutive Winter Games, along with teammates [[Jayna Hefford]] and [[Caroline Ouellette]].<ref name=cbc2015>{{cite news|title=Hefford, Apps, Ward retire from Canadian women's hockey team|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canada-womens-hockey-retirements-1.3222189|access-date=September 10, 2015|agency=The Canadian Press|publisher=CBC Sports|date=September 10, 2015|archive-date=September 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911190725/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canada-womens-hockey-retirements-1.3222189|url-status=live}}</ref> At her retirement in 2017 she was the Olympic tournament’s all-time leading scorer with 18 goals and 51 points.<ref name="HckyNws"/> Wickenheiser took the athlete's oath in English at the [[2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony]] in Vancouver, British Columbia and was Canada's [[List of flag bearers for Canada at the Olympics|flagbearer]] at the [[2014 Winter Olympics|Sochi Winter Olympics]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hayley Wickenheiser named Canadian flag-bearer for Sochi|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2014/01/23/hayley-wickenheiser-named-canadian-flag-bearer-for-sochi/|access-date=January 14, 2017|publisher=CityNews|date=January 24, 2010|archive-date=January 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129042342/http://www.citynews.ca/2014/01/23/hayley-wickenheiser-named-canadian-flag-bearer-for-sochi/|url-status=live}}</ref>