Editing Hayley Wickenheiser (section)

===Men's professional leagues===
[[Image:Hayley Wickenheiser 2.jpg|thumb|left|Hayley Wickenheiser playing for [[HC Salamat|Kirkkonummen Salamat]] in 2003]]

In 2003, Wickenheiser became the first woman to score a goal playing in a men's semi-professional league (for [[HC Salamat]] in [[Suomi-sarja]], Finland's third-division league). Over the course of the two seasons, Wickenheiser played 22 games, scoring 1 goals and 3 assists.<ref name="YLE">{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2014/03/31/hayley-wickenheiser-teki-jaakiekkohistoriaa-suomessa|title=Hayley Wickenheiser teki jääkiekkohistoriaa Suomessa|access-date=December 11, 2017|date=March 31, 2014|publisher=Yle Urheilu|archive-date=December 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031821/https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2014/03/31/hayley-wickenheiser-teki-jaakiekkohistoriaa-suomessa|url-status=live}}</ref>  Wickenheiser joined a European league to play professional hockey, as the game is more open and less physical than North American leagues.  This attempt to play professional hockey was not an entirely smooth process, as Wickenheiser was initially slated to play in [[Italy]], until the Italian Winter Sports Federation ruled that women were ineligible to play in a men's league.  She also turned down an offer from [[Phil Esposito]] to play for the [[Cincinnati Cyclones]] of the [[ECHL]]. Finland's Hockey Federation unanimously supported letting women play in a men's league, allowing her to debut with [[HC Salamat]] in the [[Suomi-sarja]], the third highest hockey league in Finland, on January 10, 2003.<ref name="CBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/wickenheiser-makes-pro-debut-saturday-1.373705|title=CBC Sports: Wickenheiser makes pro debut Saturday|access-date=November 16, 2007|date=January 9, 2003|publisher=CBC Sports|archive-date=June 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603230959/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2003/01/08/wickenheiser030108.html|url-status=live}}</ref>  Wickenheiser played briefly with Salamat in 2004. They had won promotion to [[Mestis]], Finland's second tier of professional hockey, and this was not as good a fit for her. She left the team after ten games.

In 2007, Wickenheiser had a week-long tryout contract with [[Sweden|Swedish]] club [[IFK Arboga IK]] in the Swedish male third league. After two practice games, where Wickenheiser scored two goals in the first game, she was not offered a contract.<ref name="SR">{{cite web|url=http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/vastmanland/nyheter/artikel.asp?Artikel=1593697 |title=Sveriges Radio |access-date=July 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731215425/http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/vastmanland/nyheter/artikel.asp?Artikel=1593697 |archive-date=July 31, 2008 }}</ref> In 2008, Wickenheiser signed a one-year contract with [[Eskilstuna Linden]], also in the Swedish men's third league.<ref name="CBCS">{{Cite news|date=July 22, 2008|title=Wickenheiser signs with Swedish men's team|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/wickenheiser-signs-with-swedish-men-s-club-1.768070|url-status=live|access-date=July 22, 2008|publisher=CBC|archive-date=September 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903111659/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2008/07/22/wickenheiser-sweden.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/article2942575.ab |title=Världens bästa spelare till Sverige |access-date=July 21, 2008 |author=TT |date=July 21, 2008 |newspaper=[[Aftonbladet]] |language=sv |author-link=Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå |archive-date=July 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722130745/http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/article2942575.ab |url-status=live }}</ref>

Wickenheiser was named one of the "Top 100 Most Influential People in Hockey" by ''[[The Hockey News]]''—ranked #59 on the 2011 List<ref>The Hockey News, Volume 64, Number 14, January 17, 2011, Publisher: Caroline Andrews, Transcontinental Media</ref>—one of the "25 Toughest Athletes" by ''Sports Illustrated'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/extramustard/03/28/25.toughest.athletes/1.html |title=Sports Illustrated 25 Toughest Athletes |publisher=Sportsillustrated.cnn.com |date=April 1, 2008 |access-date=September 24, 2011 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604011710/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/extramustard/03/28/25.toughest.athletes/1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and one of the "Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Canada" by ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''.

Wickenheiser scored a goal as a member of Team Black in the [[2nd Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://montreal.thecwhl.com/en/team-black-wins-2016-cwhl-all-star-game |title=TEAM BLACK WINS 2016 CWHL ALL-STAR GAME |publisher=Canadiennes de Montréal |date=2016-01-25 |access-date=2017-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075318/http://montreal.thecwhl.com/en/team-black-wins-2016-cwhl-all-star-game |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Appearing with the [[Calgary Inferno]] in the 2016 [[Clarkson Cup]] finals, she logged two assists as the Inferno emerged victorious in a convincing 8-3 final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cwhl_site.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=2854811|title=2016 Clarkson Cup|publisher=cwhl|date=2016-03-13|access-date=2016-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319014558/http://cwhl_site.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=2854811|archive-date=March 19, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>