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Shero Of The Month - June 2005

Hayley Wickenheiser

- DJ!

Women's sports are among the fastest growing sports in North America. Women are participating in sport more then ever before. While we continue to grow and develop as serious athletes, its important to recognize those who came before.

Meet Hayley Wickenheiser, one of the top professional women's hockey players in the world.

Hayley was born on August 12th, 1978 in Shaunavon Saskatchewan. Her talent, skill and dedication to the game are unquestioned and unparalleled.

She is a 4-time world champion and a 3 time Olympian. Not only has she competed in Women's Hockey in Nagano, Japan in 1998 (where Canada lost Gold) and in Salt Lake City (where Canada won Gold) but also in Sydney, Australia as a member of the Canadian Women's Softball Team. This made Hayley the first woman to ever compete in both the Winter and Summer Olympics in Team Sports. Twice she has been invited to and has attended NHL Rookie Camps.

What makes Hayley so special though is not just that she has attended Men's Professional Camps. No, Hayley has actually played Men's Professional Hockey and is the only woman who was not a goalie to do so in the history of the sport.

In order to continue her development, Hayley agreed in early 2003 to a 3-game trial with Kirkkonummen Salamat of the Finnish second division. On January 11th of that year, she made history as the first female skater to play in a pro men's hockey game.

Hayley played 23 games for Salamat in early 2003. She helped the team move UP a division in the Finnish League, bagging 2 goals and 9 assists in her time with the team.

Hayley signed on with the team for the next year. However, after playing only 10 of 16 games for Salamat in 2004 she packed up and headed home to Canada. This was due in large part to the fact that Hayley felt that there were philosophical difference between her and Matti Hagman, whom she felt did not trust in her abilities; nor did she feel he would change.

Hagman made that clear when he stated that he believed that the change in tier and level of play was just too much for her.

Despite his comments, Hayley chose not to fire back, living up to her self-proclaimed personal motto, "Excellence and Professionalism" -- and Hayley exudes both every time she steps on the ice or up to the mike.