Order of Hockey in Canada

Geraldine Heaney - 2016 Order of Hockey in Canada Honouree

HOCKEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Played 125 games with Canada’s National Women’s Team from 1990-2002
  • Recorded 93 points (27 goals, 66 assists) with Team Canada
  • Is the highest-scoring defenceman in Canada’s National Women’s Team history
  • Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games
  • Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2001 IIHF World Women’s Championship
  • Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2000 IIHF World Women’s Championship
  • Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 1999 IIHF World Women’s Championship
  • Won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games
  • Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 1997 IIHF World Women’s Championship
  • Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 1994 IIHF World Women’s Championship
  • Named Best Defenceman by the IIHF directorate at the world championship in 1994
  • Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 1992 IIHF World Women’s Championship
  • Named Best Defenceman by the IIHF directorate at the world championship in 1992
  • Named to the world championship all-star team in 1992
  • Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 1990 IIHF World Women’s Championship
  • Played four 3/4 Nations Cups with Team Canada, winning three gold and one silver
  • Won six Ontario provincial championships with the Toronto Aeros
  • Named top defenceman in the OWHA in 1987-88, 1991-92 and 1992-93
  • Played at every Esso Women’s Nationals from 1987 to 2001
  • Won a gold medal at Esso Women’s Nationals in 1991, 1993, 2000 and 2004
  • Scored the gold medal-winning goal in OT in the 2004 gold medal game, while three months pregnant
  • Named top defenceman at Esso Women’s Nationals in 1993, 1997 and 2001
  • Named most valuable player at Esso Women’s Nationals in 1992
  • Won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 1994 World Ball Hockey Championship
  • Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 1992 World Ball Hockey Championship
  • Won an Ontario Colleges Athletic Association championship with Seneca College in 1987

ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND

  • Born October 1, 1967 in Lurgan, Northern Ireland
  • She and her husband, John, have one son, Patrick, and one daughter, Shannon

HONOURS

  • Inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2014
  • Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2013
  • Inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2008
  • Had her No. 91 retired by the Toronto Aeros organization in 2006
  • Inducted into the Ontario Ball Hockey Association Hall of Fame in 2003
  • Inducted into the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 2003
Photos
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2017 OHC: 2017 recipients honoured at HCF gala
2017 OHC recipients honoured at HCF gala
HCF: 2015 Celebrity Classic gala
2015 Hockey Canada Foundation Celebrity Classic gala
HCF: 2015 Celebrity Classic golf
2015 Hockey Canada Foundation Celebrity Classic Golf
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