Jayna Hefford

Jayna Hefford
Hockey Hall of Fame, 2018
Hefford in 2022
Born (1977-05-14) May 14, 1977
Trenton, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight 140 lb (64 kg; 10 st 0 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Left
Played for Mississauga Chiefs
Brampton Thunder
National team  Canada
Playing career 19962014
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women's ice hockey
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake CityTournament
2006 TurinTournament
2010 VancouverTournament
2014 SochiTournament
1998 NaganoTournament
IIHF World Women's Championships
1997 CanadaTournament
1999 FinlandTournament
2000 CanadaTournament
2001 United StatesTournament
2004 CanadaTournament
2007 CanadaTournament
2012 United StatesTournament
2005 SwedenTournament
2008 ChinaTournament
2009 FinlandTournament
2011 SwitzerlandTournament
2013 CanadaTournament
Women's 4 Nations Cup
2010 CanadaTournament
Commissioner of the Canadian Women's Hockey League
In office
August 1, 2018  May 1, 2019
Preceded byBrenda Andress
Personal details
NationalityCanadian
SpouseKathleen Kauth
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Toronto

Jayna Hefford (born May 14, 1977) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player and current Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations for the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).

Hefford got her start in the sport of ringette but soon moved into ice hockey. During her hockey career, she won multiple medals at the Winter Olympics and IIHF World Women's Championships as well as titles in the National Women's Hockey League and Canadian Women's Hockey League. She helped Canada win four-straight Olympic gold medals from 2002 to 2014 and famously scored the gold medal-winning goal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. At the club level across three leagues, she scored 439 goals in 418 competitive games including a CWHL record 44 goals in 2008–09.

She was selected to be inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame on June 26, 2018. On July 19, 2018, Hefford was named interim commissioner of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. She was named a 2019 Order of Hockey in Canada recipient.

Hefford was born in Trenton, Ontario. She previously played for the Mississauga Chiefs and Brampton Thunder.