Jayna Hefford

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Jayna Hefford
Hockey Hall of Fame, 2018
Hefford in 2022
Born (1977-05-14) May 14, 1977
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 1996–2014
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women's ice hockey
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City Tournament
2006 Turin Tournament
2010 Vancouver Tournament
2014 Sochi Tournament
1998 Nagano Tournament
IIHF World Women's Championships
1997 Canada Tournament
1999 Finland Tournament
2000 Canada Tournament
2001 United States Tournament
2004 Canada Tournament
2007 Canada Tournament
2012 United States Tournament
2005 Sweden Tournament
2008 China Tournament
2009 Finland Tournament
2011 Switzerland Tournament
2013 Canada Tournament
Women's 4 Nations Cup
2010 Canada Tournament
Commissioner of the Canadian Women's Hockey League
In office
August 1, 2018 – May 1, 2019
Preceded byBrenda Andress
Personal details
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.