Jayna Hefford Jayna Hefford ( born May 14 , 1977 in Kingston , Ontario ) is a women ' s ice hockey player . Hefford played forward for the Canadian women ' s team at the Winter Olympics in 1998 , 2002 , 2006 and 2010 . Her goal in the gold medal game at the 2002 Winter Olympics was the gold medal winning goal . Playing career . Hefford was the captain of Team Ontario at the 1995 Canada Winter Games . Toronto Lady Blues . Hefford played for the Toronto Lady Blues women ' s ice hockey program , which represented the University of Toronto . In the 1997 OWIAA semifinal , Hefford was part of the Lady Blues squad which defeated the Guelph Gryphons by a 4 - 1 tally . In that game , Hefford accumulated three helpers . In the 1997 OWIAA gold medal game , scored 23 seconds into overtime and she believed that the goal clinched the gold medal for the Lady Blues . A little - known rule denied Hefford and her teammates the Blues second consecutive title . OWIAA league rules indicated that the first five - minute overtime session in a playoff game must be played in its entirety ( as a regular period ) . It was advised that the game would continue after Hefford ' s goal and York won the game in the second overtime . Hefford joined former University of Toronto student - athlete Heather Moyse as the only University of Toronto graduates to claim a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games . Hockey Canada . In the 2006 tournament , Hefford scored three goals and added four assists to finish third on the team in scoring and Canada again won the gold medal . It was her second gold medal while participating in her third Olympics . She also won a silver medal with the Canadian team at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano . Hefford has won the gold in six World Championships – 1997 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2004 and 2007 . In 1999 and 2000 , Hefford was Team Canada ’ s leading scorer . Her two third period goals in the 2000 championship game pushed the contest into overtime , allowing Canada the opportunity to win . At the 2005 Esso National Women ’ s Championships , she was named the Best Forward for Group A . On January 1 , 2010 , in Ottawa , Ontario , she was honoured before a game versus Team USA for reaching the 200 - game plateau in her Team Canada career in November . She would go on to score the lone shootout goal later that night . At the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver , Hefford ranked second on Team Canada with 12 points ( 5 goals , 7 assists ) in 5 games on the way to her fourth medal ( third gold ) . Brampton Thunder . During the 2000 – 01 NWHL season , Hefford played with the Thunder and finished first in league scoring with 59 points . In the National Women ' s Hockey League , she played for the Brampton Thunder . She was the league ' s all - time leading goal scorer with 252 goals ( 1998 - 99 to 2006 - 07 ) . In 2007 - 08 , she led the new Canadian Women ' s Hockey League with 26 goals in 27 games for the Brampton Canadette - Thunder . She was named the Canadian Women ' s Hockey League Most Valuable Player of the 2007 – 08 CWHL season , an award voted on by the league ' s six team captains . In addition , she was also a CWHL Central All - Star . Despite winning CWHL Top Scorer of the Month honours on four separate occasions ( September , November , December , January ) , she lost the Angela James Bowl scoring race by just three points ( 58 points to Jennifer Botterill ' s 61 points ) . In 2008 - 09 , she won the Angela James Bowl after scoring 69 points in 28 games . She set new league records with 69 points , 44 goals , 11 power - play goals , six shorthanded goals and seven hat tricks . She is the first player in the Canadian Women ’ s Hockey League to record 100 career points . She recorded the record - setting point milestone on January 17 , 2009 in a win over the Montreal Stars . In 2009 - 10 , she was absent from the Brampton Thunder for most of the season due to the centralization of Canada ' s women ' s hockey Olympic team . After Canada ' s win in Vancouver , she returned to participate in the Clarkson Cup and had a goal and an assist in Brampton ' s semi - final win over the Montreal Stars . On January 18 , 2011 , the Brampton Thunder competed against the Montreal Stars at the Invista Centre in Kingston , Ontario . This was team captain Hefford ’ s hometown and she scored a goal in front of her closest friends , family and fans . In addition , her number 15 was raised to the rafters of the Invista Centre on behalf of the Kingston Area Minor Hockey Association . As of 2012 , no sweaters bearing Hefford ’ s number will be used in Kingston Minor Hockey . Brampton lost to the Minnesota Whitecaps in the final . Personal . Hefford is a national spokesperson for the Canadian Hockey Association ' s Initiation Programme . In 2009 , she set up a charity golf tournament , the Jayna Hefford Links 4 Life Golf Classic , in July 2009 . The tournament raised $ 15 , 000 for the cancer and palliative care undertaken at Kingston ' s university hospitals .