Kelly Bechard

Medal record 	Medal record 	Medal record
Women's ice hockey 	Women's ice hockey 	Women's ice hockey
Competitor for Canada	Competitor for Canada	Competitor for Canada
Olympic Games 	Olympic Games 	Olympic Games
Gold 	2002 Salt Lake City 	Ice hockey
Kelly Bechard (born January 28, 1978 in Sedley, Saskatchewan) is a women's ice hockey player. Bechard competed for Canada at the World Championships in 2000 and 2001. In 2002, she competed for Canada at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She was also a provincial doubles badminton champion in High School.
In the gold medal game, Bechard was called for a tripping penalty late in the third period, and this led to Karyn Bye of the United States scoring a goal. The goal made the score 3-2 in Canada’s favour, as Bechard was part of the first Canadian Women's Hockey Gold Medal hockey team in Olympic history.
After the Olympics, Bechard returned to the University of Calgary, where she played for the university’s hockey team, and pursued a degree in management. In 1998, she was named to the CIAU’s First All-Star team and was presented the Award of Merit. [4] She also played for Calgary’s Oval X-Treme and the Brampton Thunder. She scored a goal in the 2003 Esso Women's National Hockey Championship to help Team Alberta win the Abby Hoffman Cup.
Category:Born in 1978
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Canadian women's ice hockey players
Category:Female ice hockey players
Category:2002 Olympian
Category:Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Canada
Category:Calgary Oval X-Treme players