Danielle Goyette
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Danielle Goyette (born January 30, 1966 in St-Nazaire
, Quebec
) is a retired women's ice hockey
player, and has been on the Canadian national team.
In 2006
, she was selected to carry the Canadian flag during the Opening Ceremonies
of the 2006 Winter Olympics
in Turin, Italy. At the age of 42, she was the oldest current member of Team Canada at the time of her retirement in 2008.
Danielle Goyette has won three Olympic medals, gold in both Turin
(2006) and Salt Lake City
(2002) and a silver medal in Nagano
(1998). She has also had a lot of success with Team Canada at the world championships, capturing seven Gold medals as well as one silver.
At the IIHF World Championships, she is Canada's all-time leading scorer (29 goals and 53 points in eight tournaments).
Saint-Nazaire, Quebec
Saint-Nazaire is a municipality in Quebec, Canada.-Demographics:Population trend:* Population in 2006: 1866 * Population in 2001: 2028* Population in 1996: 2095* Population in 1991: 2024...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
) is a retired women's ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player, and has been on the Canadian national team.
Hockey Canada
In the gold medal game at the 1998 Winter Olympics, Goyette scored the only goal for Canada. It would be the first Canadian goal ever scored in an Olympic women’s ice hockey gold medal game. She ranked first at the 2002 Winter Olympics with 7 assists and tied for first with 10 points. Four years earlier, Goyette had 8 goals in the 1998 Olympics. She finished her international career with 113 goals and 105 assists while appearing in 171 games.In 2006
Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff.As host of the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada was pressured to do well at the 2006 Games...
, she was selected to carry the Canadian flag during the Opening Ceremonies
2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
The Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics was held on February 10, 2006 beginning at 20:00 CET at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy....
of the 2006 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
in Turin, Italy. At the age of 42, she was the oldest current member of Team Canada at the time of her retirement in 2008.
Danielle Goyette has won three Olympic medals, gold in both Turin
Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff.As host of the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada was pressured to do well at the 2006 Games...
(2006) and Salt Lake City
Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Canada competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.These games were the second best ever for Canada, as they finished in fourth place in the medal standings with 17 medals, seven of which were gold.-Medalists:-4th...
(2002) and a silver medal in Nagano
Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Canada competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.Canada's biggest story at these games was the failure of the men's ice hockey team to win gold. For the first time, Canada's best players were able to compete at the Olympics, so...
(1998). She has also had a lot of success with Team Canada at the world championships, capturing seven Gold medals as well as one silver.
At the IIHF World Championships, she is Canada's all-time leading scorer (29 goals and 53 points in eight tournaments).
CWHL
She scored a goal in the 2003 Esso Women's National Hockey Championship to help Team Alberta win the Abby Hoffman Cup.Coaching
In 2007 she was named head coach of the University of Calgary Dinos women's hockey program. In the summer of 2010, Goyette participated in the evaluation camp for the 2010–11 Canadian national women's team. She was a coach for Canada Red (the camp was divided into four teams, Red, White, Yellow, Blue). Goyette coached Hayley Wickenheiser during the 2010–11 Univeristy of Calgary Dinos women's ice hockey season.World championships
- 2007 - Winnipeg, Canada - Gold
- 2005 - LinköpingLinköpingLinköping is a city in southern middle Sweden, with 104 232 inhabitants in 2010. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality with 146 736 inhabitants and the capital of Östergötland County...
, SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
- Silver - 2004 - Halifax, Canada - Gold
- 2001 - Minneapolis, United StatesMinneapolis, MinnesotaMinneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
- Gold - 2000 - Mississauga, CanadaMississauga, OntarioMississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades...
- Gold - 1999 - Espoo, Finland - Gold
- 1997 - Kitchener, CanadaKitchener, OntarioThe City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census...
- Gold - 1994 - Lake Placid, United StatesLake Placid, New YorkLake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638....
- Gold - 1992 - Tampere, Finland - Gold