PYEONGCHANG, South Korea – The Hockey Canada Foundation is looking to extend the legacy of this year’s Canadian women’s and men’s Olympic hockey teams with a unique online auction of game-worn jerseys that will put money back directly into growing the game at the grassroots level across the country.

Beginning Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, hockey and Olympic fans from around the world can bid on game-worn jerseys from every member of Canada’s Women’s Olympic Hockey Team during a five-day, online auction. The 23-player team, announced on Dec. 22, 2017, went undefeated in Olympic preliminary-round action as part of its drive for five consecutive gold medals. Bids will be accepted until the evening of Feb. 22.

The online auction for Canada’s Men’s Olympic Hockey Team begins at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Feb. 20, and closes on Feb. 25. The 25-player team faces the Czech Republic in its second preliminary-round game tonight at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

“Canada’s Olympians – both past and present – inspire our nation to not only come together to support our athletes, but also to get involved in sport and active, healthy lifestyles,” said Donna Iampieri, executive director of the Hockey Canada Foundation. “We want to help make our women’s and men’s Olympic hockey teams’ legacies live on well beyond the Games themselves. Working with the Canadian Olympic Foundation, we will provide hockey and Olympic fans from around the world an opportunity to bid on a piece of the history from the 2018 Olympic Winter Games – game-worn Olympic hockey jerseys from the 48 players who are representing our nation in PyeongChang.”

Iampieri noted that net proceeds from the jersey auctions will be shared between the Hockey Canada Foundation and Canadian Olympic Foundation.

Up for grabs are the game-worn jerseys of all 48 players who were named to the women’s and men’s Olympic hockey teams, including those of two-time Olympic gold-medallist and women’s team captain Marie-Philip Poulin, and 2011 Stanley Cup champion and men’s team captain Chris Kelly.

For more information on Canada’s women’s and men’s Olympic hockey teams, please visit HockeyCanada.ca, or follow through social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Twitter.com/HC_Women or Twitter.com/HC_Men.

To learn more about the Hockey Canada Foundation, please visit HockeyCanada.ca/Foundation and review its case for support.

Former Hockey Canada president Murray Costello has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada, in recognition of his contributions to the development of hockey across the country, particularly to Canada's National Junior Team and Canada's National Women's Team.

The prestigious appointment was announced Sat., June 29 by Gov. Gen. David Johnston.

Established in 1967 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Order of Canada is the centrepiece of the country's honours system and recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation. The Order recognizes people in all sectors of Canadian society. Their contributions are varied, yet they have all enriched the lives of others and made a difference to this country. The Order of Canada’s motto is DESIDERANTES MELIOREM PATRIAM (They desire a better country).

The Officer of the Order of Canada award recognizes a lifetime of achievement and merit of a high degree, especially in service to Canada or to humanity at large.

A former professional hockey player with the NHL's Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings, Costello went back to school and became a lawyer following his on-ice career. He served as president of the Canadian Hockey Association from 1979 through 1998, and was a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame Board of Directors in Toronto for 17 years. He was himself inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2006. The South Porcupine, Ont., native went on to serve in a variety of roles with the IIHF, including auditor for eight years, as well as member of the disciplinary committee for another eight years, member of the statutes committee for four years, and chairman of both the medical and junior committees.

CALGARY, Alta. – Edmonton, the City of Champions, will honour Canada’s champions as the Hockey Canada Foundation (HCF) plays host to its annual gala and golf tournament on June 28 and 29.

Hockey Canada announced on Tuesday that Edmonton will be the site of the annual event, which celebrates the on-ice accomplishments of Hockey Canada’s national teams. This year's celebration will focus on Canada’s success at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, where the men’s and women’s teams won gold medals.

“Edmonton is the perfect place to honour our athletes and the successes they have had in 2010,” says Bob Nicholson, president and CEO of Hockey Canada. “We expect the gala and golf tournament to add to Edmonton’s incredible sporting history.” 

The gala, which will include unique silent and live auctions, will be held at Edmonton’s Edmonton Marriott at River Cree Resort in cooperation with the River Cree Resort & Casino on June 28. Members of the 2010 men’s and women’s Olympic hockey teams, along with other celebrities, will be in attendance. Pierre McGuire and Gord Miller are the masters of ceremony.

“The evening will be one of celebration,” says Edmonton’s Doug Goss, event chairman. “This is all about recognition, memories and entertainment.”

Blackhawk Golf Course and Edmonton Petroleum Golf and Country Club will play host to the celebrity tournament on June 29. Each foursome will include a celebrity.

The Hockey Canada Foundation works closely with Hockey Canada to raise money to support minor hockey programs. The HCF focuses on five areas of funding: skill development and qualified coaching, accessibility and diversity, health and wellness, athlete and alumni support, and next-generation programming.

The majority of the funds that will be raised at the 2010 gala and golf tournament will go to support an outdoor minor hockey and public skating facility at TELUS Field in Edmonton. This project will be a partnership between the Hockey Canada Foundation, the Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation and the City of Edmonton.

For more information on the gala and golf tournament, please click here to view the available sponsorship opportunities.

With the drop of the puck in Beijing, another Olympic Winter Games is underway and another chapter of Team Canada hockey history is set to be written in China.

As part of Black History Month, let’s take a look back at the five Black athletes who have helped – and are helping – write that history.

DARREN LOWE

1984 – 7GP 2G 2A 4P (4th place)

The trailblazer, Lowe became Canada’s first Black Olympian at the 1984 Games in Sarajevo. The Toronto product scored twice – getting the Canadians even early in the third period of an eventual 4-2 win over Finland and counting the game-winner in an 8-1 win over Austria – and added a pair of assists, putting his name on the scoresheet in each of the first four games (all Canadian wins).

CLAUDE VILGRAIN

1988 – 6GP 0G 0A 0P (4th place)

Born in Haiti and raised in Quebec City, Vilgrain was a Team Canada staple in the mid-1980s, playing 145 games with Canada’s National Men’s Team from 1986-88. That run concluded in Calgary, where he went scoreless in six games in the home-ice Games.

JAROME IGINLA

2002 – 6GP 3G 1A 4P (gold medal)
2006 – 6GP 2G 1A 3P (7th place)
2010 – 7GP 5G 2A 7P (gold medal)

The 2021 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee was front and centre in a pair of games that will forever have a place in Olympic hockey lore. In 2002, the St. Albert, Alta., native scored twice and added an assist in a 5-2 gold medal game win over the U.S. that ended a 50-year drought for Canada. Eight years later, cries of ‘Iggy! Iggy! Iggy!’ rang in the ears of Canadian fans as Iginla set up Sidney Crosby for the Golden Goal in Vancouver.

P.K. SUBBAN

2014 – 1GP 0G 0A 0P (gold medal)

Has there ever been a better seventh defenceman? As part of a deep Canadian blue-line, Subban – the reigning Norris Trophy winner – got into just a single game in Sochi, playing 11:41 in a 6-0 prelim win over Austria.

SARAH NURSE

2018 – 5GP 1G 0A 1P (silver medal)

The first Black woman to wear red and white on the biggest stage in sports, Nurse netted just a single goal in PyeongChang, but it was a beauty in a big game – she wired home the game-winner in a 2-1 preliminary-round victory over the U.S. The Hamilton, Ont., product is back for a second Games in Beijing, eyeing a bigger role and a different finish.

CALGARY, Alta. – With just over two months until the 2022 Olympic Winter Games get underway, Hockey Canada has unveiled the three Nike jerseys that Canada’s men’s, women’s and para hockey teams will wear in Beijing, China.

The Team Canada Olympic and Paralympic hockey jersey, which comes in traditional red and white, as well as a black version, was unveiled on Tuesday night during the TSN and RDS broadcast of the Rivalry Series game between Canada’s National Women’s Team and the United States in Ottawa, Ont.

“The Olympics and Paralympics are the pinnacle of sport, and we are excited to unveil the three jerseys that our men’s, women’s and para hockey athletes will wear as they represent our country on sport’s biggest stage in Beijing,” said Tom Renney, chief executive officer of Hockey Canada. “We know how passionate Canadian hockey fans are, and we know fans from coast to coast to coast will embrace the new jerseys as they cheer on our country’s best hockey players. We look forward to wearing these spectacular jerseys on the ice in Beijing, and seeing Canadians all around the world supporting our teams in the Olympic and Paralympic jersey.”

The Team Canada Olympic and Paralympic jersey boldly positions the iconic Canadian Maple Leaf as the centre crest, with the red jersey featuring a unique and striking black Maple Leaf and black accents, while the white jersey showcases a classic red leaf and red accents throughout the jersey. The third jersey is a black-on-black design, with a black base complimented by a black Maple Leaf highlighted with a red outline. All three jerseys were built for performance and sustainability using Nike Swift technology, which enhances mobility, reduces weight and helps minimize distractions during intense competition

“There is no greater honour in sport than representing your country on the world’s biggest stage at the Olympics and Paralympics, and our men’s, women’s and para hockey team hopefuls are excited by the opportunity to wear these three jerseys that embody Canadian hockey,” said Scott Smith, president and chief operating officer of Hockey Canada. “We know our athletes, staffs and hockey fans alike will wear these jerseys with a tremendous amount of pride when our hockey teams head to Beijing represented by one leaf, as one team with one goal in mind, and that is bringing three gold medals back to Canada.”

Before Canada’s men’s, women’s and para hockey teams begin their quest for gold medals in Beijing, fans can purchase their own jersey for $180 (plus applicable taxes) by visiting shop.hockeycanada.ca. Replica Team Canada Olympic hockey jerseys are also available for purchase in-store and online at Sport Chek and other select retailers.

“Team Canada’s hockey jerseys are one of the most iconic symbols of the Olympic Winter Games,” said David Shoemaker, chief executive officer and secretary general of the Canadian Olympic Committee. “The red, white and black of the jerseys represent Canada’s rich history as the most successful country in Olympic hockey. Canada’s 22 hockey medals, including 13 gold, are a testament to the excellent work of Hockey Canada and the quality of Canada’s athletes. I can’t wait to cheer on the men’s and women’s teams at the Games.”

For more information on Hockey Canada, please visit HockeyCanada.ca, or follow along via social media on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and by using #OurGameIsBack.

2010 – CANADA 2, UNITED STATES 0
Marie-Philip Poulin and Shannon Szabados booked their places in Canadian hockey lore, combining to lead Canada to a home-ice Olympic gold with a 2-0 win over the Americans in Vancouver.

Poulin, at 18 the youngest player on the Canadian roster, scored both goals, while Szabados, who started the centralization year third on the depth chart behind decorated puck-stoppers Kim St-Pierre and Charline Labonté, posted a 28-save shutout.

"I was standing there on the blue-line after and I thought to myself, 'I can't believe I got a shutout,'" Szabados told CBC after the game. "But I would have been satisfied with a 9-8 score, as long as we won."

The win capped an impressive run through the tournament for Canada, which captured its third-consecutive Olympic gold by outscoring its opposition 48-2, including back-to-back shutouts in the medal round.

Meghan Agosta did the heavy lifting up front, earning MVP honours after a 15-point performance (including a record-setting nine goals), but it was Poulin who stole the show with 7.5 million Canadians watching.

She opened the scoring with 6:05 remaining in the first period, quickly one-timing a feed from Jennifer Botterill over the glove of U.S. goaltender Jessie Vetter, and buried a chance right off the face-off less than three minutes later to double the advantage.

That was all the offence Szabados needed, and as the seconds ticked away the celebration was on – on the bench, in Canada Hockey Place and in every corner of the country.

"I looked up in the stands and saw a sign that said ‘Proud to be Canadian’ and that's what I am today.”

OTHER GAMES

1960 – Jim Connelly scored the lone goal for Canada in a 2-1 medal-round loss to the United States. A first-period American goal ended Don Head’s shutout streak at 164:19, the fourth-longest run in Canadian Olympic history.

1994 – Finland took an early 2-0 lead, but Canada stormed back with goals from Todd Hlushko, Petr Nedved, Brad Werenka, Jean-Yves Roy and Greg Parks to earn a 5-3 semifinal win over the Finns and advance to the gold medal game for the second-consecutive Olympics.

2002 – CANADA 5, UNITED STATES 2
Joe Sakic finished an MVP performance with two goals and two assists, scoring the game-winning goal in the second period to lead Canada to a 5-2 win over the United States and a historic gold medal in Salt Lake City.

The victory ended a 50-year Olympic drought for Canada, which had not stood on top of the podium since the Edmonton Mercurys were golden at the 1952 Games in Oslo.

A showdown of the two most star-studded teams didn’t disappoint, with the Canadians nursing a one-goal lead until the final minutes in front of a capacity crowd of 8,599 at the E Center, and a Canadian-record television audience of 10.3 million (a mark that stood until the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver).

After Tony Amonte opened the scoring for the U.S. just shy of the nine-minute mark, Paul Kariya tied it on a goal best remembered for Mario Lemieux letting the Chris Pronger pass go through his legs to Kariya.

Jarome Iginla shoveled in a centering pass from Sakic to give Canada its first lead late in the first period, but Brian Rafalski got the Americans even on a power play in the second.

Sakic put Canada back up for good with just 98 seconds left in the middle frame, getting his shot through traffic and past Mike Richter for a 3-2 lead after 40 minutes.

Martin Brodeur kept the U.S. off the scoresheet after that, finishing a 31-save performance, and goals from Iginla and Sakic in the last four minutes set off a coast-to-coast-to-coast party unseen for a half-decade.

Few Canadian Olympic rosters are as decorated as the 2002 edition – 12 players are members of the Hockey Hall of Fame (Belfour, Blake, Kariya, Lemieux, Lindros, MacInnis, Niedermayer, Nieuwendyk, Pronger, Sakic, Shanahan, Yzerman) with Brodeur and Iginla likely to follow in the coming years.

OTHER GAMES

1952 – Canada racked up 58 shots, the fourth-most in a game in Canadian Olympic history, in a 3-3 tie with the United States. The single point was enough for the Edmonton Mercurys to secure the gold medal, the fifth for Canada in six Olympics.

1960 – Don Head pitched a 38-save shutout, his second in as many games, and Canada got two goals from Floyd Martin and one each from Darryl Sly and George Samolenko in a 4-0 win over Czechoslovakia.

1988 – Canada couldn’t solve goaltender Sergey Mylnikov, and dropped a 5-0 decision to the Soviet Union to open the medal round in Calgary.

2010 – Ryan Getzlaf, Dan Boyle, Rick Nash and Brenden Morrow scored goals in the first period, and Canada cruised to a 7-3 quarter-final win over Russia. Boyle finished with a goal and two assists, Corey Perry scored twice and 14 players had at least a point for the Canadians, who racked up 21 shots in the first period to take control early.

2014 – CANADA 3, SWEDEN 0
Canada made it back-to-back Olympic gold medals for the first time since 1948 and 1952, completing a dominant run through the tournament by blanking the Swedes.

The Canadians were perfect in Sochi, and they did it with defence – Canada allowed just one goal in three medal round games, blanking the U.S. in the semifinals and Sweden in the final, and just three overall in six games, the best defensive performance in modern Olympic history.

“Right from goaltending all the way out, we didn’t give up a whole lot,” Canadian captain Sidney Crosby told The Canadian Press. “I think just as a group everyone was committed. It would’ve been easy to kind of feel the pressure of not scoring as much and try to force things, and that’s probably when we’d end up in big trouble. We stuck with it and knew what we had to do and knew how we had to win.”

Jonathan Toews opened the scoring for Canada in the gold medal game – just as he did four years earlier in Vancouver – and Crosby added one of his own, albeit in a far less dramatic fashion than his golden goal on home ice in 2010.

It took Canada all of 13 minutes of the first period to get the only offence it would need, with Jeff Carter finding Toews streaking to the net to redirect in the 1-0 goal.

Crosby netted his first of the tournament late in the second period, racing in on a breakaway and tucking the puck around Swedish goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, and Chris Kunitz added a little more insurance midway through the third.

Canada held the high-powered Swedes to 24 shots on goal, and only 13 in the final 40 minutes.

Carey Price completed a record-setting run in the Canadian goal, earning his second shutout of the tournament to finish with a 0.59 goals-against average, the best such mark in Canadian Olympic history.

Canada became the first gold medallist to run the table since the Soviet Union in 1984, and went the entire tournament – more than 362 minutes – without trailing in any game.

“It sounds cliché, but defence wins championships,” said Rick Nash.

OTHER GAMES

1952 – Canada scored twice in the opening two minutes and cruised to an 11-2 win over Norway. Bruce Dickson’s goal 25 seconds in and Tom Pollack’s at 1:59 are the fastest two goals from the start of the game in Canadian Olympic history.

1992 – Canada played its way into the first-ever Olympic gold medal game, but fell 3-1 to the Unified Team. Chris Lindberg scored the lone goal for the Canadians, who ended a 24-year Olympic medal drought with the silver.

1994 – Paul Kariya scored six minutes into overtime to give Canada a 3-2 quarter-final win over the Czech Republic. Brian Savage had the other two Canadian goals.

2010 – Fifteen players found their way onto the score sheet as Canada defeated Germany for the 15th straight time at the Olympics, 8-2. Jarome Iginla, who scored twice, Joe Thornton, Shea Weber, Sidney Crosby, Mike Richards, Scott Niedermeyer and Rick Nash had the Canadian goals.

2002 – CANADA 7, BELARUS 1
Steve Yzerman had a goal and two assists, Mario Lemieux added two helpers and seven different Canadians found the back of the net to lead Canada to the Olympic gold medal game with a semifinal win over Belarus.

The Europeans had earned their spot in the final four with a quarter-final victory over Sweden, considered one of the biggest upsets in international hockey history, but there would be no repeat against the Canadians.

“The night before the game, we had a team dinner and talked about (playing for gold),” says Canadian forward Ryan Smyth. “We knew we were lucky to be Olympians, but we were now one game away from getting a chance to bring back a gold medal. Obviously with our history, we knew how exciting that could be.”

Canada jumped out to an early lead when Yzerman scored at 6:05, but Belarus fought back to tie the game seven minutes later, with defenceman Ruslan Salei beating Martin Brodeur.

That would be the last puck to find its way past Brodeur, and the Canadian offence took over from there, starting with Eric Brewer’s game-winning goal at 17:25 of the opening period.

Scott Niedermayer doubled the lead early in the second period and Paul Kariya gave Canada even more breathing room before 40 minutes were complete. With the Canadians dominating Belarus, holding a 32-9 advantage in shots on goal after two, the third period was anti-climactic.

Simon Gagné, Eric Lindros and Jarome Iginla added goals in the final frame to complete the rout.

In all, seven Canadians scored goals, and 13 had at least a point – a total team effort.

“A lot of lines contributed in that game so it helped everyone settle in,” Smyth says. “Guys just seemed to find the right chemistry all through that tournament.”

OTHER GAMES

1952 – Canada continued its stifling defence, allowing Sweden just nine shots on goal – the third time in five games the Canadians kept their opponents under 10 – but escape with a narrow 3-2 victory to remain unbeaten.

1960 – Fred Etcher scored 12 seconds apart in the first period, the fastest two Olympic goals ever by a Canadian, and Jack Douglas had a hat trick to help Canada hammer Germany 12-0 in its first medal round game.

1980 – John Devaney scored for Canada, but the three Stastny brothers – Anton, Marion and Peter – combined for 11 points in Czechoslovakia’s 6-1 win in the fifth-place game in Lake Placid.

1988 – Merlin Malinowski and Serge Boisvert scored goals and Sean Burke made 28 saves in Canada’s 2-2 tie with Sweden to close out the preliminary round and leave the Canadians and Swedes tied with Finland atop Group A.

2006 – Alexander Ovechkin and Alexei Kovalev scored third-period goals, and Canada was shut out for the third time in the tournament, falling 2-0 to Russia in the quarter-finals in Torino.

2010 – Canada booked its spot in the women’s Olympic gold medal game for the fourth time in as many tries, getting a goal and an assist from Meghan Agosta, two assists from Jayna Hefford and 11 saves from Shannon Szabados to beat Finland 5-0 in the semifinals.