Danielle Goyette

Danielle Goyette likely needs to no introduction. She was Canada’s Opening Ceremonies flag bearer at the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006, and has a reputation for rising above the odds. Despite many language and gender barriers in her early days of ice hockey, Danielle’s perseverance and success has inspired many girls to pursue dreams of their own – including our own SDR athletes.

Few athletes in any sport can match Danielle’s accomplishments at the international stage. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2002, 2006) and captured a silver medal in 1998 in addition to eight World Championship titles – the most recent coming in Winnipeg in 2007. She has represented Canada at international competitions more than any other hockey player in history – male or female – and has more than 100 goals to her credit in international play.

Her Olympic accomplishments extend outside medals – she was the leading goal scorer in the 1998 tournament in Nagano, ranking second overall in points. The smooth-skating forward also won three gold medals each with Team Alberta and Team Quebec at the Esso Women’s Nationals.

Danielle is an accomplished skills coach, having worked with numerous bantam and midget teams in skill and skating development as well as with a variety of NHLers including Brayden Point, Braydon Coburn, and Vegas Golden Knight prospect Reid Duke. In 2012, she was named as an assistant coach for Team Canada at the world championships and reprised that role at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, where Canada went on to win the gold medal.

In 2017 Danielle received the ultimate honour in hockey when she was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.