The Leaside Sports Hall of Fame is hosting their 2022 Induction Evening & Celebration on Friday November 18th, 2022 at Leaside Memorial Gardens (William Lea Room), catered by Grill Time. Jayna Hefford will be the Keynote Speaker. Jayna Hefford is one of the most decorated Canadian Olympians of all-time.
22 June 2022; Jayna Hefford, Four-time Olympic Gold Medallist,Canada, on Sportstrade Stage during day two of Collision 2022 at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Collision via Sportsfile
Jayna won multiple medals at the Winter Olympics and IIHF World Women’s Championships as well as titles in the National Women’s Hockey League and Canadian Women’s Hockey League. Jayna helped Canada win four-straight Olympic gold medals from 2002 to 2014 and famously scored the gold-medal winning goal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. At the professional club level across three leagues, she scored 439 goals in 418 competitive games including a CWHL record 44 goals in 2008-09. Jayna was selected as the 6th female in history to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on June 26, 2018 and in 2019 she was named an Order of Hockey in Canada recipient. Raised in Kingston, Ontario – her childhood #15 jersey has been retired by the Kingston Minor Hockey Association and hangs from the rafters in all of their arenas. Jayna is a resident of East York.
- Kayla Briggs, Soccer
- Zach Edey, Basketball
Hall of Fame Inductees:
- Peter Dudley, Baseball, Builder
- Cal Gardner, Hockey, Athlete
- Bill Kennedy, Hockey & Baseball, Athlete
- Metropolitan Motors Baseball Team (1953‑1956), Baseball, Historical Teams
For more information about the event, and to purchase tickets, visit this link: leasidesports.com/event
