Hayley Wickenheiser sounded the buzzer on her glorious hockey career Friday after 23 years on the national team capped by four Olympic gold medals.
The 38-year-old Shaunavon, Sask., native amassed 168 goals and 211 assists in 276 games for Canada and is almost certainly bound for the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Postmedia chatted with Wickenheiser before she headed up to Edmonton Saturday for a ceremony in her honour in advance of the Oilers vs. Flames game at Rogers Place.
Here’s Wick in her own words:
On retiring before the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea:
“Obviously it’s bittersweet.