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{{Short description|Irish-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1967)}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Geraldine Heaney
| position = [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]]
| played_for = [[Toronto Aeros]]
| coached_for = [[Waterloo Warriors women's ice hockey|University of Waterloo]]<br>[[Toronto Six]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
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| weight_lb = 140
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|10|1}}
| birth_place = [[Lurgan]],
| sex = f
| ntl_team = CAN
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'''Geraldine Heaney''' (born October 1, 1967) is an [[Irish-Canadian]] [[ice hockey]] coach and former [[defenceman (ice hockey)|defenceman]]. She played 18 seasons and over 1,000 games with the [[Toronto Aeros]] organization, won six Ontario provincial championships and was named [[Ontario Women's Hockey Association]] (OWHA) most valuable defenceman on three occasions. The Aeros retired her jersey number 91 in 2006. Internationally, Heaney was a member of the [[Canada women's national ice hockey team|Canadian national team]] in the first seven [[IIHF World Women's Championships|Women's World Championships]], winning gold each time. She is a two-time Olympian, winning silver at the inaugural tournament in [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] tournament, and gold in [[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]].
A pioneer of women's hockey, Heaney is credited with aiding the growth of the sport. Her offensive prowess as a defenceman earned her comparisons to [[National Hockey League]] star [[Bobby Orr]], particularly after she flew through the air after scoring the gold medal-winning goal in the inaugural [[1990 IIHF Women's World Championship|world championship]]. In 2008, Heaney became one of the first three female inductees, along with [[Angela James]] and [[Cammi Granato]], to the [[IIHF Hall of Fame|International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Hall of Fame]]. She was the third woman, after James and Granato, to be inducted to the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]], and was inducted into [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2014.
==Early life==
Heaney was born on October 1, 1967, in [[Lurgan]], [[County Armagh]], [[Northern Ireland]].<ref name="OlympicStats">{{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=Canada's Olympic Hockey History 1920–2010 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadasolympicho0000podn |url-access=registration |publisher=Fenn Publishing Company, Ltd. |location=Toronto, ON |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-55168-323-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/canadasolympicho0000podn/page/242 242]}}</ref> Her parents, Mike and Kathleen Heaney, emigrated to Canada when Geraldine was one year old, but she retained pride in her Irish birth, often returning to Ulster.<ref name="UlsterGold">{{cite news |last=Regan |first=Claire |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10657038.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111045328/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10657038.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-11 |title=Ulster gold at winter Olympics |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=2002-02-22 |access-date=2013-11-04
==Playing career==
===Toronto Aeros===
Heaney first joined a girls' hockey team at age 10, playing against girls up to six years older than her.<ref name="NYMirrorRetrospective">{{cite news |last=Nelson |first=Norm |url=http://www.insidetoronto.com/sports-story/3901293-emery-collegiate-and-seneca-college-grad-geraldine-heaney-to-enter-hockey-hall-of-fame/ |title=Emery Collegiate and Seneca College grad Geraldine Heaney to enter Hockey Hall of Fame |work=North York Mirror |date=2013-07-21 |access-date=2013-11-04 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043830/http://www.insidetoronto.com/sports-story/3901293-emery-collegiate-and-seneca-college-grad-geraldine-heaney-to-enter-hockey-hall-of-fame/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She joined the [[Toronto Aeros]] in 1980 at the age of 13. It began a career with the organization in which she played over 1,000 games at the [[senior hockey|senior]] level and later the [[National Women's Hockey League (1999)|National Women's Hockey League]] (NWHL).<ref name="InductionShowcase">{{cite web |url=http://www.hhof.com/htmlInduct../ind13Heaney.shtml |title=Induction showcase – Geraldine Heaney |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |access-date=2013-11-04 |archive-date=5 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105043051/http://www.hhof.com/htmlInduct../ind13Heaney.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> She was a member of six provincial championship winning teams and named the [[Ontario Women's Hockey Association]]'s top defenceman on three occasions: 1987–88, 1991–92 and 1992–93.<ref name="InductionShowcase" />
While studying recreation facilities management at [[Seneca College]] in Toronto, Heaney was recruited to play [[volleyball]], but immediately switched to hockey upon learning the school operated a women's team.<ref name="NYMirrorRetrospective" /> In 1987, she led Seneca to an [[Ontario Colleges Athletic Association]] championship and was named to both her league and the provincial championship all-star teams.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.senecacollege.ca/collegenews/articles/07-09.html |title=Seneca graduate headed to the Hockey Hall of Fame |publisher=Seneca College |date=2013-07-09 |access-date=2013-11-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130717083235/http://www.senecacollege.ca/collegenews/articles/07-09.html |archive-date=2013-07-17 }}</ref>
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===International===
The first [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] (IIHF) sanctioned [[IIHF World Women's Championships|Women's World Championship]] was played in [[1990 IIHF Women's World Championship|1990]], in [[Ottawa]].<ref name="IIHFfirstWC">{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/the-iihf/100-year-anniversary/100-top-stories/story-47.html |title=IIHF starts the World Women's Championship |publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation |access-date=2012-10-28 |archive-date=26 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926074950/http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/the-iihf/100-year-anniversary/100-top-stories/story-47.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Heaney was selected for [[Canada women's national ice hockey team|Team Canada]], but as she was a [[Permanent residency in Canada|landed immigrant]], she had to rush the process of gaining citizenship before she could play.<ref name="GoldenHero">{{cite news |last=Ringland |first=Nigel |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-83435543 |title=A golden return for hero Heaney |work=The Mirror |location=London|date=2002-03-04 |access-date=}}{{dead link|date=July 2021}}</ref> Canada and the [[United States women's national ice hockey team|United States]] were the class of the tournament and met in the final.<ref name="IIHFfirstWC" /> Heaney scored the gold medal-winning goal in dramatic fashion as she [[deke (ice hockey)|deked]] around two American defencemen before sliding the puck into the net as she tripped over the goaltender and flew through the air in a fashion reminiscent of [[Bobby Orr]]'s [[Stanley Cup]]
The 1990 tournament marked the first of seven consecutive gold medal victories for Heaney, and she was the only player to appear in the first seven World Championships for Canada.<ref name="NYMirrorRetrospective" /> She received the Directorate Award as the tournament's best defenceman at the [[1992 IIHF Women's World Championship|1992]] and [[1994 IIHF Women's World Championship|1994]] tournaments,<ref name="IIHFBestD" /> and was named a tournament all-star in 1992.<ref name="IIHFAST" />
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Women's hockey was added as a full-medal sport for the first time at the [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano Games]], and Heaney was named to the Canadian Olympic team.<ref>{{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=Canada's Olympic Hockey History 1920–2010 |year=2009 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadasolympicho0000podn |url-access=registration |publisher=Fenn Publishing |location=Toronto |page=[https://archive.org/details/canadasolympicho0000podn/page/182 182] |isbn=978-1-55168-323-2}}</ref> While Canada had won every World Championship to that point, defeating the United States in the final each time, the Americans had begun to defeat Canada at other tournaments.<ref>{{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=Canada's Olympic Hockey History 1920–2010 |year=2009 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadasolympicho0000podn |url-access=registration |publisher=Fenn Publishing |location=Toronto |page=[https://archive.org/details/canadasolympicho0000podn/page/184 184] |isbn=978-1-55168-323-2}}</ref> Heaney scored two goals and added four assists in six games;<ref name="OlympicStats" /> however Canada lost the final to the United States, 3–1, and settled for the silver medal.<ref>{{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=Canada's Olympic Hockey History 1920–2010 |year=2009 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadasolympicho0000podn |url-access=registration |publisher=Fenn Publishing |location=Toronto |page=[https://archive.org/details/canadasolympicho0000podn/page/189 189] |isbn=978-1-55168-323-2}}</ref>
Heaney planned on the [[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake Games]] being her final tournament.<ref name="GoldenHero" /> She ended her international career with an Olympic gold medal after Canada defeated the United States 3–2 in the final.<ref>{{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=Canada's Olympic Hockey History 1920–2010 |year=2009 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadasolympicho0000podn |url-access=registration |publisher=Fenn Publishing |location=Toronto |page=[https://archive.org/details/canadasolympicho0000podn/page/203 203] |isbn=978-1-55168-323-2}}</ref> The final was controversial as the American referee called 13 of the final 16 penalties in the game against Canada. Heaney described the feeling of the Canadian players following the game: "We got an unbelievable number of penalties. We never had any idea that could happen. [The officials] tried to give them the game, and we weren't going to let that happen."<ref>{{cite news |last=Burris |first=Joe |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7700655.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131107040026/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7700655.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-07 |title=Canada shocks U.S. to win gold |work=Boston Globe |date=2002-02-22 |access-date=2013-11-06
Heaney also played in two World Ball Hockey Championships. She won a gold medal in 1992 and silver in 1994.<ref name="NYMirrorRetrospective" />
==Coaching==
Heaney turned to coaching and spent six seasons as coach of the [[Waterloo Warriors|University of Waterloo Warriors]] women's hockey team,<ref name="HHOF" /> though the program often struggled as it lacked the resources compared to larger university programs.<ref name="LeavesUW" /> Heaney left Waterloo in 2012 to coach her daughter's [[minor hockey|novice]] team.<ref name="HHOF" />
On June 14, 2022, Heaney was hired by the [[Toronto Six]] of the [[Premier Hockey Federation]] as the team's third head coach in franchise history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://toronto.premierhockeyfederation.com/news/hockey-hall-of-famer-geraldine-heaney-appointed-he |title=HOCKEY HALL OF FAMER GERALDINE HEANEY APPOINTED HEAD COACH OF THE TORONTO SIX |website=Toronto Six |date=June 14, 2022 |access-date=14 June 2022 |archive-date=14 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614160317/https://toronto.premierhockeyfederation.com/news/hockey-hall-of-famer-geraldine-heaney-appointed-he |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Legacy==
An offensive defenceman, Heaney appeared in 125 games with the Canadian National Team, scored 27 goals and recorded 66 assists. In World Championship play, she holds Canadian records for most games (35), goals (8), assists (28) and points (36) for a defenceman.<ref name="HHOF">{{cite web|last=Spencer|first=Donna|title=Geraldine Heaney joins female hockey pioneers in Hockey Hall of Fame|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/geraldine-heaney-joins-female-hockey-pioneers-in-hall-of-fame/article13101516/
In 2008, Heaney joined countrywoman [[Angela James]] and American [[Cammi Granato]] as the first women inducted into the [[IIHF Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news|title=First women players inducted to IIHF Hall of Fame|date=15 May 2008|work=[[CBC Sports]]|location=Toronto, Ontario|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/first-women-players-inducted-to-iihf-hall-of-fame-1.713204|access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Heaney, James, Granato inducted as first women in IIHF Hall of Fame|last=Beacon|first=Bill|date=15 May 2008|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|location=Toronto, Ontario|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/heaney-james-granato-inducted-as-first-women-in-iihf-hall-of-fame/article20384575/|access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref> Proud of her induction, Heaney saw it as a sign of worldwide recognition of women's hockey, and added: "There are so many young girls playing hockey now, it's amazing. I really feel we need to promote the game worldwide, not just in Canada, and inducting women now should help that."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D90MEBBO0.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610193639/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D90MEBBO0.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-06-10 |title=Granato, Heaney, James first women inducted into IIHF Hall of Fame |publisher=Associated Press |date=2008-05-16 |access-date=2013-11-06}}</ref> Five years later, Heaney became the third woman (following James and Granato in 2010) to be inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] as part of its 2013 class.<ref name="HHOF" /> She was scheduled to be inducted into [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]] as part of its 2014 class.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/sarah-burke-among-canada-s-sports-hall-of-fame-inductees-1.2619121 |title=Sarah Burke among Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=2014-04-23 |access-date=2014-04-24 |archive-date=24 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424160826/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/sarah-burke-among-canada-s-sports-hall-of-fame-inductees-1.2619121 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Personal==
Heaney settled in [[Ancaster, Ontario]], following her playing career where she and her husband John are raising their two children, Shannon and Patrick.<ref name="LeavesUW">{{cite news |last=Rivet |first=Christine |url=http://www.therecord.com/sports-story/2579394-hockey-mom-heaney-departs-uw-warriors-/ |title=Hockey mom Heaney departs UW Warriors |work=The Record |location=Kitchener, ON |date=2011-05-03 |access-date=2013-11-06}}</ref>
==International statistics==
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==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
==External links==
* {{ice hockey stats}}
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