Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser was promoted to senior director of player development for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday, and Danielle Goyette was hired as director of player development.
Wickenheiser was named Maple Leafs assistant director of player development Aug. 23, 2018. She has worked with Toronto prospects at all levels, with a focus on those based in western Canada while she completed her education at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine in 2021.
The four-time Olympic women’s hockey gold medalist (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014) scored 379 points (168 goals, 211 assists), the most in the history of her country. She retired in 2017 to pursue becoming an emergency room doctor, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019, and became one of Canada’s most influential faces in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Goyette won the Olympic gold medal twice as a player (2002, 2006) and once as an assistant coach for Canada (2014). She also helped Canada win the IIHF Women’s World Championship eight times, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017 and named to the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2018.
She joins the Maple Leafs after 13 seasons as coach of the University of Calgary women’s hockey team, which she coached to a Canada national college championship in 2012.
Will Sibley was promoted to director of development operations and analysis. Player development consultant Darryl Belfry will oversee the technical development of Maple Leafs players and staff. His company, Belfry Hockey Inc., works with clients including Toronto forwards John Tavares, Auston Matthews and Jason Spezza.
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