HOCKEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Played for Team Canada at the 1989 IIHF World Junior Championship (fourth place)
• Played for Team Canada at the 1988 IIHF World Junior Championship (gold medal)
• Recorded 13 points (7 goals, 6 assists) in 14 games with Team Canada
• Played 310 NHL games with Detroit, Calgary and Boston from 1989-97
• Recorded 107 points (49 goals, 58 assists) in the NHL
• Selected 80th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft
• Won the Calder Cup with the Adirondack Red Wings (AHL) in 1992
• Played three seasons with the Swift Current Broncos (WHL) from 1986-89
• Won the Memorial Cup with Swift Current in 1989
• Named to the Memorial Cup All-Star Team in 1989
• Won the WHL championship with Swift Current in 1989
• Captain of Swift Current in 1988-89

ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND

• Born on June 15, 1969 in Brandon, Man.
• Has one daughter, Ryan, and one son, Lochlin
• Co-founder of Respect Group, which has trained more than one million Canadians to recognize and prevent bullying, abuse, harassment and discrimination in sports, schools and the workplace
• Rollerbladed across Canada in 1998 in support sexual abuse victims, raising $1.2 million in donations

HONOURS

• Inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame as a builder in 2020
• Inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame as a builder in 2020
• Received the WHL Governors Award in 2020
• Received the Hockey Canada Order of Merit in 2018
• Received an honorary doctorate from the University of Regina in 2018
• Calgary & Area Child Advocacy Centre was the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre from 2013-18
• Appointed to the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2016
• Received an honorary degree from Mount Royal University in 2016
• Received an honorary doctorate from the University of Calgary in 2015
• Invested as a Member of the Order of Manitoba in 2015
• Invested as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2014
• Received the David Foster Foundation Humanitarian Award in 2014
• Named Calgary Citizen of the Year in 2013
• Received an honorary doctorate from the University of the Fraser Valley in 2012
• Received the Canadian Red Cross Caring Award in 2007
• Named Canada’s newsmaker of the year by The Canadian Press in 1997