Hockey legend Hayley Wickenheiser makes desperate plea for PPE for medical staff
Hayley Wickenheiser, widely considered the best female hockey player of all time, is reaching out to fans in a search of protective equipment for medical staff on the front-lines of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Toronto area.
"After desperate pleas from my front line friends in Toronto, I have decided to put an ask out. These items are not for my use at all. I'm not seeking cash, rather these items: 1350 N95 (68 boxes), 13,500 surgical masks (135 boxes), 13,500 gloves (135 boxes), 1,350 chemo gowns," Wickenheiser posted to Twitter.
"If you are a business or person in Toronto and you can help, I will personally pick up these items myself with proper distancing and PPE. I don't have much to offer in return, maybe a signed jersey, a smile and guaranteed good Karma. If you can help email: [email protected]."
Ontario has been one of the hardest hit provinces in Canada by the Coronavirus. As of the time of this writing, it has recorded over 4,000 cases of COVID-19, including almost 120 deaths. There are more than 500 people in the hospital with COVID-19 in Ontario, including 200 in intensive care and more than 150 on a ventilator.
Wickenheiser's request appeared to be gaining traction with a few people offering the supplies they had.
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MAY 22, 2026
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| Ivan Barbashev | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Ross Colton | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Brent Burns | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nazem Kadri | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nick Blankenburg | - | - | - | |
| Dylan Coghlan | - | - | - | |
| Nic Dowd | - | - | - | |
| Jack Drury | - | - | - | |
| Noah Hanifin | - | - | - | |
| Carter Hart | - | - | - | |
| Tomas Hertl | - | - | - | |
| Brett Howden | - | - | - | |
| William Karlsson | - | - | - | |
| Parker Kelly | - | - | - | |
| Keegan Kolesar | - | - | - | |
| Kaedan Korczak | - | - | - | |
| Brett Kulak | - | - | - | |
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