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Before travelling to Italy, Brianne Jenner, MPP’17, hinted that her fourth Olympic Winter Games might be her last.

If Feb. 19 does mark her final Olympic appearance with the Canadian women’s hockey team, what an incredible run — capped by an incredible match — for an incredible player.

Jenner, after suffering the heartbreak of being a late roster cut in the leadup to the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, has excelled at the Olympics, earning gold in 2014, silver in 2018 and gold in 2022. In Beijing, the forward had been a standout — named tournament MVP after tying the event record with nine goals.

Now? Another silver medal for the Oakville, Ont., native and UCalgary Master of Public Policy holder, who joins fellow , BSc’23, a golden long-track speedskater, on the podium this week in Italy.

Canada may have fallen 2-1 in overtime to the Americans at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena in the 2026 Olympic championship, but Jenner’s legacy as one of her country’s finest prime-time performers is sealed.

Hockey consistency noted by PWHL colleague

“It’s her consistency at which she approaches the game that I find really impressive,” former Dinos coach Carla MacLeod — who, as bench boss of the Ottawa Charge, works with Jenner in the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) — told the Ottawa Citizen. “She’s continuing to grow and learn, and I love that about her. She’s trying to get better every day, and I think that’s why … her career has been as prolific as it’s been.”

In a hotly contested gold-medal match, featuring one of the best rivalries in sports, everyone knew it wasn’t going to be easy for either side.

“We’re going to have to scratch and claw and absolutely bring our best game,” Jenner told the Globe and Mail. “We know that it’s going to take a brave, courageous, gutsy effort. We’ve been there before, we know how to do it, and it’s just a matter of us showing up.”

Serving as one of Team Canada’s alternate captains for the third straight Olympics — and even wearing the C while captain Marie-Philip Poulin was sidelined — Jenner contributed one goal and two assists in seven matches.

Fond memories of the game

This performance will be added to her crammed scrapbook. “For us, we have the memories. I have the moments in the game (of hockey), pictures of teammates in the dressing room, celebrating,” Jenner told the Ottawa Citizen in January. “The medals really hit home with people that watch it on TV, young kids that aspire for that. I remember when I saw a medal when I was young at a hockey school. It was so cool. So, usually, those medals don’t come out for me — they come out to share with young hockey players.”

Her winter, however, is not over. Jenner currently sits fourth in PWHL scoring, just one point shy of the leaders. “I still love playing the game and I feel like I can play at a high level, but, yeah, more than likely, this could be the last (Olympics),” Jenner said.

Her resume includes 11 medals — four gold, six silver, one bronze — from the World Championships. And, last fall, Jenner was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame at Cornell (N.Y.) University, where she dominated on the ice, while earning a major in government and a minor in law and society.