Jennifer Botterill
Turner Sports and Rogers Sportsnet NHL Analyst, 3x Olympic Gold Medalist
Biography
Standout hockey television analyst Jennifer Botterill is one of Canada’s most successful athletes. A 14-year member of the Canadian Women’s Hockey Team, Botterill is a 3x Olympic gold medalist and an Olympic silver medalist. She played a key role on the Vancouver 2010 team by assisting on the gold medal winning goal. Botterill is also a 5x World Champion and was twice named the most valuable player at the World Championship tournaments. A graduate of Harvard University, she is the only 2x winner of the Patty Kazmaier award – given to the top player in women’s college hockey. Today, Botterill can be seen as a studio analyst for Hockey Night in Canada on Sportsnet and as a studio and game analyst for NHL on TNT games. During her career, she has worked with TSN, Sportsnet, and CBC in various roles covering Hockey Canada, the Winter Olympics and the NHL. In 2020, Botterill was an in-studio analyst for NBC’s historic first all-women’s broadcast team. Recognized as a leader for development and mentorship, Botterill has worked on projects for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). She is an ambassador for Right to Play and has worked with many charities including Kidsport, Children’s Wish Foundation, Sick Kids, Can Fund, Hockey Canada Foundation, and the Canadian Cancer Society. As the CEO and president of two companies – Excel in Life Inc and Journey to Excel Inc – Jennifer is driven to help others reach their potential and regularly serves as a keynote speaker. Throughout her career, her family has provided her with plenty of inspiration. Her mother competed in two Olympic Games as a speedskater, her father is at the top of his field as a sports psychologist, her brother is a 3x World Junior Hockey Champion and 3x Stanley Cup Champion, and her husband played professional hockey in Europe and works as a hockey consultant.
Speech Topics
Resiliency: Thriving in a Changing Environment
The path that we face isn’t always what we may have imagined. In this keynote, Jennifer Botterill addresses the benefits of adapting to change and demonstrates how we can learn to shift our perspective to make the most of our environment. Botterill will share stories and messages that have helped her on her evolving path through life, sport, and business, and provide examples on how we can do things differently to get better results. Through exploring strategies on how to be productive and efficient in every way, she teaches audiences how to control potential distractions and maintain a strong level of focus. Audiences will leave inspired and empowered to strive towards new excellence in any environment.
Sustainable High Performance
Jennifer Botterill shows audiences how to approach life with a new standard of high performance, and shares strategies on how to not only make it to the next level, but to excel when you get there. Audiences will leave with the tools needed to facilitate sustainable high performance in a variety of settings, along with actionable strategies on how to perform at this high level on a consistent, daily basis.
Why Not You? How to Excel in Business and Life
Jennifer Botterill asks, “Why not you?” to inspire audiences to boldly pursue their goals, even if they feel just out of reach. Sharing the tools and techniques developed throughout her career, Botterill shows audiences how to reach new levels of excellence, both personally and professionally. She discusses the critical importance of time management and setting high standards, while distilling strategies to help audiences prepare for and achieve their goals.
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