The former Team Canada defenceman knows what it feels like to win seven straight IIHF World Championships. Heaney knows what it feels like to win both gold and silver medals at the Winter Olympics.

And she knows what it feels like to fall on your backside on the ice while wearing a hockey pant with very little protection.

"I think I fell on a stick and I got hurt pretty bad," says Heaney. "There just wasn`t much padding in the pant."

Heaney suffered a bruised tailbone during that one particular incident and she can recall a few other painful moments which she blames directly on poorly padded pants.

But once she was introduced to Ron Kenney and his customized RYR hockey pants, the pain went away immediately.