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Caroline Ouellette OC (born May 25, 1979) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player and current associate head coach of the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey program.[1] She was a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team and a member of Canadiennes de Montreal in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. Among her many accomplishments are four Olympic gold medals, 12 IIHF Women's World Championship medals (six gold, six silver), 12 Four Nations Cup medals (eight gold, four silver) and four Clarkson Cup championships.

Caroline Ouellette
Born (1979-05-25) May 25, 1979 (age 43)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
CWHL team
Former teams
Canadiennes de Montreal
Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
National team  Canada
Playing career 19992018
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake CityTeam
2006 TurinTeam
2010 VancouverTeam
2014 SochiTeam
IIHF World Women's Championships
1999 FinlandTeam
2000 CanadaTeam
2001 United StatesTeam
2004 CanadaTeam
2007 CanadaTeam
2012 United StatesTeam
2005 SwedenTeam
2008 ChinaTeam
2009 FinlandTeam
2011 SwitzerlandTeam
2013 CanadaTeam
2015 SwedenTeam

Ouellette is in the Top 10 in all-time NCAA scoring with 229 career points. She is a member of the Triple Gold Club (not officially recognized by the IIHF for women) as one of only three women to win the Clarkson Cup, an Olympic gold medal and an IIHF Women's World Championship gold medal. Along with teammates Jayna Hefford and Hayley Wickenheiser, Ouellette is one of only five athletes to win gold in four consecutive Olympic games.[2]

Nicknamed Caro by her teammates, she started playing hockey at the age of nine. She is the co-founder of athletichub.com, which helps student-athletes navigate the recruitment process, and an ambassador for Right to Play and Carrément Rose.

Ouellette retired as a player from Canada's national women's team on September 25, 2018.[3]


Playing career


Ouellette played for Team Quebec at the 1995 Canada Winter Games, and won gold for Canada's Under 18 team in 1997.[4] When the Canadian Under 19 women's hockey team was founded on May 15, 1996, Ouellette was one of the played name to the team. One of her teammates was future Olympic speed skater Cindy Klassen.[5] The head coach was Daniele Sauvageau[6] Ouellette represented Team Quebec at the 1998 Esso women's hockey nationals. She scored a goal and two assists in the bronze medal game, as Team Quebec was awarded the Maureen McTeer Trophy.[7] During the 2011 IIHF Eight Nations Tournament, Ouellette assisted on all three goals as Canada defeated Finland by a 3–2 tally in round robin play.[8] In the gold medal game of the 2011 Four Nations Cup, Ouellette notched a goal in a 4–3 loss.[9] Ouellette has taken part in 3 Olympic Games, 9 World Championships and 9 Four Nations Cups. In 157 international games with Team Canada, Ouellette has racked up 169 points. In a game versus Russia at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Ouellette logged three assists in a 14–1 victory.[10] Ouellette would score the game-winning goal in overtime versus the United States in the final game at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, as Canada claimed the gold medal.[11]


NCAA


Ouellette attended the University of Minnesota Duluth and played for the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey program. Ouellette set an NCAA record for most shorthanded goals in one game with 2. This was accomplished on November 14, 2003 versus North Dakota.[12] In the 2004–05 season, Ouellette was a factor on more than 60 percent of goals scored by the Bulldogs. Among the top nine scorers on the Bulldogs, she had nine penalties, which were the fewest. Throughout her NCAA career, she never had double digits in penalties. By season's end, she was one of three finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award.

Ouellette is ranked third in all-time leading scoring in Bulldogs history and was named to the WCHA All-Decade team in 2009.[13] She joined the national team in 1999 and has won four world championships (1999, 2000, 2001 and 2004) and four Olympic gold medals with the team (2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014).


CWHL


Ouellette, playing forward
Ouellette, playing forward

During the 2000–01 NWHL season, Ouellette played with the Montreal Wingstar and finished third in league scoring with 53 points.[14] She would also spend one season competing with the Minnesota Whitecaps in the former Western Women's Hockey League. In 2008–09, Ouellette joined the Montreal Stars. She won CWHL Top Scorer of the Month honours in November (tying the league record with 19 points in just six games) and December. At year's end, she was named CWHL Most Valuable Player. By winning a third gold medal in women's Olympic hockey, she became the Bulldog hockey player with the most gold medals.[15]

By winning the 2009 Clarkson Cup, Ouellette became an unofficial member of the Triple Gold Club (the accomplishment by women is not yet officially recognized by the IIHF), as she became one of only three women (at the time) to win the Clarkson Cup, a gold medal in ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and a gold medal at the IIHF World Women's Championships.[16]

In 2010–11, Ouellette won the Angela James Bowl as the CWHL's scoring leader with 68 points. She also became the first two-winner of the league's Most Valuable Player award. In the championship game of the 2011 Clarkson Cup, Ouellette led all scorers with three points (one goal, two assists).[17]

On December 11, 2016, Ouellette logged a pair of assists, eclipsing the 300-point mark. Of note, Ouellette became the first player in the history of the CWHL to reach this plateau.


Coaching career


For the 2007–2008 season, Ouellette was an assistant coach with the University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey team alongside American Olympic ice hockey player Julie Chu. With Hockey Canada, she was an assistant coach for the Women's National Under-18 Team for a three-game series vs. the US in August 2008. She joined the coaching staff of the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey program in the autumn of 2012.


Personal life


Ouellette graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2005 with a degree in criminology and women's studies, and she graduated from the National Police Academy in Quebec in 2000. She played for Quebec in softball at the 1997 Summer Canada Games. On September 11, 2010, the Centre Etienne Desmarteau in Montreal, named one of the two rinks in the arena in Ouellette's honour.[18] Caroline Ouellette is involved in raising funds for the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation, a disease has affected the Ouellette family.[19] On January 21, 2011, Ouellette, along with University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldog alumni Jenny Potter and Maria Rooth, took part in a ceremonial faceoff to mark the first ever game at Amsoil Arena at her alma mater in Duluth.[20]

She participated in various festivities commemorating the 2012 NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa, Ontario. Said festivities included an interview (along with a fan question and answer period) at the Sirius XM Stage at the Scotiabank NHL Fan Fair,[21] the Energizer Night Skate at the Ottawa Rink of Dreams (relocated from the Rideau Canal),[22] and attended the Molson Canadian NHL All-Star Skills Competition on Saturday, January 28, 2012. On April 17, 2012, Ouellette (along with Meghan Agosta, Gillian Apps, Courtney Birchard, and head coach Dan Church) took part in the opening faceoff of the playoff game between the Ottawa Senators and the New York Rangers at ScotiaBank Place.[23]

Ouellette is married to American hockey player and Olympic silver-medalist Julie Chu.[24] Ouellette and Chu announced the birth of their daughter Liv in November 2017.[25][26] They welcomed their second child, Tessa, in May 2021.[27]


Career statistics



Regular season and playoffs


Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1998–99 Bonaventure Wingstar NWHL 273228606
1999–00 Montreal Wingstar NWHL 252627536
2000–01 Concordia University CIAU 7127190
2000–01 Montreal Wingstar NWHL 2921345522
2002–03 University of Minnesota-Duluth WCHA 3231427316
2003–04 University of Minnesota-Duluth WCHA 3229477616
2003–04 University of Minnesota-Duluth WCHA 3332488018
2005–06 Montreal Axion NWHL 20330
2007–08 Minnesota Whitecaps WWHL 979160 11340
2008–09 Montréal Stars CWHL 242533586
2010–11 Montréal Stars CWHL 2922466816 41564
2011–12 Montréal Stars CWHL 2730366612 45382
2012–13 Montréal Stars CWHL 2313132614 41126
2013–14 Montréal Stars CWHL 22024 30332
2014–15 Montréal Stars CWHL 228182618 31230
2015–16 Les Canadiennes de Montréal CWHL 2415173218 346100
2016–17 Les Canadiennes de Montréal CWHL 221516314
2017–18 Les Canadiennes de Montréal CWHL 61452 20000
WWHL/NWHL totals 90869818434 31670
CWHL totals 17913118331494 2312203214

International


Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1999 Canada WC 52574
2000 Canada WC 50222
2001 Canada WC 52354
2002 Canada OG 52466
2004 Canada WC 53690
2005 Canada WC 52680
2006 Canada OG 55494
2007 Canada WC 51342
2008 Canada WC 52464
2009 Canada WC 53586
2010 Canada OG 529112
2011 Canada WC 51232
2012 Canada WC 54596
2013 Canada WC 41232
2014 Canada OG 50002
2015 Canada WC 52242
WC Totals 5923456834
OG Totals 2011193014

Awards and honours


Ouellette's nickname is Caro, short for Caroline
Ouellette's nickname is Caro, short for Caroline

Hockey Canada



CWHL



NCAA



National honours



References


  1. "Caroline Ouellette takes on new full-time role with women's hockey". Concordia University Athletics (Press release). July 8, 2021. Archived from the original on July 8, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  2. "Hefford, Apps, Ward retire from Canadian women's hockey team". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  3. "Caroline Ouellette retires from Canada's national women's team". Hockey Canada. September 25, 2018.
  4. Canadian Gold 2010, Andrew Podnieks, p. 152, Fenn Publishing, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55168-384-3
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  24. "Former women's hockey rivals welcome baby". BBC News. November 13, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
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Preceded by Angela James Bowl
2011
Succeeded by
Unknown (2012)

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[de] Caroline Ouellette

Caroline Ouellette OC (* 25. Mai 1979 in Montreal, Québec) ist eine kanadische Eishockeyspielerin, die seit 2008 für die Les Canadiennes de Montréal in der Canadian Women’s Hockey League spielt. Die Stürmerin gehörte zwischen 1999 und 2015 zum Aufgebot der kanadischen Nationalmannschaft und gewann mit dieser sechs Weltmeistertitel und vier Goldmedaillen bei Olympischen Winterspielen.
- [en] Caroline Ouellette

[it] Caroline Ouellette

Caroline Ouellette (Montréal, 25 maggio 1979) è una hockeista su ghiaccio canadese.

[ru] Уэллетт, Каролин

Каролин Уэллетт (фр. Caroline Ouellette; 25 мая 1979, Монреаль, Квебек, Канада) — канадская хоккеистка. Амплуа — нападающий. Четырёхкратная олимпийская чемпионка 2002, 2006, 2010 и 2014 годов. Шестикратная чемпионка мира.



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