Charline Labonté
| Charline Labonté | |
|---|---|
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| Born | October 15, 1982 Greenfield Park, QC, CAN |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 173 lb (78 kg; 12 st 5 lb) |
| Position | Goaltender |
| Catches | Left |
| CIS team | McGill Martlets |
| National team |  Canada |
| Playing career | 2000–present |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's ice hockey | ||
| Competitor for Canada
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| Olympic games | ||
| Gold | 2006 Torino | Tournament |
| Gold | 2010 Vancouver | Tournament |
| IIHF World Women's Championships | ||
| Silver | 2005 Sweden | Tournament |
| Gold | 2007 Canada | Tournament |
| Silver | 2008 China | Tournament |
| Silver | 2009 Finland | Tournament |
| Silver | 2011 Switzerland | Tournament |
| Gold | 2012 United States | Tournament |
| Air Canada Cup (women's) | ||
| Gold | 2003 Germany | 2003 Tournament |
| Women's 4 Nations Cup | ||
| Silver | 2011 Sweden | Tournament |
Charline Labonté (born October 15, 1982) is a women's ice hockey player. Labonté now lives in Montreal, and graduated from McGill University with a degree in Physical Education. She is a former goaltender for the McGill Martlets ice hockey team. Named to 2014 Olympic roster for Canada. [1]
Playing career
At the 1999 Canada Winter Games in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Labonte was part of the silver medal winning team.[2]
Hockey Canada
Labonté was one of two goaltenders playing for the Canadian women's hockey team in the 2006 Turin olympics. At the Torino Games, Labonte and Kim St. Pierre allowed a combined two goals in five games played. Labonte logged 180 minutes of ice time and led all goaltenders with a goals against average of 0.33% and a save percentage of .976, respectively. In 2010, she served as the third goaltender for the gold medal winning Canadian women's team.[3] Prior to this she played for the Montreal Axion and Laval Le Mistral, Teams of the National Women's Hockey League.[4]
QMJHL
She was one of the few women to play Major Junior hockey, appearing in 28 games with the Acadie-Bathurst Titan of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League between 1999 and 2000.[5] Her play for the QMJHL club was featured on a hockey card issued by Upper Deck in their 1999-2000 UD Prospects set (card #54). She competed for Team Quebec at the 1999 Canada Winter Games.[6] She was a member of the Montreal Axion in 2004-05, and one of her teammates was fellow Olympian Gina Kingsbury.
McGill Martlets
With McGill, she competed in five CIS National tournaments. On December 31, 2010, Labonte required only 13 saves to post her 59th career shutout with McGill as the Martlets defeated the nationally ranked fifth overall Alberta Pandas by a 3-0 mark in the final game of the Bisons Holiday Classic tournament at Max Bell Arena. In the game, the Martlets held a 31-13 edge in shots. Gillian Ferrari was credited with the game-winner on the power-play at 5:49 of the first period. Jasmine Sheehan, a fifth-year defender scored the second goal of the game. Logan Murray, a freshman from Calgary, scored the last goal of the contest.[7] In an October 29, 2011 contest against the Montreal Carabins, Ariane Barker scored on Labonte with 71 seconds left in a 3-2 win versus McGill. Labonte took the loss for the Martlets, giving her a 69-2 overall record in her CIS career.[8] It marked the Martlets first loss to a Quebec conference opponent for the first time in 108 games.[9]
Awards and honors
- Top Goaltender, 2006 Esso Women's National Hockey Championship Pool A: Charline Labonte [10]
References
- ↑ http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2013/12/23/canada-womens-olympic-hockey-roster-hayley-wickenheiser/
- ↑ http://www.goodasgoldopen.com/team_labonte_charline.html#pagetop
- ↑ Podnieks, Andrew. Canada's Olympic Hockey History 1920–2010. Toronto: Fenn Publishing. p. 242. ISBN 1-55168-323-7.
- ↑ "NWHL Championship eludes Thunder". Brampton Thunder Hockey Club. April 15, 2006. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
- ↑ "Charline Labonte player statistics". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
- ↑ Canadian Gold 2010, Andrew Podnieks, p. 170, Fenn Publishing, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55168-384-3.
- ↑ http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/events/item/?item_id=164843
- ↑ http://www.montrealgazette.com/McGill+hockey+Martlets+game+streak+comes/5628886/story.html
- ↑ http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=211663
- ↑ "2006 Esso Women’s National Championship Award Winners Announced". Hockey Canada. March 20, 2006. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charline Labonté. |
- Player profile on hockey Canada
- Charline Labonté: McGill's golden goalie in McGill reporter, February 21, 2008.
- (French) Charline Labonté, le dernier rempart in Cyberpresse, March 10, 2011.
| Preceded by Noora Räty (2007, 2008) |
IIHF World Women's Championships Best Goalie 2009 |
Succeeded by Noora Räty (2011) |