Charline Labonté

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Charline Labonté
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Labonté during a Montreal Stars game in November 2014
Born (1982-10-15) October 15, 1982 (age 41)
Greenfield Park, QC, CAN
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 173 lb (78 kg; 12 st 5 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
CWHL team Les Canadiennes
National team  Canada
Playing career 2000–present
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women's ice hockey
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Turin Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Tournament
IIHF World Women's Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Canada Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2012 United States Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2005 Sweden Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2008 China Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2009 Finland Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2011 Switzerland Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2013 Canada Tournament
Air Canada Cup
Gold medal – first place 2003 Germany Tournament
Women's 4 Nations Cup
Silver medal – second place 2011 Sweden Tournament
Labonté with McGill Martlets

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

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  • Top Goaltender, 2006 Esso Women's National Hockey Championship Pool A: Charline Labonte [10]
  • 2015 CWHL Goaltender of the Year Award

Career stats

CWHL

Year Team GP MIN W L OTL SOL SO GA GAA SV SV %
2012-13 Montreal Stars
2014-15 Montreal Stars[11] 16 952:26 9 7 0 0 2 30 1.89 380 .927

Personal

In June 2014, Labonte publicly came out as a lesbian and is in a relationship with Canadian Olympic speed skater, Anastasia Bucsis.[12]

References

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  2. ↑ [1] August 9, 2011
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  6. ↑ Canadian Gold 2010, Andrew Podnieks, p. 170, Fenn Publishing, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55168-384-3.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ [2] Montreal Gazette Retrieved October 31, 2011.[dead link]
  9. ↑ [3] McGill University Retrieved October 31, 2011.[dead link]
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ http://cwhl_site.stats.pointstreak.com/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=277086&seasonid=13281
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Preceded by
Noora Räty (2007, 2008)
 IIHF World Women's Championships Best Goalie
2009		 Succeeded by
Noora Räty (2011)
Preceded by
DeLayne Brian (2014)
 2015 Goaltender of the Year Award winner
(2015)		 Succeeded by
To Be Determined (2016)
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