Julie Blanchette

Julie Blanchette (born January 9, 1977, in Montreal, Quebec) is an elite level Canadian ringette player who has also worked as a trainer and coach and served as the captain of several ringette teams including Team Canada. Blanchette plays for the Montreal Mission of the National Ringette League and has also been a member of the Canadian national ringette team as both player and coach.

Julie Blanchette
Blanchette on the ice with the Montreal Mission
Personal information
Nickname(s)Juju
Nationality Canada
Born (1977-01-09) 9 January 1977
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sport
Country
PositionCentre
League
Team
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
WRC 0 5 0
CRC 8 1 0
WJRC 0 1 0
QPRC 9 0 0
CWG 0 0 1
Total 17 7 1
Ringette
World Ringette Championships
Representing  Canada
Silver medal – second place 2004 Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
Silver medal – second place2007 Ottawa, Canada
Silver medal – second place2010 Tampere, Finland
Silver medal – second place2013 North Bay, Canada
Assistant Coach, Team Canada Sr.
Silver medal – second place2022 Espoo, Finland
Assistant Coach, Team Canada Sr.
World Junior Ringette Championships
Representing  Canada
Silver medal – second place2009 Prague, Czech Republic
Assistant Coach, 2009 U19 Team Canada East
Canadian Provincial Ringette
Quebec Provincial Ringette Championships
Gold medal – first place1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005
Canadian Ringette Championships
Gold medal – first place8 times
Silver medal – second placeCRC 2000
Canada Winter Games
Bronze medal – third place2007 Canada Winter Games (Coach)
Updated on August 28, 2023.

Blanchette was an assistant coach for the 2022 Team Canada Seniors who competed in the 2022 World Ringette Championships and will be the Head coach of Canada's Senior National Team for the 2023 World Ringette Championships as a part of a special senior program created specifically for that tournament.

Sporting career

Blanchette started playing ringette when she was 4 years old.[1] Her brother played ice hockey and her parents looked for a team game for her, eventually signing her up with the local ringette club in Montreal. She played her sport at every amateur level in Montreal and represented Team Quebec in the Canadian Ringette Championships and the Canada Winter Games.

Blanchette played in the Canadian elite semi-professional level of ringette, the National Ringette League, beginning in 2003 for the Montreal Mission. In 2005, she played a season for the club Ringette Turku in the elite ringette league of Finland, [[SM Ringette (formerly Ringeten SM-sarja).

She was a member of the Canadian national ringette team several times, beginning as a player for the 2004 national ringette team of Canada where she competed in the 2004 World Ringette Championships in Stockholm. She made Team Canada again playing for the 2007 Canadian national ringette team who competed in the 2007 World Ringette Championships in Ottawa.

Her final appearance as a player for Team Canada took place in 2010 where she competed with the 2010 Canadian senior team in the 2010 World Ringette Championships in Tampere. In 2008, she played in the 2008 Ringette World Club Championships in Sault Ste-Marie.

Blanchette served as team captain of the Canadian national ringette team and was also the captain of the National Ringette League's Montreal Mission. She has also worked as a ringette trainer and coach. She was the trainer for the national Team Canada juniors (Under-19 years) during the World Junior Ringette Championships (U19) of 2009 in Prague. In September 2013, Blanchette was named an assistant-coach of Canada's 2013 Senior National Team[2] who competed in the 2013 World Ringette Championships.

Despite women's hockey exploding in popularity, these women say ringette remains their first love. "Ringette has been a life-long passion for me, ever since I was four years old. I don't see myself playing any other sport with this much passion, determination and commitment," said Blanchette.[3]

"Montreal Mission heads to national ringette championships", CTV News, Montreal, 2012

Statistics

Club

Season by season
Season Team League Regular Season Playoffs
Games play Goals Assists Points Penalties Games play Goals Assists Points Penalties
2007-08Montreal MissionNRL3048781218-----
2008-09Montreal MissionNRL3154801341231674
2009-10Montreal MissionNRL3159511101222354
2010-11Montreal MissionNRL316180141127914310
2011-12Montreal MissionNRL27436410714

International level

Statistics by competition
Year Event Games Play Goals Assists Points +/- Penalty Minutes Result
2004World Ringette Championshipsn/an/an/an/an/an/a Silver
2007World Ringette Championships[4]451015-8 Silver
2008Ringette World Club Championship[5]5101424-8Montreal Mission finished 5th
2010World Ringette Championships[6]6189-0 Silver

Honours

See also

References

  1. "Blanchette Profile". Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. "Bautista and Blanchette named Team Canada assistant coaches". nationalringetteleague.ca. National Ringette League. 19 September 2012. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  3. "Montreal Mission heads to national ringette championships". montreal.ctvnews.ca. CTV News. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  4. Statistics
  5. Top scorers
  6. Player stats
  7. "Top Scorers". leaguestat.com. 2008. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  8. "National Ringette League announces annual award winners". Archived from the original on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2012-02-13.

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