Julie Chu

Julie Wu Chu (born March 13, 1982) is an American-Canadian former Olympic ice hockey player who played forward on the United States women's ice hockey team and defense with Les Canadiennes of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). She won the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2007 for best female collegiate hockey player while at Harvard University. She finished her collegiate career as the all-time assists leader and points scorer in NCAA history with 284 points, until the record was broken in 2011. She is tied as the second-most decorated US woman in Olympic Winter Games history. She was selected by fellow Team USA members to be the flag bearer at the Closing Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Julie Chu
Chu at the 2010 Academy Awards
Born (1982-03-13) March 13, 1982
Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 147 lb (67 kg; 10 st 7 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Right
Played for Harvard Crimson (2002–2007)
Minnesota Whitecaps (2007–2010)
Montreal Stars (2010–2015)
Current coach Concordia Stingers
Coached for Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (asst.)
Union Dutchwomen (asst.)
National team  United States
Playing career 1999–2017
Coaching career 2007–present

Chu has served as head coach of the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey program in the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) conference of U Sports since 2016. She was previously an assistant coach for the University of Minnesota Duluth and helped the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey team win their fourth NCAA Division I national championship in 2008 and served as an assistant coach with the Union Dutchwomen of Union College in 2010–2013.

Early life

Julie Wu Chu was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, on March 13, 1982. Her father Wah was born in Guangzhou, China. Wah and his mother moved to Hong Kong when he was one year old. In 1967, when Wah was 16, they emigrated to New York City. Shortly after arriving, he met his future wife, Miriam, at a youth group meeting at a neighborhood church.[1] Miriam's father is Chinese and her mother is Puerto Rican.[2] Chu has two siblings.[2]

Chu grew up with her family in Fairfield. As a child, she participated in soccer and figure skating before transitioning into youth hockey. She attended Choate Rosemary Hall but graduated from Northwood School in 2001.[3] She deferred her acceptance into Harvard University until after the 2002 Winter Olympics. She graduated in 2007 with a concentration in psychology.

Playing career

Chu is the first Asian American woman to play for the U.S. Olympic ice hockey team; she competed in the 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 Winter Olympics. She is tied as the second-most decorated U.S. female in Olympic Winter Games history.[4] The four-time Olympian was chosen through a vote of each winter sport's team captain to carry the American flag during the Closing Ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Olympics.[5] Chu is the second ice hockey player to serve as flag bearer for Team USA.

During her time at Harvard, Chu became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA history and was elected as team captain. In her four years at Harvard University, she was the all-time assists leader and obtained 284 points, the most in NCAA history. She won the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2007 for best female collegiate hockey player in the United States.

International hockey
Olympic medal record
Representing  United States
Women's ice hockey
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Salt Lake City Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Tournament
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin Tournament
IIHF World Women's Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Sweden Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2008 China Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2009 Finland Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2011 Switzerland Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2013 Canada Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2001 United States Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2004 Canada Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2007 Canada Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2012 United States Tournament
Women's 4 Nations Cup
Gold medal – first place 2003 Sweden Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2008 United States Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sweden Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2000 United States Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2002 Canada Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2004 United States Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2005 Finland Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2006 Canada Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2007 Sweden Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2010 Canada Tournament

As a key member and assistant captain of Team USA, Chu won silver medals at the Olympic Games in 2002, 2010, and 2014, and a bronze in 2006. She has recorded 40 goals and 83 assists in 150 games with Team USA.

  • 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, & 2013 World Champion
  • 2001, 2004, 2007, 2012 Silver Medalist

Chu was the leading scorer at the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships tournament with ten points (five goals, five assists).[6]

As of May 8, 2015, Chu had not decided on whether or not she will return to international competition.[7]

Professional hockey

From 2007 to 2010, Chu played forward for the professional hockey Minnesota Whitecaps of the WWHL and won the 2010 Clarkson Cup. In 2010–11, she joined the Montreal Stars in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) and claimed her second consecutive Clarkson Cup title, becoming the first player to win the Clarkson Cup with two different teams. In 2010–11 season, Chu was one of the top-5 leading scorers, racking up 35 points, 5 goals and 30 assists in only 19 games.

Chu has also participated in both the inaugural (2014) and second (2015–16) annual CWHL All-Star Games.

Chu and forward Natalie Spooner, from the Toronto Furies, were voted captains by the public for the second annual CWHL All-Star Game, taking place January 23, 2016 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. More than 33,000 votes were cast during the public voting period, with Chu leading the polls, receiving 34% of the votes and Spooner coming in second with 23% in the public poll, which ran Dec. 15-Jan. 15 at www.CWHL.ca.[8] The event makes Chu the first non-Canadian CWHL All-Star Captain and the first visible-minority player to be named captain at an All-Star Game. Chu's Team Black went on to defeat Spooner's Team White by a score of 5–1.[9]

Coaching career

In 2007–08 Chu was an assistant coach for the University of Minnesota-Duluth and helped the Bulldogs women's ice hockey team win their fourth NCAA Division I national championship. In the 2010–2011 hockey season, she joined the Union College women's hockey coaching staff, serving as assistant coach. She stepped down after the 2012–2013 season to focus full-time for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Chu currently coaches the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey team.[10]

Personal life

Chu is married to Canadian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist Caroline Ouellette.[11] Chu and Ouellette were both teammates for Les Canadiennes and served together as assistant coaches of the University of Minnesota-Duluth and the Concordia Stingers. They previously captained their respective rivaling national teams, and skated against each other in three Olympic gold medal finals (2002, 2010, 2014) and over half a dozen world championships.[12] They have two daughters.[13][14] Chu became a permanent resident of Canada.[15]

Accomplishments and notes
  • 2016–17: RSEQ Coach of the Year, Concordia Stingers[16]
  • 2014 US Olympic Team Flag Bearer – Closing Ceremonies
  • 2014 Competed in her 4th Olympic Games for the United States (2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014)
  • 2011 Clarkson Cup
  • 2010 Clarkson Cup Tournament Most Valuable Player
  • 2007–08 Assistant coach of the University of Minnesota-Duluth women's ice hockey team, which won its fourth NCAA national championship that season. At the end of the 2007–08 season, Chu stepped down to prepare for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
  • 2007 Patty Kazmaier Award winner (equivalent to the Hobey Baker for NCAA women's ice hockey)[17]
  • 2007 Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award – Awarded by USA Hockey[18]
  • 2005 USCHO.com Defensive Forward of the Year [19]
  • Four-time All American at Harvard
  • Four-time finalist for Patty Kazmaier Award
  • All-time NCAA scoring leader (284 points in four seasons)
  • All-time NCAA assist leader (197 points in four seasons)
  • Three-time All American
  • Three-time NCAA Frozen Four finalist
  • Four-time USA Hockey Girls national champion (Connecticut Polar Bears)

Media/national publicity biography

Endorsement campaigns
  • Procter & Gamble / Bounty – 2014
  • BP – 2014
  • Ralph Lauren – 2014
  • Citi – 2014
  • Highmark Insurance / Blue Cross Blue Shield – 2014
  • Easton Hockey – 2009 to present
  • Upper Deck Trading Cards – 2010 and 2014
  • Panini Trading Cards – 2014
  • Procter & Gamble / Crest – 2010
  • Nike – 2010
  • Sega / Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games – 2010

Career statistics
    Regular season  
Season Team League GP G A Pts
1999 US Under −22 Team Nat-Tm 3 0 0 0
2000 US Under-22 Team Nat-Tm 3 0 0 0
2000 US Four Nations Cup Team Nat-Tm 4 2 1 3
2000–01 US Women's National Team Nat-Tm 33 17 18 35
2001 US World Championship Team Nat-Tm 5 1 7 8
2000–01 US Visa Skate to Salt Lake Team Nat-Tm 29 11 18 29
2002 US Under −22 Team Nat-Tm 3 0 2 2
2002 United States Olympic Team – Salt Lake City Nat-Tm 5 2 2 4
2002–03 Harvard University Crimson NCAA 34 42 51 93
2003 US Four Nations Team Nat-Tm 4 0 1 1
2003 US Under −22 Team Nat-Tm 3 0 1 1
2003–04 Harvard University Crimson NCAA 32 15 41 56
2004 US Four Nations Team Nat-Tm 4 0 2 2
2004 US World Championship Team Nat-Tm 4 1 1 2
2004–05 Harvard University Crimson NCAA 33 13 56 69
2005 US Four Nations Team Nat-Tm 4 0 0 0
2005 US World Championship Team Nat-Tm 5 2 4 6
2005–06 US Hilton Family Skate Team to 2006 Nat-Tm 13 2 5 7
2006 US Four Nations Team Nat-Tm 4 0 1 1
2006 United States Olympic Team – Torino Nat-Tm 5 0 5 5
2006–07 Harvard University Crimson NCAA 30 18 48 66
2007 US Four Nations Team Nat-Tm 4 0 1 1
2007 US World Championship Team Nat-Tm 5 0 3 3
2007–08 Minnesota Whitecaps WWHL 6 3 4 7
2008 US World Championship Team Nat-Tm 5 0 7 7
2008–09 Minnesota Whitecaps WWHL 9 2 6 8
2010 United States Olympic Team – Vancouver Nat-Tm 5 2 4 6
2010–11 Montreal Stars CWHL 16 5 27 32
2011 US Four Nations Team Nat-Tm 4 1 0 1
2011 US Twelve Nations Invitational Series Team Nat-Tm 6 2 4 6
2011 US World Championship Team Nat-Tm 5 1 6 7
2011–12 Montreal Stars CWHL 15 5 10 15
2012–13 Montreal Stars CWHL 14 2 7 9
2013–14 Montreal Stars CWHL 2 0 0 0
2014 United States Olympic Team – Sochi Nat-Tm 5 0 1 1
2014–15 Montreal Stars CWHL 20 2 15 17
NCAA totals 129 88 196 284
WWHL totals 18 5 10 15
CWHL totals 67 14 59 73
Team USA totals 155 40 84 124

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