Julie Blanchette facts for kids
Blanchette on the ice with the Montreal Mission
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| Born | 9 January 1977 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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Julie Blanchette (born January 9, 1977, in Montreal, Quebec) is a super talented Canadian ringette player. She has also worked as a trainer and coach. Julie was even the captain for many ringette teams, including Team Canada!
She plays for the Montreal Mission in the National Ringette League. Julie has been a part of the Canadian national ringette team as both a player and a coach.
Julie Blanchette was an assistant coach for the 2022 Team Canada Seniors. They played in the 2022 World Ringette Championships. She will be the Head Coach for Canada's Senior National Team at the 2023 World Ringette Championships. This is part of a special program made just for that tournament.
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Julie's Ringette Journey
Julie Blanchette started playing ringette when she was only four years old. Her brother played ice hockey, and her parents wanted to find a team sport for her. They signed her up with a local ringette club in Montreal.
She played ringette at every amateur level in Montreal. She also represented Quebec as part of Team Quebec. She played for them in the Canadian Ringette Championships and the Canada Winter Games.
Playing in Elite Leagues
Julie played in Canada's top semi-professional ringette league, the National Ringette League (NRL). She joined the Montreal Mission in 2003.
In 2005, she even played a season in Finland! She joined the club Ringette Turku in Finland's elite ringette league, called SM Ringette.
Playing for Team Canada
Julie was a member of the Canadian national ringette team many times. Her first time was as a player for the 2004 national team. She competed in the 2004 World Ringette Championships in Stockholm.
She joined Team Canada again for the 2007 Canadian national ringette team. They played in the 2007 World Ringette Championships in Ottawa.
Her last time playing for Team Canada was in 2010. She competed with the 2010 Canadian senior team in the 2010 World Ringette Championships in Tampere. In 2008, she also played in the 2008 Ringette World Club Championships.
Captain and Coach
Julie Blanchette was the team captain for the Canadian national ringette team. She was also the captain of the Montreal Mission in the National Ringette League.
She has also worked as a ringette trainer and coach. She was the trainer for the national Team Canada juniors (players under 19 years old). This was during the World Junior Ringette Championships (U19) of 2009 in Prague.
In September 2013, Julie became an assistant coach for Canada's 2013 Senior National Team. They competed in the 2013 World Ringette Championships.
Even though women's hockey became very popular, these women say ringette is still 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.
Julie's Game Stats
Club Team Stats
Here are Julie's statistics playing for her club team, the Montreal Mission.
| Season | Team | League | Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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| Games play | Goals | Assists | Points | Penalties | Games play | Goals | Assists | Points | Penalties | |||||
| 2007-08 | Montreal Mission | NRL | 30 | 48 | 78 | 121 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2008-09 | Montreal Mission | NRL | 31 | 54 | 80 | 134 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2009-10 | Montreal Mission | NRL | 31 | 59 | 51 | 110 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2010-11 | Montreal Mission | NRL | 31 | 61 | 80 | 141 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2011-12 | Montreal Mission | NRL | 27 | 43 | 64 | 107 | 14 | |||||||
International Game Stats
These are Julie's statistics when she played in international competitions.
| Year | Event | Games Play | Goals | Assists | Points | +/- | Penalty Minutes | Result | ||
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| 2004 | World Ringette Championships | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |  Silver |
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| 2007 | World Ringette Championships | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | - | 8 | Silver |
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| 2008 | Ringette World Club Championship | 5 | 10 | 14 | 24 | - | 8 | Montreal Mission finished 5th | ||
| 2010 | World Ringette Championships | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | - | 0 | Silver |
Julie's Awards and Achievements
Julie Blanchette has won many awards and achieved great things in her ringette career:
She won gold nine times in the Quebec Provincial Ringette Championships! These wins were in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, and 2005.- She won gold in the Canadian Ringette Championships 8 times.
She won silver in the 2000 Canadian Ringette Championships in Prince George, British Columbia.- She was chosen for the All-Star ringette team at the 2000 Canadian Ringette Championships.
- She won silver as a player for Team Canada in the 2004 World Ringette Championships.
- She won silver again as a player for Team Canada in the 2007 World Ringette Championships.
She won bronze as the coach of Team Quebec in the 2007 Canada Winter Games.- She won silver as an assistant coach for the Canadian junior national ringette team. This was for U19 Team Canada East at the 2009 World Junior Ringette Championships in Prague, Czech Republic.
- She won silver as a player for Team Canada in the 2010 World Ringette Championships.
- Julie was the top scorer for the Montreal Mission club. She is also the 2nd top scorer in the history of the National Ringette League in Canada!
- She was the top Canadian scorer during the 2008 Ringette World Club Championship.
- Julie was the top scoring champion for the 2010-11 season in the National Ringette League. She had 61 goals and 80 assists, totaling 141 points!
- She was chosen for the All-Star team during the 2005 Canadian Ringette Championships in Winnipeg.
- She was voted MVP (Most Valuable Player) for the 2005-06 and 2008-09 seasons in the National Ringette League.
Gallery
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Blanchette with the Montreal Mission, 2012 NRL season
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Blanchette with the Montreal Mission, 2012 NRL season
See also
- Montreal Mission
- National Ringette League
- Canada national ringette team
- Keely Brown (goaltender)
- Lyndsay Wheelans
- Shelly Hruska
- Stéphanie Séguin
- Erin Cumpstone
- Jennifer Hartley
