Caroline Ouellette
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Born |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada | May 25, 1979||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CWHL team Former teams |
Canadiennes de Montreal Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1999–2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Caroline Ouellette
Ouellette is in the Top 10 in all-time NCAA scoring with 229 career points. She is a member of the Triple Gold Club (not officially recognized by the IIHF for women) as one of only three women to win the Clarkson Cup, an Olympic gold medal and an IIHF Women's World Championship gold medal. Along with teammates Jayna Hefford and Hayley Wickenheiser, Ouellette is one of only five athletes to win gold in four consecutive Olympic games.[2]
Nicknamed Caro by her teammates, she started playing hockey at the age of nine. She is the co-founder of athletichub.com, which helps student-athletes navigate the recruitment process, and an ambassador for
Ouellette retired as a player from Canada's national women's team on September 25, 2018.[3] In 2023, she was inducted into both the IIHF Hall of Fame and the Hockey Hall of Fame.[4][5]
Playing career
Ouellette played for Team Quebec at the 1995
NCAA
Ouellette attended the
Ouellette is ranked third in all-time leading scoring in Bulldogs history and was named to the WCHA All-Decade team in 2009.[15] She joined the national team in 1999 and has won four world championships (1999, 2000, 2001 and 2004) and four Olympic gold medals with the team (2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014).
CWHL
During the
By winning the 2009
In 2010–11, Ouellette won the Angela James Bowl as the CWHL's scoring leader with 68 points. She also became the first two-winner of the league's Most Valuable Player award. In the championship game of the 2011 Clarkson Cup, Ouellette led all scorers with three points (one goal, two assists).[19]
On December 11, 2016, Ouellette logged a pair of assists, eclipsing the 300-point mark. Of note, Ouellette became the first player in the history of the CWHL to reach this plateau.
Coaching career
For the 2007–2008 season, Ouellette was an assistant coach with the University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey team alongside American Olympic ice hockey player Julie Chu. With Hockey Canada, she was an assistant coach for the Women's National Under-18 Team for a three-game series vs. the US in August 2008. She joined the coaching staff of the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey program in the autumn of 2012.
Personal life
Ouellette graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2005 with a degree in criminology and women's studies, and she graduated from the National Police Academy in Quebec in 2000. She played for Quebec in
She participated in various festivities commemorating the
Ouellette is married to American hockey player and Olympic silver-medalist Julie Chu.[26] Ouellette and Chu announced the birth of their daughter Liv in November 2017.[27][28] They welcomed their second child, Tessa, in May 2021.[29]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1998–99 | Bonaventure Wingstar
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NWHL | 27 | 32 | 28 | 60 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1999–00 | Montreal Wingstar
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NWHL | 25 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2000–01 | Concordia University | CIAU | 7 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2000–01 | Montreal Wingstar | NWHL | 29 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2002–03 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 32 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 32 | 29 | 47 | 76 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 33 | 32 | 48 | 80 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2005–06 | Montreal Axion | NWHL | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
2007–08 | Minnesota Whitecaps | WWHL | 9 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
2008–09 | Montréal Stars
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CWHL
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24 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | Montréal Stars | CWHL | 29 | 22 | 46 | 68 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||
2011–12 | Montréal Stars | CWHL | 27 | 30 | 36 | 66 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ||
2012–13 | Montréal Stars | CWHL | 23 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
2013–14 | Montréal Stars | CWHL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
2014–15 | Montréal Stars | CWHL | 22 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | Les Canadiennes de Montréal | CWHL | 24 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | Les Canadiennes de Montréal | CWHL | 22 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2017–18 | Les Canadiennes de Montréal | CWHL | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
WWHL/NWHL totals | 90 | 86 | 98 | 184 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||||
CWHL totals | 179 | 131 | 183 | 314 | 94 | 23 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 14 |
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1999 | Canada | WC
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5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||
2000 | Canada | WC | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
2001 | Canada | WC | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
2002 | Canada | OG | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
2004 | Canada | WC | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
2005 | Canada | WC | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
2006 | Canada | OG | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | ||
2007 | Canada | WC | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
2008 | Canada | WC | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
2009 | Canada | WC | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | ||
2010 | Canada | OG | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | ||
2011 | Canada | WC | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
2012 | Canada | WC | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | ||
2013 | Canada | WC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
2014 | Canada | OG | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2015 | Canada | WC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
WC Totals | 59 | 23 | 45 | 68 | 34 | ||||
OG Totals | 20 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 14 |
Awards and honours
Hockey Canada
- 2019 Hockey Canada Female Breakthrough Award[30]
- Isobel Gathorne-Hardy Award, 2013
CWHL
- Clarkson Cup Top Forward, 2009
- Clarkson Cup Top Scorer, 2009
- CWHL Most Valuable Player, 2008–09 and 2010–11
- CWHL First All-Star Team, 2008–09
- Angela James Bowl, 2010–11
NCAA
- Caroline Ouellette, 2003 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Most Valuable Player [31]
- Caroline Ouellette, NCAA leader, 2003–04 season, Points per game, 2.38
- Caroline Ouellette, NCAA leader, 2003–04 season, Assists per game, 1.47
- February 7, 2005: Caroline Ouellette became the third Minnesota Duluth player to be named a Patty Kazmaier Top-10 Finalist for two straight seasons.[32]
- March 3, 2005: Caroline Ouellette is named UMD's first ever WCHA Student-Athlete of the Year, while also earning a spot on the All-WCHA First Team. In addition, she is named to the WCHA All-Academic Team.[33]
- March 6, 2005: Caroline Ouellette is named to the WCHA All-Tournament Team.[34]
- March 14, 2005: Caroline Ouellette becomes the second Bulldog to be named a Patty Kazmaier Top-3 Finalist.[35]
- March 23, 2005: Caroline Ouellette is honored with the USCHO.com Sportsmanship Award[36] and a Second Team selection.[37]
- March 28, 2005: Caroline Ouellette is named a CCM All-America First Team selection for the second straight season.[38]
National honours
- In the Post Nominal Letters "OC" for Life.[39]
- In 2023, she was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame.[40][41][42]
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