Julie Blanchette (born January 9, 1977, in

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) is an elite level

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player who has also worked as a trainer and coach and served as the captain of several ringette teams including Team Canada. Blanchette played for the

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of the

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and has also been a member of the Canadian national ringette team as both player and coach. Blanchette will be an assistant coach for the 2022 Team Canada Seniors who will compete in the

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Sporting career

Blanchette started playing ringette when she was 4 years old. 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

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and the

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. Blanchette played at the Canadian elite level of ringette in the

beginning in 2003 for the

. In 2005, she played a season for the club Ringette Turku in the elite ringette league of

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, Ringeten SM-sarja. Blanchette 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

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. She made Team Canada again playing for the 2007 Canadian national ringette team who competed in the

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. Her final appearance as a player for Team Canada took place in 2010 where she competed with the 2010 Canadian senior team in the

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. 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

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. In September 2013, Blanchette was named an assistant-coach of the 2013 national ringette team of Canada who competed in the

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Statistics

Club

International level

Honors

* Won gold nine times in the Quebec Provincial Ringette Championships: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, and 2005. * Won gold in 8

. * Won silver in the 2000 Canadian Ringette Championships in

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. * Selected to the All-Star ringette team of at the 2000 Canadian Ringette Championships. * Won silver in the

. * Won silver in the

. * Won bronze as the coach of Team Quebec in the

2007 Canada Winter Games The 2007 Canada Games, Canada Winter Games were held in Whitehorse, Yukon, from Friday 23 February 2007 to Saturday 10 March 2007. These were the first Canada Games held ''Northern Canada, North of 60'' (in the northern territories). The game ...

. * Won silver as the assistant coach of the Canadian junior national ringette team, U19 Team Canada East, at the

2009 World Junior Ringette Championships The 2009 World Junior Ringette Championships, (''2009 WJRC'') also known as the ''U19 2009 World Championships'', was an international ringette tournament and the first World Junior Ringette Championships organized by the International Ringette ...

(U-19) in August of 2009 in

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. * Won silver in the

. *Top scorer of the Montreal Mission club and the 2nd top scorer in the history of the

in Canada. *Top Canadian scorer during the 2008 Ringette World Club Championship. *Top scoring champion for the 2010-11 season in the

in Canada with individual stats of 61 goals and 80 assists (for a total of 141 points). * Selected to the All-Star team during the 2005 Canadian Ringette Championships in Winnipeg. * Elected an MVP Player for the 2005-06 season and 2008-09 season in the National Ringette League.

Gallery

File:Julie Blanchette 03.jpg, Blanchette with the

, 2012

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season File:Montreal Mission 12 février 2012 121.jpg, Blanchette with the Montreal Mission, 2012

season

References

Other websites

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Profile of Julie Blanchette for Montreal Mission

Profile of Julie Blanchette for Canadian National Team

A ringette star for the West End
The Monitor, April 26, 2007. {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanchette, Julie 1977 births Living people Ringette players Sportspeople from Montreal Canadian sportswomen