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Charline Labonté (born October 15, 1982) is a Canadian former professional
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player. Labonté played professionally for the Montreal Stars/Les Canadiennes de Montreal of the
Canadian Women's Hockey League The Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL; french: Ligue canadienne de hockey féminin ‒ LCHF) was a women's ice hockey league. Established in 2007 as a Canadian women's senior league in the Greater Toronto Area, Montreal, and Ottawa, the le ...
. She was a member of the
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that won three gold medals at the Olympics and two gold medals in the World Championships. She is an alumna of the McGill Martlets hockey program. Labonté now lives in Montreal, and graduated from
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with a degree in Physical Education. Labonté was named to the 2014 Olympic roster for Canada. She would be the winning goaltender for Les Canadiennes de Montreal in the final of the
2017 Clarkson Cup The 2017 Clarkson Cup was a women's ice hockey championship that was contested for the second straight year at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, to determine the champion of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. Held on March 5, 2017, the Cal ...
. In September 2017, she retired from Les Canadiennes and the Canadian national hockey team, as the goalie ranking second most all-time in games won (45), shutouts (16), and games played for Canada, with three Olympic gold medals, 2 world championship wins and 6 world silver medals.


Playing career


Hockey Canada

Labonté was one of two goaltenders playing for the Canadian women's hockey team in the 2006 Turin olympics. At the Torino Games, Labonte and Kim St. Pierre allowed a combined two goals in five games played. Labonte logged 180 minutes of ice time and led all goaltenders with a goals against average of 0.33 and a save percentage of .976, respectively. In 2010, she served as the third goaltender for the gold medal winning Canadian women's team. Prior to this she played for the Montreal Axion and
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, Teams of the
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. She was awarded Top Goaltender honours at the 2009 world championships.


QMJHL

She was one of the few women to play Major Junior hockey, appearing in 28 games with the Acadie-Bathurst Titan of the
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between 1999 and 2000. Her play for the QMJHL club was featured on a hockey card issued by
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in their 1999–2000 UD Prospects set (card #54). She competed for Team Quebec at the 1999
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. She was a member of the Montreal Axion in 2004–05, and one of her teammates was fellow Olympian
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.


McGill Martlets

With McGill, she competed in five CIS National tournaments. On December 31, 2010, Labonte required only 13 saves to post her 59th career shutout with McGill as the
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defeated the nationally ranked fifth overall
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by a 3–0 mark in the final game of the Bisons Holiday Classic tournament at Max Bell Arena. In the game, the Martlets held a 31–13 edge in shots.
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was credited with the game-winner on the power-play at 5:49 of the first period. Jasmine Sheehan, a fifth-year defender scored the second goal of the game. Logan Murray, a freshman from Calgary, scored the last goal of the contest. In an October 29, 2011 contest against the
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, Ariane Barker scored on Labonte with 71 seconds left in a 3–2 win versus McGill. Labonte took the loss for the Martlets, giving her a 69–2 overall record in her CIS career. It marked the Martlets first loss to a Quebec conference opponent for the first time in 108 games.


Inline hockey

Also a member of the
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, winning a gold medal at the 2004
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, some of her teammates on the roster included fellow Hockey Canada alumnae
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,
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,
Isabelle Chartrand Isabelle Chartrand (born April 20, 1978) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman. As a member of the Canadian national ice hockey team, she won Olympic gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 2001 IIHF Women's World Champion ...
,
Cherie Piper Cherie Piper (born June 29, 1981) is a Canadian former ice hockey player residing in Markham, Ontario. She was a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and played for the Brampton Thunder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL ...
and Amy Turek.


Awards and honours

*Top Goaltender, 2006 Esso Women's National Hockey Championship Pool A: Charline Labonte *Top Goaltender, 2009 world championships *2011-12 RSEQ FIRST ALL-STAR TEAM: Charline Labonté *2015 CWHL Goaltender of the Year Award


Career stats


CWHL


Personal life

In June 2014, Labonte publicly came out as a lesbian. Attended the Cami Granato invitational in 2023.


References


External links

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Player profile on hockey Canada

Charline Labonté: McGill's golden goalie
in McGill reporter, February 21, 2008.
Charline Labonté, le dernier rempart
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