Charline Labonté

Charline Labonté (born October 15, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Labonté played professionally for the Montreal Stars/Les Canadiennes de Montreal of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. She was a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team 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.

Charline Labonté
Labonté during a Montreal Stars game in November 2014
Born (1982-10-15) October 15, 1982
Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 157 lb (71 kg; 11 st 3 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for
  • Les Canadiennes de Montreal (CWHL)
  • McGill University (CIS)
National team  Canada
Playing career 20002017
Medal record
Olympic Games
2006 TurinTeam
2010 VancouverTeam
2014 SochiTeam
World Championships
2007 Canada
2012 United States
2005 Sweden
2008 China
2009 Finland
2011 Switzerland
2013 Canada
2016 Canada
Women's inline hockey
FIRS World Championship
2004 Canada

Labonté now lives in Montreal, and graduated from McGill University 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. 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.

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