Jocelyne Larocque Explained

Jocelyne Larocque
Birth Date:19 May 1988
Birth Place:Ste. Anne, Manitoba, Canada
Height Ft:5
Height In:6
Weight Lb:146
Position:Defence
Shoots:Left
League:PWHL
Team:PWHL Toronto
Sex:f
Ntl Team:CAN
Career Start:2004
Show-Medals:no

Jocelyne Dawn Marie Larocque (born May 19, 1988) is a Canadian ice hockey player for PWHL Toronto of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played in the PWHPA, with the Calgary Inferno and Markham Thunder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), the Calgary Oval X-Treme and Manitoba Maple Leafs of the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL), and the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA).[1] With the Bulldogs, she was a two-time NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament champion (2008, 2010). Larocque is of Métis heritage and was the first indigenous athlete to participate in the women's ice hockey tournament at the Winter Olympics.[2]

Early life

Larocque played hockey and basketball from 2002 to 2004 at College Lorette Collegiate in Manitoba. During the 2003–04 season, she became the first female player to appear in the Winnipeg High School Boys League. Larocque attended the Hockey Manitoba Program of Excellence Camp from June 25 to 27, 2004.[3] Larocque competed for Manitoba at the 2003 Esso Women's Nationals in Saskatoon as the Manitoba team finished eighth. In January 2005, she was a member of the Manitoba team that participated in the Canadian National Women's Under-18 Championship in Salmon Arm, BC. Manitoba finished fifth, but Larocque was honoured as Top Defenceman. She won the WWHL championship with the Calgary Oval X-Treme in 2005.[4]

College career

In March 2008, Larocque had one assist as UMD won their fourth NCAA national championship in a 4–0 win over the University of Wisconsin.[5] She competed along with two other players from her hometown of Ste. Anne, Manitoba (population 1,500), Minnesota Golden Gophers senior captain Melanie Gagnon and Mercyhurst forward Bailey Bram. The three were known colloquially as the “Ste. Anne Three.”[6] Also in 2009, Larocque was the first Bulldog defenceman to be named to the All-American first team.[7]

After being cut from Team Canada's Olympic roster in December 2009, Larocque elected to return to UMD for the second half of the 2009–10 season, forfeiting half a season of NCAA eligibility.[8] On March 22, 2010, Larocque and the Bulldogs earned their fifth NCAA national championship with a 3–2 triple overtime victory over Cornell University.[9] In a February 12, 2011 game against the Ohio State Buckeyes, Larocque had a goal and three assists as the Bulldogs defeated Ohio State by a 5–1 mark.[10] Already the all-time top-scoring defenceman in UMD history, she became UMD's 14th player and first defenceman to score 100 career points.[11] Larocque's assist on a power play goal with 40 seconds remaining was her second career four-point game. Larocque was the top-scoring defenceman in the WCHA for the 2010–11 season, with six goals and 18 assists for 24 points in 26 league contests.[12]

In post-season league honours,[13] Larocque was named to the All-WCHA first team; was voted the WCHA Defensive Player of the Year in a vote of the league's head coaches; was the top-scoring defenceman in the league with six goals, 18 assists and 24 points in 26 league contests; was named the WCHA Outstanding Student Athlete of the Year; and was named to the 2010–11 All-WCHA Academic Team.

She graduated with honours from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2011 with a Bachelor of Accountancy. She ended her college hockey career as the Bulldogs' all-time leader in scoring for defencemen with 105 points on 19 goals and 86 assists in 127 games.[14]

Professional career

Larocque first played for the Team Alberta franchise and remained with them after a rebranding that saw them renamed the Calgary Inferno. In August 2013, she was traded to the Brampton Thunder for fellow Manitoban Bailey Bram.[15] Of note, she served as the final team captain in the history of the Brampton Thunder. When the franchise relocated to Markham, Ontario, she continued as team captain. Of note, she served in the capacity when the Thunder captured the 2018 Clarkson Cup, a franchise first.

On September 18, 2023, Larocque was drafted second overall by PWHL Toronto in the 2023 PWHL Draft.[16]

International play

She participated in the Canadian National Team Fall Festival from August 31 to September 9, 2007. She was an Air Canada Cup women's champion in 2005–06 and 2006–07. On November 27, 2009, Larocque and Brianne Jenner were released from Hockey Canada's centralized roster to determine the roster for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games.[17]

Despite not qualifying for the roster competing at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she was named to the final roster for the 2010 MLP Nations Cup.[18] Larocque had an assist in the semi-final of the 2010 MLP Cup.[19] In addition, she attended the Hockey Canada Strength and Conditioning Camp in Calgary from May 25 to 30, 2010.[20] In addition, Larocque competed with Canada at the 2010 Four Nations Cup and won a gold medal.[21]

Her Olympic debut with the national team came at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, where Team Canada won the gold medal. She played in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, winning a silver medal with Team Canada. She received attention following the gold medal game for removing her silver medal immediately after it was presented to her, prompting a later reproach from an IIHF official.[22] She issued an apology the following day, saying in part, "In the moment, I was disappointed with the outcome of the game, and my emotions got the better of me. I meant no disrespect. It has been an honour to represent my country and win a medal for Canada. I'm proud of our team and proud to be counted among the Canadian athletes who have won medals at these games."[23]

On January 11, 2022, Larocque was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[24] [25] [26]

Personal life

Former Gophers player and captain Melanie Gagnon is Larocque's cousin.[27] A team was named after her at the 2007 Female Atom Hockey Festival presented by the Manitoba Moose on December 29, at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg.[28]

Larocque's sister, Chantal, has competed for Canada at the ISBHF World Championships. Both were also teammates on the now-defunct Calgary Oval X-Treme.

Career statistics

Career statistics are from USCHO.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or NCAA or the Team Canada Media Guide for 2022.[29]

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
2004–05Calgary Oval X-TremeWWHL17 2 6 8 183 0 0 0 2
2005–06Calgary Oval X-Treme WWHL21 2 8 10 663 0 4 4 8
2006–07Calgary Oval X-TremeWWHL21 3 15 18 433 0 0 0 6
2007–08WCHA39 4 22 26 603 0 1 1 6
2008–09Univ. of Minnesota Duluth WCHA37 4 33 37 1082 0 1 1 4
2009–10Univ. of Minnesota Duluth WCHA19 3 10 13 503 1 1 2 4
2010–11Univ. of Minnesota Duluth WCHA32 8 21 29 601 0 0 0 0
2011–12WWHL32 14 35 49 22— — — — —
2012–13CWHL23 1 2 3 44— — — — —
2013–14CanadaAMHL17 0 0 0 16— — — — —
2014–15CWHL24 3 2 5 38— — — — —
2015–16Brampton Thunder CWHL24 2 5 7 322 0 1 1 4
2016–17Brampton Thunder CWHL20 0 4 4 38— — — — —
2017–18CanadaAMHL11 0 3 3 6— — — — —
2017–18Markham ThunderCWHL4 1 1 2 23 0 0 0 2
2018–19Markham ThunderCWHL23 2 8 10 283 0 2 2 4
2019–20GTA EastPWHPA— — — — —— — — — —
2020–21TorontoPWHPA4 0 3 3 2— — — — —
2022–23Team AdidasPWHPA20 0 2 2 20— — — — —
CWHL totals118 9 22 31 1828 0 3 3 10

International

YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
2006Canada U22ACC41016
2007Canada U22ACC50002
2008Canada U22ACC40338
2008Canada4 Nations Cup31016
2009Canada U22MLP51012
2009Canada4 Nations Cup20000
2010Canada U22MLP50228
2010Canada4 Nations Cup40332
2011Canada WC50226
2011Canada4 Nations Cup40114
2012Canada WC50116
2013CanadaWC50228
2013Canada 4 Nations Cup40004
2014CanadaOG51122
2014Canada 4 Nations Cup40006
2015CanadaWC50004
2016Canada WC40004
2016Canada4 Nations Cup30000
2017Canada WC50224
2017Canada4 Nations Cup30008
2018Canada OG50112
2018Canada4 Nations Cup40006
2019Canada WC70332
2021CanadaWC70448
2022Canada OG702210
2022CanadaWC71562
2024CanadaWC714512
U22 totals3536944
Senior totals10543135106

Awards and honours

NCAA

International

CWHL

Other

Notes and References

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