| Julie Blanchette | |
| Nickname: | Juju |
| Headercolor: | darkred |
| Textcolor: | white |
| Birth Date: | 9 January 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Position: | Centre |
| Updated: | August 28, 2023 |
Julie Blanchette (born January 9, 1977, in Montreal, Quebec) is an elite level Canadian ringette player who has also worked as a trainer and coach and served as the captain of several ringette teams including Team Canada. Blanchette plays for the Montreal Mission of the National Ringette League and has also been a member of the Canadian national ringette team as both player and coach.
Blanchette was an assistant coach for the 2022 Team Canada Seniors who competed in the 2022 World Ringette Championships and will be the Head coach of Canada's Senior National Team for the 2023 World Ringette Championships as a part of a special senior program created specifically for that tournament.
Blanchette started playing ringette when she was 4 years old.[1] 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 Canadian Ringette Championships and the Canada Winter Games.
Blanchette played in the Canadian elite semi-professional level of ringette, the National Ringette League, beginning in 2003 for the Montreal Mission. In 2005, she played a season for the club Ringette Turku in the elite ringette league of Finland, Ringeten SM-sarja|fi}}).
She 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 2004 World Ringette Championships in Stockholm.She made Team Canada again playing for the 2007 Canadian national ringette team who competed in the 2007 World Ringette Championships in Ottawa.
Her final appearance as a player for Team Canada took place in 2010 where she competed with the 2010 Canadian senior team in the 2010 World Ringette Championships in Tampere. 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 Prague. In September 2013, Blanchette was named an assistant-coach of Canada's 2013 Senior National Team[2] who competed in the 2013 World Ringette Championships.
| Season | Team | League | Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games play | Goals | Assists | Points | Penalties | Games play | Goals | Assists | Points | Penalties | |||||
| 2007-08 | 30 | 48 | 78 | 121 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 2008-09 | Montreal Mission | NRL | 31 | 54 | 80 | 134 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2009-10 | Montreal Mission | NRL | 31 | 59 | 51 | 110 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2010-11 | Montreal Mission | NRL | 31 | 61 | 80 | 141 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2011-12 | Montreal Mission | NRL | 27 | 43 | 64 | 107 | 14 | |||||||
| Year | Event | Games Play | Goals | Assists | Points | +/- | Penalty Minutes | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Ringette Championships | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Silver | |||
| World Ringette Championships[3] | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | - | 8 | Silver | |||
| Ringette World Club Championship[4] | 5 | 10 | 14 | 24 | - | 8 | Montreal Mission finished 5th | |||
| World Ringette Championships[5] | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | - | 0 | Silver |