Blayre Turnbull

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Blayre Turnbull
Blayre Turnbull Feb 27 2024.jpg
Turnbull with PWHL Toronto in 2024
Born (1993-07-15) July 15, 1993 (age 30)
Stellarton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 159 lb (72 kg; 11 st 5 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
PWHL team
Former teams		 PWHL Toronto
Calgary Inferno
Wisconsin Badgers
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 2011–present
Website blayreturnbull.com
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Beijing Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Canada
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Denmark
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 United States
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Canada
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 United States
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Canada
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Finland

Blayre Turnbull (born July 15, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and captain of Toronto of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She made her debut with the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2014 4 Nations Cup. [1]

Contents

On September 6, 2023, Turnbull signed a three-year deal with the PWHL Toronto of the newly formed new Professional Women's Hockey League. [2]

Career

Turnbull attended Shattuck-St. Mary's, where she was a classmate of Nathan MacKinnon and played on the girls' hockey team. As a junior, she appeared in 52 contests while gaining 60 points (on 30 goals and 30 assists). [3] With the team, won two national championships in two years.

Turnbull with Wisconsin in 2013 Blayre Turnbull.jpg
Turnbull with Wisconsin in 2013

NCAA

The 2011–12 Wisconsin Badgers season marked her first with the club. In a match versus the Lindenwood Lady Lions on September 25, 2011, she scored her first career NCAA goal. She holds various UW records and the NCAA record for shorthanded goals in a season. She was the captain of the Wisconsin Badgers in her junior and senior year and is an NCAA champion. [4] She played for the Badgers for a total of four seasons, identifying herself in her Twitter account as having graduated in 2015. [5] [6]

CWHL

Turnbull helped the Calgary Inferno capture their first-ever Clarkson Cup championship in 2016. Contested at Ottawa's Canadian Tire Centre, she scored twice in an 8–3 victory over Les Canadiennes de Montreal. [7]

She would miss most of the 2017-18 CWHL season training with Team Canada for the Olympics but returned in time for the playoffs. [8] In 2019, Turnbull would win her second Clarkson Cup with Calgary.

In May 2019, Turnbull joined the PWHPA after the collapse of the CWHL. [9] She participated in the 2020 NHL All-Star Game with the Canadian All-Stars. [10]

International

Turnbull participated with Team Atlantic (alongside teammates such as Jillian Saulnier and Alex Normore) at the 2009 Canadian Under 19 nationals. She participated in the shootout for Team Atlantic in the quarterfinals versus Team Ontario Blue in a losing effort. [11] On two occasions, she attended training camp for the 2010 and 2011 IIHF World Women's under-18. For the 2011 camp, Turnbull was one of only two Nova Scotians who were invited. In 2016, she made the Canadian National Women's team and competed in the world championships in Kamloops, BC. [12] She also played for Canada in the 2017 and 2019 World Championships and was selected for the 2020 World Championships before they were cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. [13]

Turnbull was selected to the Canadian roster for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea. She would put up 3 points in 5 games, winning a silver medal. [14] [15]

In 2021, Turnbull played for Canada at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship, and suffered a broken fibula during the celebration after winning the gold medal. [16] She later called the incident her most embarrassing hockey moment. [17]

On January 11, 2022, Turnbull was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. [18] [19] [20] The team won the gold medal, defeating the United States in the final 3–2.

PWHL

Following the launch of the new Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), Turnbull was one of three players (alongside fellow Canadian Olympians Sarah Nurse and Renata Fast) signed within a pre-draft period to PWHL Toronto. [2]

Personal life

Turnbull married retired Canadian bobsledder Ryan Sommer in the summer of 2023. [21]

Turnbull has a Bachelor of Arts degree in legal studies. Her brother Brent played for the Québec Remparts in the QMJHL. [22]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2009–10 Shattuck-Saint Mary's Sabres USHS-MN 5230306014–————
2010–11Shattuck-Saint Mary's SabresUSHS-MN4623305347–————
2011–12 Wisconsin Badgers NCAA 34771414–————
2012–13Wisconsin BadgersNCAA3535818–————
2013–14Wisconsin BadgersNCAA3818224012—————
2014-15Wisconsin BadgersNCAA3615213618—————
2015–16 Calgary Inferno CWHL 2279161633250
2016–17Calgary InfernoCWHL22991812—————
2017–18Calgary InfernoCWHL4000431010
2017–18Team Canada AMHL 152684—————
2018–19Calgary InfernoCWHL25129212441234
2020-21 Team Scotiabank PWHPA 43364—————
2022-23 Team ScotiabankPWHPA209112014—————
CWHL totals7328275556105494
PWHPA totals2412142618—————

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2016 Canada WC Silver medal icon.svg51232
2017 CanadaWCSilver medal icon.svg51012
2018 Canada OLY Silver medal icon.svg50330
2019 CanadaWCBronze medal icon.svg64040
2021 CanadaWCGold medal icon.svg70118
2022 CanadaWCGold medal icon.svg73256
2022 CanadaOLYGold medal icon.svg74378
2023 CanadaWCSilver medal icon.svg72466
2024 CanadaWCGold medal icon.svg71232
Senior totals5616174334

Awards and honours

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