Julie Chu | |||
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![]() Chu at the 2010 Academy Awards | |||
Born | Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S. | March 13, 1982||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
Weight | 147 lb (67 kg; 10 st 7 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for | Harvard Crimson (2002–2007) Minnesota Whitecaps (2007–2010) Montreal Stars (2010–2015) | ||
Current coach | Concordia Stingers | ||
Coached for | Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (asst.) Union Dutchwomen (asst.) | ||
National team | ![]() | ||
Playing career | 1999–2017 | ||
Coaching career | 2007–present |
Julie Wu Chu (born March 13, 1982) is an American-Canadian former Olympic ice hockey player who played forward on the United States women's ice hockey team and defense with Les Canadiennes of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). She won the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2007 for best female collegiate hockey player while at Harvard University. She finished her collegiate career as the all-time assists leader and points scorer in NCAA history with 284 points, until the record was broken in 2011. She is tied as the second-most decorated US woman in Olympic Winter Games history. She was selected by fellow Team USA members to be the flag bearer at the Closing Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Chu has served as head coach of the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey program in the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) conference of U Sports since 2016. She was previously an assistant coach for the University of Minnesota Duluth and helped the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey team win their fourth NCAA Division I national championship in 2008 and served as an assistant coach with the Union Dutchwomen of Union College in 2010–2013.
Julie Wu Chu was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, on March 13, 1982. Her father Wah was born in Guangzhou, China. Wah and his mother moved to Hong Kong when he was one year old. In 1967, when Wah was 16, they emigrated to New York City. Shortly after arriving, he met his future wife, Miriam, at a youth group meeting at a neighborhood church. [1] Miriam's father is Chinese and her mother is Puerto Rican. [2] Chu has two siblings. [2]
Chu grew up with her family in Fairfield. As a child, she participated in soccer and figure skating before transitioning into youth hockey. She attended Choate Rosemary Hall but graduated from Northwood School in 2001. [3] She deferred her acceptance into Harvard University until after the 2002 Winter Olympics. She graduated in 2007 with a concentration in psychology.
Chu is the first Asian American woman to play for the U.S. Olympic ice hockey team; she competed in the 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 Winter Olympics. She is tied as the second-most decorated U.S. female in Olympic Winter Games history. [4] The four-time Olympian was chosen through a vote of each winter sport's team captain to carry the American flag during the Closing Ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Olympics. [5] Chu is the second ice hockey player to serve as flag bearer for Team USA.
During her time at Harvard, Chu became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA history and was elected as team captain. In her four years at Harvard University, she was the all-time assists leader and obtained 284 points, the most in NCAA history. She won the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2007 for best female collegiate hockey player in the United States.
Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
Women's ice hockey | ||
Olympic Games | ||
![]() | 2002 Salt Lake City | Tournament |
![]() | 2010 Vancouver | Tournament |
![]() | 2014 Sochi | Tournament |
![]() | 2006 Turin | Tournament |
IIHF World Women's Championships | ||
![]() | 2005 Sweden | Tournament |
![]() | 2008 China | Tournament |
![]() | 2009 Finland | Tournament |
![]() | 2011 Switzerland | Tournament |
![]() | 2013 Canada | Tournament |
![]() | 2001 United States | Tournament |
![]() | 2004 Canada | Tournament |
![]() | 2007 Canada | Tournament |
![]() | 2012 United States | Tournament |
Women's 4 Nations Cup | ||
![]() | 2003 Sweden | Tournament |
![]() | 2008 United States | Tournament |
![]() | 2011 Sweden | Tournament |
![]() | 2012 Finland | Tournament |
![]() | 2000 United States | Tournament |
![]() | 2004 United States | Tournament |
![]() | 2005 Finland | Tournament |
![]() | 2006 Canada | Tournament |
![]() | 2007 Sweden | Tournament |
![]() | 2009 Finland | Tournament |
![]() | 2010 Canada | Tournament |
![]() | 2013 United States | Tournament |
As a key member and assistant captain of Team USA, Chu won silver medals at the Olympic Games in 2002, 2010, and 2014, and a bronze in 2006. She has recorded 40 goals and 83 assists in 150 games with Team USA.
Chu was the leading scorer at the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships tournament with ten points (five goals, five assists). [6]
As of May 8, 2015, Chu had not decided on whether or not she will return to international competition. [7]
From 2007 to 2010, Chu played forward for the professional hockey Minnesota Whitecaps of the WWHL and won the 2010 Clarkson Cup. In 2010–11, she joined the Montreal Stars in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) and claimed her second consecutive Clarkson Cup title, becoming the first player to win the Clarkson Cup with two different teams. In 2010–11 season, Chu was one of the top-5 leading scorers, racking up 35 points, 5 goals and 30 assists in only 19 games.
Chu has also participated in both the inaugural (2014) and second (2015–16) annual CWHL All-Star Games.
Chu and forward Natalie Spooner, from the Toronto Furies, were voted captains by the public for the second annual CWHL All-Star Game, taking place January 23, 2016 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. More than 33,000 votes were cast during the public voting period, with Chu leading the polls, receiving 34% of the votes and Spooner coming in second with 23% in the public poll, which ran Dec. 15-Jan. 15 at www.CWHL.ca. [8] The event makes Chu the first non-Canadian CWHL All-Star Captain and the first visible-minority player to be named captain at an All-Star Game Archived February 1, 2016, at the Wayback Machine . Chu's Team Black went on to defeat Spooner's Team White by a score of 5–1. [9]
In 2007–08 Chu was an assistant coach for the University of Minnesota Duluth and helped the Bulldogs women's ice hockey team win their fourth NCAA Division I national championship. In the 2010–2011 hockey season, she joined the Union College women's hockey coaching staff, serving as assistant coach. She stepped down after the 2012–2013 season to focus full-time for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Chu currently coaches the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey team. [10]
Chu is married to Canadian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist Caroline Ouellette. [11] Chu and Ouellette were both teammates for Les Canadiennes and served together as assistant coaches of the University of Minnesota Duluth and the Concordia Stingers. They previously captained their respective rivaling national teams, and skated against each other in three Olympic gold medal finals (2002, 2010, 2014) and over half a dozen world championships. [12] They have two daughters. [13] [14] Chu became a permanent resident of Canada. [15]
Career statistics are from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or USA Hockey or the 2013 USA Women's National Team Media Guide. [21]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2002-03 | Harvard University | ECAC | 34 | 42 | 51 | 93 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | Harvard University | ECAC | 32 | 15 | 41 | 56 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2004–05 | Harvard University | ECAC | 33 | 13 | 56 | 69 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2006–07 | Harvard University | ECAC | 30 | 18 | 48 | 66 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Minnesota Whitecaps | WWHL | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2008–09 | Minnesota Whitecaps | WWHL | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | Montréal Stars | CWHL | 19 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
2011–12 | Montréal Stars | CWHL | 15 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
2012–13 | Montréal Stars | CWHL | 14 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | Montréal Stars | CWHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
2014–15 | Montréal Stars | CWHL | 20 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | Les Canadiennes de Montréal | CWHL | 15 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | Les Canadiennes de Montréal | CWHL | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Professional totals | 113 | 23 | 85 | 107 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 |
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2000 | USA | 4 Nations Cup | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | — | |
2001 | USA | WC | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | |
2002 | USA | OG | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
2003 | USA | 4 Nations Cup | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
2004 | USA | WC | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
2004 | USA | 4 Nations Cup | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | |
2005 | USA | WC | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |
2005 | USA | 4 Nations Cup | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
2006 | USA | OG | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
2006 | USA | 4 Nations Cup | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
2007 | USA | WC | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
2007 | USA | 4 Nations Cup | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
2008 | USA | WC | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | |
2008 | USA | 4 Nations Cup | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2009 | USA | WC | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | |
2009 | USA | 4 Nations Cup | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
2010 | USA | OG | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
2010 | USA | 4 Nations Cup | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
2011 | USA | WC | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | |
2011 | USA | 12 Nations | — | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | |
2011 | USA | 4 Nations Cup | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | |
2012 | USA | WC | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
2012 | USA | 4 Nations Cup | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | |
2013 | USA | WC | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2013 | USA | 4 Nations Cup | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
2014 | USA | OG | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Senior totals | 117 | 26 | 61 | 87 | 32 |
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