Julie Chu

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Julie Chu
Julie Chu @ 2010 Academy Awards (cropped).jpg
Chu at the 2010 Academy Awards
Born (1982-03-13) March 13, 1982 (age 42)
Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.
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 teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
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.

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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.

Early life

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.

Playing career

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.

International hockey

Olympic medal record
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Women's ice hockey
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Salt Lake City Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Vancouver Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Sochi Tournament
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Turin Tournament
IIHF World Women's Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Sweden Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 China Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Finland Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Switzerland Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Canada Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 United States Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Canada Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Canada Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 United States Tournament
Women's 4 Nations Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Sweden Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 United States Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Sweden Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Finland Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 United States Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 United States Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Finland Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Canada Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Sweden Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Finland Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Canada Tournament
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 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]

Professional hockey

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. [7] The event made Chu the first non-Canadian CWHL All-Star Captain and the first visible-minority player to be named captain at an All-Star Game. [8] Chu's Team Black went on to defeat Spooner's Team White by a score of 5–1. [9]

Coaching career

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]

Personal life

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 is a permanent resident of Canada. [15]

Accomplishments and notes

Media/national publicity biography

Endorsement campaigns

Career statistics

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 and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2002-03 Harvard University ECAC 3442519314—————
2003–04Harvard UniversityECAC3215415628—————
2004–05Harvard UniversityECAC3313566922—————
2006–07Harvard UniversityECAC3018486620—————
2007–08 Minnesota Whitecaps WWHL 6347——————
2008–09Minnesota WhitecapsWWHL12268——————
2010–11 Montréal Stars CWHL 1953035440440
2011–12 Montréal StarsCWHL1551015241344
2012–13 Montréal StarsCWHL14279240110
2013–14 Montréal StarsCWHL2000030112
2014–15 Montréal StarsCWHL20215171230000
2015–16 Les Canadiennes de Montréal CWHL153912432240
2016–17 Les Canadiennes de MontréalCWHL101454—————
Professional totals11323851072821311146

International

YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
2000 USA 4 Nations Cup Silver medal icon.svg4257—
2001 USAWCSilver medal icon.svg51782
2002 USAOGSilver medal icon.svg52242
2003 USA4 Nations CupGold medal icon.svg40110
2004 USAWCSilver medal icon.svg41122
2004 USA4 Nations CupSilver medal icon.svg4022—
2005 USAWCGold medal icon.svg52462
2005 USA4 Nations CupSilver medal icon.svg40004
2006 USAOGBronze medal icon.svg50550
2006 USA4 Nations CupSilver medal icon.svg40114
2007 USAWCSilver medal icon.svg50330
2007 USA4 Nations CupSilver medal icon.svg40114
2008 USAWCGold medal icon.svg50772
2008 USA4 Nations CupGold medal icon.svg42020
2009 USAWCGold medal icon.svg555100
2009 USA4 Nations CupSilver medal icon.svg40110
2010 USAOGSilver medal icon.svg52460
2010 USA4 Nations CupSilver medal icon.svg41014
2011 USAWCGold medal icon.svg51670
2011 USA 12 Nations —6246—
2011 USA4 Nations CupGold medal icon.svg4101—
2012 USAWCSilver medal icon.svg52132
2012 USA4 Nations CupGold medal icon.svg4101—
2013 USAWCGold medal icon.svg51010
2013 USA4 Nations CupBronze medal icon.svg30002
2014 USAOGSilver medal icon.svg50112
Senior totals11726618732

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