Julie Chu

Julie Chu
Julie Chu at the 2010 Academy Awards
Date of birth	March 13, 1982
place of birth	Bridgeport , Connecticut , USA
size	174 cm
Weight	67 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2002-2007	Harvard University
2007-2010	Minnesota Whitecaps
2010-2017	Les Canadiennes de Montréal

Julie Chu
Coaching stations
2007-2008	University of Minnesota-Duluth (Ass.)
2010-2013	Union College (Ass.)
2014-2016	Concordia University (Ass.)
since 2016	Concordia University

Julie Wu Chu (born March 13, 1982 in Bridgeport , Connecticut ) is a former American ice hockey player of Chinese origin who has won numerous medals with the US national team at World Championships and Winter Olympics . Between 2010 and 2017 she played for Les Canadiennes de Montréal in the Canadian Women's Hockey League and won the Clarkson Cup three times with this team . She has been working as a trainer since 2007 and as the head trainer at Concordia University since 2016 .

Career

Julie Chu's father Wah comes from the People's Republic of China and emigrated with his mother at the age of one to Hong Kong , and then to New York City in 1967 . There Wah met his future wife Miriam, who is half-Chinese, half- Puerto-Rican and with whom he has three children today. Julie Chu played soccer and trained figure skating as a child before taking up ice hockey. She graduated from high school in 2001 and enrolled at Harvard University .

In 2007 she finished her studies with a degree in psychology .

Achievements and Awards

• 2007 Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award ( USA Hockey )
• 2009 WWHL champion with the Minnesota Whitecaps
• 2010 Clarkson Cup won with the Minnesota Whitecaps
• 2010 Most Valuable Player of the Clarkson Cup Tournament
• 2011 Clarkson Cup won with the Stars de Montréal
• 2012 won the Clarkson Cup with the Stars de Montréal
• 2017 Clarkson Cup win with Les Canadiennes de Montréal

NCAA

2007 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award 2008 NCAA Championship win with the University of Minnesota Duluth ( as assistant coach )

Records

Julie Chu holds NCAA records for career assists (197).

International

Julie Chu in the national jersey, 2010

2001 silver medal at the world championship 2002 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games 2004 silver medal at the world championship 2005 gold medal at the world championship 2006 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games 2007 silver medal at the world championship 2008 gold medal at the world championship 2009 gold medal at the world championship

2009 World Championship All-Star Team 2009 top scorer of the world championship with 10 points (5 goals, 5 assists) 2010 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games 2011 gold medal at the world championship 2012 silver medal at the world championship 2013 gold medal at the world championship 2014 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games

Career statistics

National competitions

				Regular season							Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2002/03	Harvard University	NCAA		34	42	51	93	14th
2003/04	Harvard University	NCAA		32	15th	41	56	28
2004/05	Harvard University	NCAA		33	13	56	69	22nd
2006/07	Harvard University	NCAA		30th	18th	48	66	20th
2007/08	Minnesota Whitecaps	WWHL		6th	3	4th	7th	2	0
2008/09	Minnesota Whitecaps	WWHL		9	2	6th	8th	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	0
2010/11	Stars de Montréal	CWHL		19th	5	30th	35	4th	+24		4th	0	4th	4th	0	+1
2011/12	Stars de Montréal	CWHL		15th	5	10	15th	2	+8		4th	1	3	4th	4th	0
2012/13	Stars de Montréal	CWHL		14th	2	7th	9	2	+1		4th	0	1	1	0	+2
2013/14	Stars de Montréal	CWHL		2	0	0	0	0	−3		3	0	1	1	2	−1
2014/15	Montréal Stars	CWHL		20th	2	15th	17th	12	+2		3	0	0	0	0	+4
2015/16	Les Canadiennes de Montréal	CWHL		15th	3	9	12	4th	+16		3	2	2	4th	0	+1
2016/17	Les Canadiennes de Montréal	CWHL		10	1	4th	5	4th	+3		3	0	2	2	0	0

International

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2001	United States	WM		5	1	7th	8th	2	+4
2002	United States	Olympia		5	2	2	4th	2	+5
2004	United States	WM		5	1	1	2	2	+6
2005	United States	WM		5	2	4th	6th	2	+1
2006	United States	Olympia		5	0	5	5	0	+3
2007	United States	WM		5	0	3	3	0	0
2008	United States	WM		5	0	7th	7th	2	+2
2009	United States	WM		5	5	5	10	0	+8
2010	United States	Olympia		5	2	4th	6th	0	+5
2011	United States	WM		5	1	6th	7th	0	+6
2012	United States	WM		5	2	1	3	2	+3
2013	United States	WM		5	1	0	1	0	+1
2014	United States	Olympia		5	0	1	1	2	+1

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Private

Chu is married to the ice hockey player Caroline Ouellette . In November 2017, the couple announced the birth of their first daughter.

Web links

Commons : Julie Chu  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Julie Chu at eurohockey.com
• Julie Chu at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Julie Chu at teamusa.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ nbcolympics.com, Julie Chu Profile ( Memento from May 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ncaa.org, NCAA Ice Hockey, Division I Women's Records
3. ↑ L-Mag.de: Weddings, engagements, rainbow babies and farewells 2017