Julie Chu
Chu at the 2010 Academy Awards
Born (1982-03-13) March 13, 1982 (age 41)
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 team  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.

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  United States
Women's ice hockey
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Salt Lake City Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Tournament
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin Tournament
IIHF World Women's Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Sweden Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2008 China Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2009 Finland Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2011 Switzerland Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2013 Canada Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2001 United States Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2004 Canada Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2007 Canada Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2012 United States Tournament
Women's 4 Nations Cup
Gold medal – first place 2003 Sweden Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2008 United States Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sweden Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2012 Finland Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2000 United States Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2004 United States Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2005 Finland Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2006 Canada Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2007 Sweden Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2009 Finland Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2010 Canada Tournament
Bronze medal – third place 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]

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, 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. 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 became 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 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

International

Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2000 USA 4 Nations Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 2 5 7 —
2001 USA WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 1 7 8 2
2002 USA OG 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 2 2 4 2
2003 USA 4 Nations Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 0 1 1 0
2004 USA WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 1 1 2 2
2004 USA 4 Nations Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 0 2 2 —
2005 USA WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 2 4 6 2
2005 USA 4 Nations Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 0 0 0 4
2006 USA OG 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 0 5 5 0
2006 USA 4 Nations Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 0 1 1 4
2007 USA WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 0 3 3 0
2007 USA 4 Nations Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 0 1 1 4
2008 USA WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 0 7 7 2
2008 USA 4 Nations Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 2 0 2 0
2009 USA WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 5 5 10 0
2009 USA 4 Nations Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 0 1 1 0
2010 USA OG 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 2 4 6 0
2010 USA 4 Nations Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 1 0 1 4
2011 USA WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 1 6 7 0
2011 USA 12 Nations — 6 2 4 6 —
2011 USA 4 Nations Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 1 0 1 —
2012 USA WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 2 1 3 2
2012 USA 4 Nations Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 1 0 1 —
2013 USA WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 1 0 1 0
2013 USA 4 Nations Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 0 0 0 2
2014 USA OG 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 0 1 1 2
Senior totals 117 26 61 87 32

References

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