{"id":17110,"date":"2017-10-04T14:32:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T18:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=17110"},"modified":"2021-12-30T17:25:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T22:25:55","slug":"les-canadiennes-charline-labonte-announces-retirement-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/10\/04\/les-canadiennes-charline-labonte-announces-retirement-hockey\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Canadiennes Charline Labont\u00e9 Announces Retirement From Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Les Canadiennes\u00a0Charline Labont\u00e9\u00a0<\/a>announces retirement from hockey in September. She capped an illustrious career by backstopping the Canadian Women\u2019s Hockey League Les Canadiennes de Montreal to the 2017 Clarkson Cup Championship. Labont\u00e9 retires as one of the most decorated netminders in Canadian women\u2019s hockey history.<\/p>\n

Les Canadiennes Charline Labont\u00e9 Announces Retirement<\/h1>\n

QMJHL<\/h3>\n

Labont\u00e9 who was on 10-15-82 in Boisbriand, Que., the netminder was drafted by Acadie-Bathurst Titan of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League<\/a>. She was the second female to play in the league after fellow netminder Manon Rheaume<\/strong>. Labont\u00e9 dressed for 26 games in the 1999-2000 season after thinking she wouldn\u2019t make the squad. Her record was 4-9-2, she played 1045 minutes with a GAA OF 5.22 a SVS% of .841 with 573 saves. In the 2000-2001 season she dressed for 2 games with a line of 0-0-0, 60 minutes played, GAA of 6.00, SVS% of .786 with 28 saves.<\/p>\n

Hockey Canada<\/h3>\n

On the world stage with Hockey Canada <\/a>Labont\u00e9 captured 3 Olympic Gold, 2 World Championship Gold and 6 World Championship Silver. As of her retirement Labont\u00e9 owns a record of 45-12-1. In 3374 minutes played she has a GAA of 1.51 and a SVS% of .919 along with 1650 saves and 16 shutouts. Labont\u00e9 ranks 2nd in games won, shutouts and games played.<\/p>\n

In the Torino Games Labont\u00e9 and Kim St. Pierre combined for only 2 goals allowed in 5 games. Labont\u00e9 had 180 minutes of ice time with a 0.33 GAA and a .976 SVS%, which led all netminders. In 2010 she played 1game with a 3.00 GAA and a .899 SVS%. In the 2016 games her stat line was 2 games, 1.00 GAA with a .951 SVS%.<\/p>\n

Labont\u00e9 shined in the IIHF World Championships as well, as a Gold medalist in 2007 and 2012 and Silver in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016. Her best showing was in 2005 in Sweden. Labont\u00e9 boasted a World Championships best GAA of 0.00 and SVS% of 1.000.<\/p>\n

McGill Martlets<\/h3>\n

As a member of the McGill Martlets<\/a> Labont\u00e9 competed in 5 CIS National Tournaments. Labonte backstopped the Martlets to 3 CIS (W) Championships in 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2010-2011. Her Career line is 180 GP with a record of 160-17-3 with 81 shutouts with a GAA of 0.98 and a .948 SVS%. Labont\u00e9 coached at McGill starting in the 2014-2015 going through the 2016-2017 season.<\/p>\n

NWHL & CWHL<\/h3>\n

In 2005-2006 Labon\u00e9 played for the Montreal Axion in the National Women\u2019s Hockey League. In the playoffs that season she played in 3 games with a GAA of 0.67 and a SVS% of .978. She backstopped a 1-0 shoutout for Montreal\u2019s only NWHL Championship. Labont\u00e9 also dressed for the Laval Le Mistral as well.<\/p>\n

In 2012-2013 Labont\u00e9 was a 1st round draft pick by the CWHL\u2019s Montreal Stars. She played for the Stars(in 2015-2016 they changed the name to the Canadiennes) from the 2014-2015 season through the 2016-2017 season. In Labont\u00e9 final season she was the CWHL\u2019s Regular Season Goalie of the Year. 2016-2017 post season honors include the Clarkson Cup Playoff MVP and First Star of the Game 2017, as Labont\u00e9 and the Les Canadiennes do Montreal were the 2017 Clarkson Cup Champions.<\/p>\n

Labont\u00e9\u2019s Announces Retirement<\/h3>\n

Labont\u00e9 had commented that \u201cLast season there were a couple of times where I felt I wasn\u2019t sure if I wanted to do this anymore.\u201d She added \u201cEverything that didn\u2019t bother me before started to bother me a bit so that was kind of like a cue to say may its time to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for life after hockey, Labont\u00e9 has started taking classes at the Ecole des Metiers de la Restauration er du Tourisme de Montreal. It\u2019s a top flight school for aspiring chefs. Labont\u00e9 will continue to be involved in hockey through coaching and sports psychology consultation. Congrats on an amazing career and best of luck in your future endeavors Charline.<\/p>\n

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On to the next chapter.. pic.twitter.com\/Ua1ZJeo3K3<\/a><\/p>\n

— Charline Labonte (@Labonte32) September 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n