Charline Labonté is not only an Olympian, but she boasts three gold medals from that Olympic experience, has backstopped Team Canada to two IIHF World Women's Championships, and is a trailblazer off the ice. Impressed? Keep reading.
The Boisbriand, Quebec native became just the second woman (after Manon Rhéaume) to play in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), where she was found between the pipes for the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in 1999 and 2000.
Labonté went on to play hockey for the Martlets at McGill University in Montréal, Quebec, where she earned a degree in physical education, while maintaining a 62-2 CIS career record, which included a 0.