Lauriane Rougeau

Lauriane Rougeau (born April 12, 1990) is a Canadian ice hockey player in her second stint with the CWHL's Les Canadiennes de Montreal. A former All-America selection for the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program, Rougeau was part of the Stars team that captured the inaugural Clarkson Cup in 2009. Competing in Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics, she was part of Canada's gold medal triumph.[1] Having also earned a gold medal at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, she is among a rare group of Canadian female hockey players that have won the Clarkson Cup, IIHF World Gold and Winter Games gold.

Lauriane Rougeau
Lauriane Rougeau playing for Team Canada in 2017
Born (1990-04-12) April 12, 1990
Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 168 lb (76 kg; 12 st 0 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
CWHL team
Former teams		 Les Canadiennes de Montreal
Dawson
Cornell
National team  Canada
Playing career 2007–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
2014 SochiTeam
2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
2012 United States
2013 Canada
2015 Sweden
2016 Canada
2017 United States
World U18 Championships
2008 Canada

Playing career

Rougeau played midget hockey for the Lac St. Louis Tigres.[2] In 2002, she won a gold medal at the Atom AA Quebec Provincials while playing with the Lakeshore Panthers. Three years later, she won a silver medal with Quebec at the 2005 National Women's Under-18 Championships.

In 2005, Rougeau was part of the team that took first place at the Québec Atom AA championships. Her team also took first place at the 2005 Jeux du Québec.[3]

At the 2007 Canada Winter Games, Rougeau won the bronze with Quebec. In the same year, she represented Quebec at the National Women's Under-18 Championship and was awarded a silver medal.

Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA

In 2007–08, Rougeau factored in the Cheminots du Cégep St-Jérôme winning the Collégial AA championship with a perfect 27–0 record. The following year, she helped Dawson Blues to a 31–1 record and a runner-up finish in the Collégial AA playoffs of 2008–09. For the season, she led Dawson defenders in scoring. Dawson competed in the 2009 Junion Women's Hockey League Challenge Cup in Washington, D.C. and Rougeau helped the team win the tournament.

NCAA

Rougeau joined Cornell in 2009 and was named an NCAA Second Team All-American and Ivy League Rookie of the Year. She ranked second among Cornell defenders and freshmen in scoring in 2009–10. Rougeau ranked third overall in Cornell scoring in 2009–10. As a rookie, she was part of the Cornell team that played in the NCAA championship game at the 2010 Frozen Four, but were defeated by the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs.

CWHL

Despite playing minor hockey, Rougeau was part of the Montreal Axion which had a runner-up finish in the 2006–07 NWHL season. In 2009, she competed for the Montreal Stars and was part of a Clarkson Cup victory.

Hockey Canada

Rougeau assisted on the first goal in the history of the Canadian National Women's Under 18 program (on August 23, 2007 in Ottawa, Ontario).[4] The goal would be scored by future Cornell teammate Catherine White. In addition, she was team captain for that game. She was captain once more, as part of Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team as they won a silver medal at the 2008 IIHF World Women's Under-18 Championships. She was recognized as Top Defender.

She would compete with Canada's National Women's Under-22 Team in 2008 as part of a three-game series vs. the United States in Pierrefonds, Quebec. In August 2009, she would play for the team for another three game series against the US (this time in Calgary, Alberta). The following year, she would participate in another series vs. the US (contested in Toronto, Ontario).

Rougeau competed in the MLP Cup on three separate occasions. She won a silver medal at the 2009 MLP Cup in Ravensburg, the gold medal at the 2010 and 2011 MLP Cup, respectively. On October 3, 2011, she was named to the Team Canada roster that will participate in the 2011 4 Nations Cup.[5] In a game versus Russia at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Rougeau logged a goal and an assist in a 14–1 victory.[6]

Career statistics

Hockey Canada
YearEventGPGAPTS
2007U18 vs. USA3123
2008U18 Exhibition1011
2008U18 Worlds5044
2008U22 vs. USA3123
2009MLP Cup4011
2009U22 Selection Camp2000
2010MLP Cup5011
2010U22 vs. USA3033

NCAA
YearGPGAPTSPIM
2009–103310223238
2010–1114011116

Awards and honours
  • Collégial AA Rookie of the Year (2007–08)
  • Collégial AA First All-Star Team in 2007–08
  • Collégial AA First All-Star Team in 2008–09
  • Collegial AA Academic All-Star, 2008–09[7]
  • Quill and Dagger Senior Honor Society, Cornell University

IIHF
  • Directorate Award, Best Defender, 2008 IIHF Under 18 Women's World Championships[8]

NCAA
  • Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2009–10
  • RBK Hockey/AHCA Women's Division I 2009–10 Second Team All-American[9]
  • Finalist, 2010 ECAC Best Defensive Defenseman Award[10]
  • 2010–11 All-ECAC First Team[11]
  • 2011 Second Team All-America selection[12]
  • 2010–11 Second Team All-Ivy [13]

References
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  2. http://www.westislandgazette.com/sports/16645 Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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  9. http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/presarch/201003/aa031810.pdf
  10. "Finalists Named for Best Defensive Defenseman Award – ECAC Hockey".
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "American Hockey Coaches Association". Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  13. "Women's Ice Hockey All-Ivy – 2011". Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
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