Emmanuelle Blais

Emmanuelle Blais
Born (1987-11-07) November 7, 1987
LaSalle, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight 128 lb (58 kg; 9 st 2 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
CWHL team Montreal Stars
National team  Canada
Playing career 2006–present
Emmanuelle Blais
Medal record
Representing  Canada
MLP Nations Cup
2010 Germany 2010 Tournament
2009 Germany 2009 Tournament

Emmanuelle Blais (born November 7, 1987), is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of Les Canadiennes de Montreal (formerly the Montreal Stars) in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL).

Blais was a member of the Canadian U22 team from 2006–10, the Canadian women's national team, an NCAA All-American in 2010 and a Clarkson Cup champion in 2010–11. She started playing ice hockey at the age of five and was on the first girl's team, Montreal Maroon Espoir, to play in the Espoir category. She completed a bachelor's degree with a major in communications and a minor in psychology at University of Minnesota-Duluth.

Playing career

Born in LaSalle, Quebec, Emmanuelle Blais began her amateur hockey in the region of Montreal in Quebec. She started playing hockey at the age of five and was the first girl to play in the Espoir category (Montreal Maroon Espoir).

She was selected for the Canadian National U-22 camp and played for the U-22 team from 2006-10.

Blais has been a member of the Les Canadiennes de Montreal (formerly the Montreal Stars) in the CWHL since 2010. In her first CWHL season, Blais finished as the sixth leading scorer with 32 points (11 goals and 21 assists) in 29 games.[1] During the Clarkson Cup championship, she scored five points in four games as the Stars won the tournament.

NCAA

In the 2009-10 season, Blais led the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs with 65 points (32 goals and 33 assists) in 39 games, helping the team win its fifth NCAA Division I championship title. She also played in 2008 when UMD won its fourth national title. She left the program with 145 career points (73 goals and 72 assists) and ranks eighth in all-time scoring. In its April 29, 2010 edition, Sports Illustrated magazine listed Blais as one of its "Faces In The Crowd" due in part to Blais earning the 2010 NCAA Frozen Four tournament's Most Outstanding Player award on March 21.[2]

Blais was also a 2009-10 RBK First Team All-American. Her 1.59 points per game was the fifth highest total in the country. Her 32 goals led the NCAA and she had a career high of 65 points. On April 12, Blais was one of four winners of the University of Minnesota-Duluth's Outstanding Female Senior Athlete award.[3]

Blais and her Bulldogs teammates, along with other NCAA championship teams, were honored at the White House in Washington, DC in 2008 [4] and 2010[5] after winning national titles.

Hockey Canada

Blais competed for Team Quebec at the 2005 Under-18 National Hockey Challenge along with future Olympic gold medalist Catherine Ward, future Clarkson Cup champion Stephanie Denino, future Canadian national team member Jesse Scanzano and future NCAA player Karell Emard.[6]

Blais is a former member of the Canadian U-22 hockey team. In March 2011, she was invited to the Canadian national women's ice hockey team selection camp to determine the final roster for the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship[7] from April 2–5 at the Toronto MasterCard Centre.[8][9] In the second game of the 2011 IIHF Eight Nations Tournament, Blais scored her first goal for the senior Canadian women's national team as they defeated Russia 14-1.[10]

CWHL

Blais was part of Clarkson Cup championships in 2011 and 2012 with the Montreal Stars. As a rookie during the 2010-11 season, Blais tied Annie Guay for fourth overall in team scoring.[11]

Blais scored a goal in her CWHL debut on October 23, 2010 against the Burlington Barracudas, a second period tally against goaltender Christina Kessler[12] with Lisa-Marie Breton-Lebreux gaining the assist. Her best performance of the 2010-11 season occurred on January 8, 2011, also against Burlington. She finished that game with two goals and three assists, registering at least one point in each period.[13]

The first game-winning goal of her CWHL career took place on December 17, 2011 vs. Team Alberta, the first goal of the game against goaltender Lundy Day in an 8-0 win. Assists were credited to Catherine Ward and Breton-Lebreux. Blais also scored the last goal of the game.[14] Blais registered nine multi-point games in her first season, the first on November 20, 2010 against the Brampton Thunder.[15]

On March 8, 2014 against the Boston Blades, Blais logged the 100th point in her CWHL career. She was the third Montreal Stars player to reach the milestone during that season, the first time in CWHL history that three players from the same franchise reached the century mark in the same season.[16] Blais was selected to participate in the first Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game, which was held at Toronto's Air Canada Centre on December 13, 2014. Blais played for head coach Digit Murphy on Team Red.

On December 31, 2015, Blais and Les Canadiennes participated in an outdoor women’s ice hockey game against the NWHL’s Boston Pride. The 2016 Outdoor Women's Classic was the first professional women’s ice hockey outdoor game.[17] On January 15, 2017, Blais participated in her 150th career game with Les Canadiennes.[18]

Career stats

NCAA

YearTeamGPGAPTSPIM
2006-07UMD Bulldogs3914213558
2007-08UMD Bulldogs3217143130
2008-09UMD Bulldogs331041460
2009-10UMD Bulldogs4132336540
Total NCAA-1457372145188

CWHL

YearTeamGPGAPTSPIM+/-
2010-11Montreal Stars2811213230+25
2011-12Montreal Stars2110172724+22
2012-13Montreal Stars2311142518+13
2013-14Montreal Stars237101712+6
2014-15Montreal Stars18591412+4
2015-16Les Canadiennes de Montreal2344812+2

[19]

Hockey Canada

  • January 4, 2010: In a pre-tournament game for the 2010 MLP Cup, Blais had two assists as Canada defeated Germany 5-1. Despite icing only eight forwards and moving one defender from the blue line, Canada outshot the Germans 57-10.[20]
YearEventGPGAPTSPIM
2005National U18 Championships53144
2005Esso Women's Nationals61120
2005U22 Selection Camp20000
2007Exhibition (vs. USA)20002
2008Air Canada Cup42022
2008Exhibition (vs. USA)33144
2009MLP Cup40444
2009U22 Selection Camp20002
2010MLP Cup5055

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Awards and honours

  • 2010 Top-10 Patty Kazamier Award Finalist
  • 2010 All-WCHA First Team
  • 2010 Women's RBK Hockey Division I All-America First Team
  • 2010 WCHA Final Face-off tournament MVP
  • 2010 WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of October 26)
  • 2010 Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player
  • 2010 Frozen Four Tournament Team

Personal life

  • Her nickname is "Croquette" due to her short stature
  • She completed a bachelor's degree with a major in communications and a minor in psychology at University of Minnesota-Duluth
  • In 2015, Blais competed in the Reebok CrossFit Games with her team, CrossFit Plateau

References

  1. ↑ Helene Lapointe and Meg Hewings,Montreal confronts rivals Brampton,"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2011-03-13. , March 7, 2011
  2. ↑ "Blais is no longer just a Face in the Crowd". Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs athletics. April 15, 2010. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "Blais named Co-Winner of UMD's outstanding female senior athlete for 2009-10". Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs athletics. April 12, 2010. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "UMD women's hockey team to be honored at White House".
  5. ↑ "National champ Bulldogs invited to White House".
  6. ↑ Team Quebec
  7. ↑ Five Montréal players invited to Hockey Canada Selection Camp, http://montrealstars.ca/news/554/five-montr%c3%a9al-players-invited-to-hockey-canada-selection-camp/
  8. ↑ Hockey canada announces selection camp roster for 2011 IIHF World Women's Championship, http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/16980/la_id/1/ss_id/75000/nr_id/163100.htm
  9. ↑ Hockey Canada, Selection Camp Roster, http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/163099/la_id/1.htm
  10. ↑ Game Summary
  11. ↑ "Montreal Stars Team Stats". CWHL. n.d. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  12. ↑ "Box Score: Montreal vs. Burlington, October 23". CWHL. n.d. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  13. ↑ "Box Score: Montreal vs. Burlington, January 8". CWHL. n.d. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  14. ↑ "Box Score: Montreal vs. Alberta, December 17". CWHL. n.d. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  15. ↑ "Game Recap". CWHL – Canadiennes de Montreal. n.d. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  16. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  17. ↑ "Women's hockey happy for Winter Classic showcase". nhl.com. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  18. ↑ "Bettez stays hot as Les Canadiennes earn three points vs Calgary Inferno". CWHL. 2017-01-15. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  19. ↑ "Emmanuelle Blais". CWHL. n.d. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  20. ↑ The Official website of Hockey Canada
  21. ↑ Player Profile
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