Jocelyne Larocque

Jocelyne Dawn Marie Larocque (born May 19, 1988) is a women’s ice hockey player formerly of the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs. With the Bulldogs, she was a two time NCAA champion (2008, 2010).
==Playing career==
Larocque played hockey and basketball from 2002-04 at College Lorette Collegiate in Manitoba. During the 2003-04 season, she became the first female to appear in the Winnipeg High School Boys League. Lacroque attended the Hockey Manitoba Program of Excellence Camp from June 25 to June 27, 2004.http://www.hockeymanitoba.mb.ca/news_archives.php?id=136
===NCAA===
In March 2009, Larocque competed in the NCAA Frozen Four along with two other players from her hometown of Ste. Anne, Manitoba, population 1,500. Known colloquially as the Ste. Anne Three, Larocque, Melanie Gagnon, senior captain of the Minnesota Golden Gophers, and Mercyhurst forward Bailey Bram competed in the event.http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/Ste-Annes-power-trio--41486237.html In 2009, Larocque was the first ever Bulldog defenseman to be named to the All-American first team. http://www.umdbulldogs.com/teams-womens-hockey.php?id=5591&page=news
On March 22, 2010, Larocque had an assist in the 2010 NCAA Frozen Four championship game.http://archive.is/20120905194821/www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/ncaa/NCAA/NCAA+News/NCAA+News+Online/2010/Association-wide/Minnesota+Duluth+adds+another+trophy+in+womens+hockey_03_22_10_NCAA_News
In the final regular season game of the 2010-11 Minnesota-Duluth season, Larocque had a goal and three assists as the Bulldogs defeated Ohio State by a 5-1 mark.http://www.wcha.com/women/recaps11.php?wmndosu1.f12 She became UMD's 14th player to reach the 100 career point club during said win. http://www.umdbulldogs.com/teams-womens-hockey.php?id=5586&page=news Larocque’s assist on a power-play goal with 40 seconds remaining was her second-career game with four points. Already the all-time leading scoring defenseman in UMD history, Larocque became the first ever Bulldog blueliner to join the 100 point club. http://www.umdbulldogs.com/teams-womens-hockey.php?id=5586&page=news Larocque was the top-scoring defenseman in the
WCHA with six goals, 18 assists and 24 points in 26 league contests.http://www.wcha.com/women/presarch/201103/mar3wcw.pdf
===Hockey Canada===
She participated in the Canadian National Team Fall Festival that ran from Aug. 31-Sept. 9, 2007. She was an Air Canada Cup women’s Champion in 2005-06 and 2006-07. On November 27, 2009, Larocque and Brianne Jenner were released from Hockey Canada's centralized roster to determine the roster for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games.http://www.amherstdaily.com/Sports/Hockey/2009-11-27/article-818701/Brianne-Jenner,-Jocelyne-Larocque-released-from-Canadian-womens-team/1
Despite not qualifying for the roster competing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games, she was named to the final roster for the 2010 MLP Cuphttp://www.hockeycanada.com/index.php/ci_id/70102/ss_id/64715/la_id/1.htm Larocque had an assist in the semi final of the 2010 MLP Cup.http://www.hockeycanada.com/index.php/ci_id/69045/la_id/1.htm In addition, she attended the Hockey Canada Strength and Conditioning Camp in Calgary from May 25 to 30, 2010.http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php?ci_id=74039&la_id=1 In addition, Larocque competed with Canada at the 2010 Four Nations Cup and won a gold medal.http://www.hockeymanitoba.mb.ca/news.php?id=893
A member of Canada's Centralization roster in 2013, she would win a gold medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games.
===CWHL===
In June 2014, she was traded to the Brampton Thunder for Bailey Bram. 
==Career stats==
===NCAA===
====Milestones====
Milestone 	Opponent 	Date
First Game 	vs. St. Cloud State	Oct. 5, 2007
First Goal 	vs. Minnesota 	Oct. 27, 2007
First Assist 	vs. St. Cloud State	Oct. 6, 2007
Most Goals, Game 	2 vs. Dartmouth 	Nov. 29, 2009
Most Assists, Game 	4 vs. Minnesota 	Jan. 23, 2009
Most Points, Game 	4 vs. Minnesota 	Jan.23, 2009
Highest Plus/Minus Rating	+6 vs. North Dakota	Jan. 25, 2008
Longest Scoring Streak 	6 Games 	Feb. 19-March 19, 2010
===Team Canada===
Event 	Games played	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
2010 Four Nations Cup	4 	0 	3 	3 	2
==Awards and honors==
*2008-09 First Team All-American
*WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of Feb 16, 2011)http://www.wcha.com/women/presarch/201102/feb16wpw.pdf
* 2011 Patty Kazmaier Award Nomineehttp://www.wcha.com/women/presarch/201102/feb21kaz.php
* 2011 WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year
* 2011 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year
* 2011 All-WCHA First Teamhttp://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205108360&DB_OEM_ID=8400
* 2011 First Team All-America selectionhttp://www.ahcahockey.com/news/1011/0317w1aa.html
==Personal==
Former Bulldogs player and captain Melanie Gagnon is Larocque’s cousin. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NCAA/2009/03/19/8806421-sun.html A team was named after her at the 2007 Female Atom Hockey Festival presented by the Manitoba Moose on December 29, at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg. http://www.hockeymanitoba.ca/news_archives.php?id=456 
==References==
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Category:Canadian ice hockey players
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Category:Brampton Thunder players
Category:Team Alberta CWHL players
Category:Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Canada
Category:2014 Olympian