Caroline Ouellette

Caroline Ouellette (born May 25, 1979) is a Canadian former ice hockey player who now serves as an assistant coach for the Montreal Victoire in the Professional Women's Hockey League. She spent her playing career with the Canadian national women's team and the Canadiennes de Montreal in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. Ouellette’s résumé includes four Olympic gold medals, 12 IIHF Women’s World Championship medals (six gold, six silver), 12 Four Nations Cup medals (eight gold, four silver), and four Clarkson Cup titles. She ranks in the top 10 in all-time NCAA scoring with 229 career points. Alongside Jayna Hefford and Hayley Wickenheiser, she is one of only five athletes to win gold in four consecutive Olympic Games. She is also one of just three women to complete the Triple Gold Club—winning the Clarkson Cup, an Olympic gold medal, and an IIHF Women’s World Championship gold medal—though the IIHF does not officially recognize this achievement for women. Ouellette retired from international play in 2018 and was inducted into both the IIHF Hall of Fame and the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2023.

Ouellette began her career with Team Quebec at the 1995 Canada Winter Games and won gold with Canada’s Under-18 team in 1997. When the Canadian Under-19 women’s hockey team was formed in 1996, she was named to the roster alongside future Olympic speed skater Cindy Klassen, under head coach Daniele Sauvageau. At the 1998 Esso women’s hockey nationals, she scored a goal and two assists in the bronze medal game, earning Team Quebec the Maureen McTeer Trophy. In 157 international games for Canada, she recorded 169 points, appearing in three Olympic Games, nine World Championships, and nine Four Nations Cups. At the 2011 IIHF Eight Nations Tournament, she assisted on all three goals in a 3–2 round-robin win over Finland. During the 2011 Four Nations Cup gold medal game, she scored in a 4–3 loss. At the 2012 IIHF Women’s World Championship, she logged three assists in a 14–1 victory over Russia and scored the overtime game-winner against the United States to secure Canada’s gold medal. She announced her retirement from the national team on September 25, 2018.

In the NCAA, Ouellette played for the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs. She set an NCAA record with two shorthanded goals in a single game on November 14, 2003, against North Dakota.