Melanie Jue

Melanie Jue
Born (1988-03-30) March 30, 1988 (age 36)
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
Played for KRS Vanke Rays
Cornell Big Red
Coached for China
Lindenwood Lady Lions
Playing career 2006–present
Coaching career 2012–present
Medal record
Women's ball hockey
Representing  Canada
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2022 Canada

Melanie Jue (born March 30, 1988) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and coach. She served as an assistant coach to the Chinese national ice hockey team during the 2021–22 season.

Career

From 2006 to 2010, she studied at Cornell University, in the United States, where she played with the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program and also played as goaltender on the university's field hockey team.[1] Across 106 NCAA games, she scored 41 points.[2] She scored twice in the NCAA championship game in her senior season, as Cornell lost in triple overtime.

From 2012 to 2015, she coached at the Pursuit of Excellence Academy in British Columbia, and from 2015 to 2017, she served as an assistant coach for the Lindenwood Lady Lions ice hockey programme.

In 2017, she signed her first professional contract with the expansion Kunlun Red Star WIH of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL).[3][4] She scored 10 points in 28 games in her rookie season, as the club made it to the 2018 Clarkson Cup final.[5] She would stay with the team as they merged with the Vanke Rays in the 2018 off-season, and as the team moved to the Zhenskaya Hockey League in Russia after the collapse of the CWHL in 2019.[6]

Personal life

Jue has represented Canada internationally at the International Street and Ball Hockey Federation women's world championships.[7] Her cousin, Bryan Chiu, played for the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Athletes to Know". The Cornell Daily Sun. July 19, 2009. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "2009-10 Women's Ice Hockey Roster: #6 Melanie Jue". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  3. ^ Austin, Daniel (March 16, 2018). "Wong, Jue helping take CWHL's Red Star to next level". The Calgary Sun. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  4. ^ Rouleau, François-David (November 11, 2017). "Question de fierté". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  5. ^ Staffieri, Mark (June 8, 2020). "Melanie Jue helps China's Vanke Rays to first league championship". Women's Hockey Life. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  6. ^ Aykroyd, Lucas (August 5, 2020). "A season in Shenzhen and beyond". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  7. ^ Staffieri, Mark (May 29, 2020). "Melanie Jue key player for Team Canada in ISBHF Championships". Women's Hockey Life. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  8. ^ "Interview with Melanie Jue of Kunlun Redstar". Pacific Hockey. February 26, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2020.