Canadian ringette player and coach
Stéphanie Séguin
Nationality Canada Born (1981-06-23 ) 23 June 1981 (age 43) St-Laurent (Canada)Country League Team Updated on August 8, 2023
Stéphanie Séguin (born June 23, 1981, in Saint-Laurent, Quebec ), is an elite level Canadian ringette player who competes as a forward. Séguin currently plays for the Montreal Mission in the National Ringette League (NRL). She has been a member of Canada's national ringette team as a player and coach. In 2023, Séguin is an assistant ringette coach for Team Canada Junior (U21) competing in the 2023 World Ringette Championships .
Career
Séquin began playing ringette at the age of 4 after watching her mother play ice hockey.
It all started when Séguin was only four years old. She asked her mother, whom she often saw playing ice hockey, if she could play...but not with the boys.[ 1]
She has been playing with the Montreal Mission in the National Ringette League , the highest level in ringette in Canada, since 2004.
In 2005, together with Julie Blanchette , she left to play a season in the Finland's national semi-professional ringette league, Ringeten SM-sarja [fi ] , (now called, SM Ringette ) for the club, Turun Ringet, in Turku .[ 2] [ 3]
Since 2004, she has been a member of Canada's national ringette team . She competed at the 2004 World Ringette Championships in Stockholm , 2007 in Ottawa , 2010 in Tampere , and 2013 in North Bay . She also competed in the 2008 Ringette World Club Championships in Sault Ste. Marie for the Montreal Mission The team won one game and finished in 5th place.
Possessing a certified level 4 instructor license,[ 4] she is a coach at the National School of Ringette[ 5] affilited with [dead link ] Ringette Canada .
She has coached for the Slovakia national ringette team for 2 years (2008-2009) (International Development Project) and participates as a coach in the European Polar Bear Tournament in Prague, Czech Republic .
Statistics
Club
Statistics per season
Season
Team
League
Regular season
Playoff series
GP
G
A
Pts
P
GP
G
A
Pts
P
2007-08
Montréal Mission
NRL
30
31
72
103
12
-
-
-
-
-
2008-09
Montréal Mission
NRL
31
47
61
108
22
3
3
3
6
0
2009-10
Montréal Mission
NRL
31
29
54
83
14
2
3
3
6
0
2010-11
Montréal Mission
NRL
27
43
52
95
8
7
10
7
17
6
International
Awards
Individual honours
Personal life
A graduate of the University of Montreal in Kinesiology, Séguin develops sports in schools and in sports-study programs. She works as a coach at the club Montreal Cadet AA (players aged 16 to 18).[ 10]
See also
External links
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