Looking At Caroline Ouellette's Incredible Career

Caroline Ouellette will go down as one of the all-time greatest players in the game. Here's a look at her storied career after being announced as an upcoming inductee to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Caroline Ouellette was named to the 2023 Hockey Hall of Fame induction class. She was also named to the 2023 IIHF Hall of Fame induction class. From Montreal, Ouellette will become the tenth woman in history to enter the Hockey Hall of Fame. 

Looking back at Ouellette's career, it's clear she enters as arguably the most qualified inductee in the 2023 class.

In the late 1990s, Ouellette played for Saint-Laurent Patriotes. Her skill was evident, but the 20-year-old narrowly missed being named to Canada's inaugural Olympic team in 1998. That year Ouellette recorded a goal and two assists in the bronze medal game of the national championships while representing Team Quebec. The following year, Ouellette made her senior national team debut helping Canada win gold at the 1999 World Championships.

It was the beginning of a dominant era for Ouellette collecting an impressive collection of championships. She'd win gold at the following two World Championships with Canada before making her Olympic debut in 2002, where Canada also won gold, scoring six points in five games for Canada.

At the time, Ouellette was playing in the NWHL Canada with the Montreal Wingstar averaging more than two points per game in her three seasons in the league, and also spent a season playing USports hockey scoring 19 points in seven games for Concordia University.

Following the Olympic Games, Ouellette joined the University of Minnesota-Duluth at the NCAA level, twice being named a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award as the NCAA's top player, winning a national title in 2003. She captained Minnesota-Duluth for two seasons, scoring a total of 229 points in 97 games.

After the NCAA, Ouellette spent eleven seasons between the Montreal Stars, Montreal Canadiennes, and Minnesota Whitecaps winning a Western Women's Hockey League title with Minnesota, and four Canadian Women's Hockey League titles with Montreal. In 2009 Ouellette was crowed the CWHL's Most Valuable Player after scoring 25 goals and 58 points in 24 games, again winning the award in 2011 recording 68 points in 29 games.

Ouellette also joined Team Canada's leadership group serving as an assistant captain at the Olympic Games and three World Championships before captaining Canada at the 2014 Olympic Games.

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Internationally, Ouellette finished her career with four Olympic Gold medals, six World Championship golds, and six World Championship silver medals.

Ouellette, 44, is one of the most decorated players in international history, as well as in CWHL history.

She'll join the Hockey Hall of Fame officially on November 13 at the induction ceremony in Toronto.