Jenny Lavigne

Jenny Lavigne (born February 2, 1985, in Lac-au-Saumon, Quebec) is a member of Montreal Stars in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). Previously, she competed for the Montreal Axion in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).

Playing career
Lavigne began playing hockey at the age of nine. She played with boys and earned a gold medal at the 2000 Quebec Games (Jeux du Québec in French language) with the men's team of Bas-St-Laurent region. She participated in the training camp of the Rimouski Océanic in the QMJHL in 2002 and 2003. In 2003-04, Lavigne competed at senior level male AA hockey with the Prédateurs de Mont-Joli

Concordia Stingers
Lavigne played five seasons (from 2000 till 2005) for the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey program in Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey (CIS). As a member of the Stingers, she helped them participate in the national university tournaments 3 times: 2000-01, 2001–02 and 2004-05.

Montreal Axion
During the 2004-05 Season, she joined the Montreal Axion. As a player substitute, she trained with goalkeeper Charline Labonté.

Montreal Stars
She joined the Monteral Stars in 2007-08 and has been part of three Clarkson Cup championship teams. During the 2010-11 season, she appeared in 9 matches for the Stars, and had an average of 2.51. During the 2011-12 season, she replaced Kim St-Pierre's as the Stars the number one netminder. In round robin play at the 2012 Clarkson Cup, Lavigne helped the Stars win their first two games by posting two consecutive shutouts (a 7-0 victory over the Toronto Furies, and a 2-0 win over the Brampton Thunder). She was the starting goaltender for the Montreal Stars in the championship game of the 2012 Clarkson Cup. In the second period, she stopped Brampton’s Jayna Hefford who found the puck alone in front of the Stars net.

Sélection du Québec
Lavigne was chosen as the top goaltender on the Quebec Provincial team. She is awarded a bronze medal in the 2006 Canadian Championship held in Sarnia, Ontario. And win a silver medal in the 2006 Esso National Championship at Sydney, Nova Scotia,

Personal
Lavigne is a policewoman for the City of Châteauguay since 2008. Lavigne appeared in the hockey reality show titled La série Montréal-Québec. She helped Team Quebec to hoist the television championship for an audience of over 1.5 million viewers. Stars teammate Dominique Thibault also participated with Team Quebec.

Awards and honours

 * Clarkson Cup champion (2009, 2011 and 2012);
 * CWHL regular season champion 4 times (2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11);
 * NWHL Champion 2005-06;
 * Bronze medallist in 2006 Esso National Championship;
 * Finalist for CIS Goaltender of the Year (2000-01, 2001–02 and 2004-05);
 * Player of the Game, Round robin match vs. Brampton, 2012 Clarkson Cup