Blayre Turnbull is a Canadian forward from Stellarton, Nova Scotia, who developed through the Pictou County minor hockey system before attending Shattuck-St. Mary’s and the University of Wisconsin. With the Badgers, she helped Wisconsin win the WCHA championship in 2015 and earned First Team All-WCHA honours that season. Turnbull joined the Calgary Inferno of the CWHL in 2015 and helped the club win Clarkson Cup championships in 2016 and 2019, while also earning a CWHL All-Star selection in 2019. 

Turnbull has been a key member of Canada’s National Women’s Team since making her senior debut at the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship. She has won three Olympic medals, capturing gold at Beijing 2022 and silver at both PyeongChang 2018 and Milano Cortina 2026. At the 2022 Olympics, she recorded four goals and three assists in seven games. Through 2025, Turnbull had also won eight World Championship medals—three gold, four silver and one bronze—including consecutive gold medals in 2021, 2022 and 2024. 

Turnbull became one of the foundational players of the PWHL, signing with Toronto as an inaugural free agent in September 2023. She was named an alternate captain of the Toronto Sceptres and has continued to be an important two-way forward for both Toronto and Canada. At Milano Cortina 2026, she served as an alternate captain and recorded one goal and one assist in seven games as Canada won silver. With three Olympic medals and eight World Championship medals to her credit, Turnbull has established herself as one of Canada’s most accomplished players of her generation.