Davidson & Verreault-Paul named McGill athletes of the week
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MONTREAL Ìý- ÌýVanessa Davidson of Kirkland, Que., and Francis Verreault-Paul of Mashteuiatsh, Que., are the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ athletes of the week for the period ending, Dec. 6, 2009.
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Davidson, 25, who captains the women's hockey team, scored points on each goal as the visiting Martlets blanked Concordia 3-0 last Saturday. The results allowed McGill to tie the CIS record with their 67th consecutive victory against Canadian university opponents. Davidson, a fifth-year physical education major, assisted on the game-winning shorthanded goal in the first period, then scored an insurance goal early in the third period and set up the final marker with just over six minutes remaining. ÌýShe leads the Quebec conference scoring race with an 8-12-20 record in 10 contests. Davidson attended John Abbott College before enrolling at McGill in 2005.
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Verreault-Paul, a 5-foot-10,178-pound right winger with the hockey Redmen, scored seven points in a pair of road victories at Toronto last week. The 22-year-old science sophomore, who is majoring in both psychology and kinesiology, netted a hat-trick including the game-winner and added one assist in a 7-0 win at Ryerson on Friday. He the added a goal and two helpers in an 8-5 win at Ryerson, Saturday. Verreault-Paul leads the league in goals with 15, including five game-winners, and ranks third in the OUA scoring race with 28 points in only 13 games. He attended College de Chicoutimi prior to joining the Redmen last fall.
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
McGill Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012
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