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MONTREAL – McGill receiver Erik Galas of Ottawa has earned All-Canadian honours for the second straight year.

Galas, who made the CIS second-team last year, is one of 48 All-Canadian honours attributed to the McGill football program. He put an exclamation point on his five-year career with the Redmen, tallying 64 receptions, the third highest single-season total of all-time, and setting a CIS career record with 194 catches. The previous mark of 190 was held since 2005 by former Western Hec Crighton Award winner Andy Fantuz.

Galas, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound slotback, ranked fifth among CIS leaders in yards this season (781). The fifth-year physical education major snared six touchdowns in eight games and also established McGill career record for most receptions, yardage (2,555) and receiving TDs in a career (19).

It marks the fourth straight year that McGill has had an All-Canadian receiver.

McGILL ALL-CANADIANS:
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1981 Mark Chouinard
1981 Mark Joncas
1981 Ron Poulton
1986 Al Lekun
1973 Ross Brooks
1973 Don Dawson
1973 Brian Quick
1977 Bill Wendell
1978 Kevin Rooney
1980 Mark Joncas
1980 Marc Lemery
1981 Mark Joncas
1981 Ron Poulton
1981 Mark Chouinard
1986 Al Lekun, OL (2nd team)
1987 Al Lekun, OL (2nd team)
1987 Michael Soles, RB
1988 Vincent Gagné, DB
1988 Michael Soles, RB (2nd team)
1989 Paul Kerr, DL (2nd team)
1990 Jeff Challice, OL (2nd team)
1992 Matthieu Quiviger, OL
1992 Doug Naudie, DB
1992 Val St. Germain, OL (2nd team)
1993 Val St. Germain, OL
1994 Matthieu Quiviger, OL
1995 Wes Barbour, DB
1995 Samir Chahine, OL
1996 Samir Chahine, OL
1996 Shawn Linden, RB (2nd team)
1997 Samir Chahine, OL
1998 Samir Chahine, OL
2000 Ben Wearing, WR
2000 Randy Chevrier, DL
2001 John Macdonald, DL (2nd team)
2002 Nick Hoffmann, RB (2nd team)
2002 Jim Merrick, DL
2002 Anand Pillai, K/P (2nd team)
2002 Stephen Young, DL
2002 Mike Mahoney, LB (2nd team)
2003 Anand Pillai, K
2003 Guillaume Roy, DB
2004 Ben Walsh, OL
2006 Ben Walsh, OL (2nd team)
2006 Greg Hetherington, SB  (2nd team)
2007 Charles-Antoine Sinotte, WR
2007 Erik Galas, SB (2nd team)
2008 Erik Galas, SB


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2008 CIS FOOTBALL ALL-CANADIANS
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FIRST TEAM


Offence

Pos.            Athlete                                  University      Year            Hometown                  Academic Program              


QB       Benoit Groulx              Laval                4            Montreal, Que.             Education

RB       Michael Giffin                Queen’s           4            Kingston, Ont.              Arts & Science

RB       Jamall Lee                  Bishop’s           4            Port Coquitlam, B.C.            Humanities

WR      Julian Feoli Gudino            Laval                2            San José, Costa Rica            Industrial Relations

WR      Scott Valberg                        Queen’s           5            Kingston, Ont.              Arts & Science

IR        Erik Galas                McGill              5            Ottawa, Ont.                  Physical Education

IR        Gary Ross                 Mount Allison  3            Windsor, Ont.               Science

C          Louis-David Gagné            Laval                4            Quebec City, Que.            Science

T          Simeon Rottier              Alberta             4            Westlock, Alta.             Agriculture, Life & Environnemental Sciences

T          Steve Myddelton            StFX                 4            Barrie, Ont.                  Business Administration

G          Vincent Turgeon            Laval                5            Montreal, Que.             Science

G          Luc Brodeur-Jourdain            Laval                5            St-Hyacinthe, Que.            Business Administration



Defence


DT       Étienne Légaré              Laval                4            St-Raymond, Que.            Education

DT       Dedrick Sterling            Queen’s           4            Kingston, Ont.              Arts & Science

DE       Scott McCuaig                       UBC                4            Surrey, B.C.                 Arts

DE       Osie Ukwuoma                     Queen’s           3            Mississauga, Ont.            Business

LB       Thaine Carter               Queen’s           4            Nanaimo, B.C.              Arts & Science

LB       Andrea Bonaventura            Calgary             3            Hamilton, Ont.              Social Sciences

LB       Joash Gesse               Montreal          3            Montreal, Que.             Education

FS        Callan Exeter              Mount Allison  2            Ajax, Ont.                  BCM

HB       Maxime Bérubé             Laval                3            Valleyfield, Que.            Business Administration

HB       James Savoie              Guelph              2            Niagara Falls, Ont.            Landscape Architecture     

CB       Hamid Mahmoudi            Montreal          3            Teheran, Iran               Arts & Sciences          

CB       Jeff Zelinski             Saint Mary’s 4            Mission, B.C.                 Science



Special Teams


P          Rob Maver              Guelph              3            Brampton, Ont.                        Political Science

K            Christopher Milo            Laval                2            Montreal, Que.             Industrial Relations

RET     James Allin                 Queen’s           4            Belleville, Ont.              Arts & Science



SECOND TEAM


Offence

Pos.            Athlete                                  University      Year            Hometown                  Faculty           


QB       Danny Brannagan            Queen’s           4            Burlington, Ont.            Business

RB       Matt Walter              Calgary             2            Calgary, Alta.               Science

RB       James Green               StFX                 4            Halifax, N.S.                 Business Administration

WR      Jedd Gardner                        Guelph              2            Niagara Falls, Ont.            Commerce Business

WR      Nathan Coehoorn            Calgary             2            Redcliff, Alta.               Social Sciences

IR        Mark Stinson              Toronto             5            Calgary, Alta.               Employment Relations

IR        Alain Dorval              Sherbrooke       5            Quebec City, Que.            History

C          Kurtis Stolth                Manitoba          4            Port Alberni, B.C.            Social Work

T          Scott Evans               Wilfrid Laurier 5            Cambridge, Ont.            Computer Science

T          Bryan Jordan              Saint Mary’s 5            London, Ont.                  Arts

G          Hubert Buydens                       Saskatchewan  4            Saskatoon, Sask.            Arts & Science

G            Vincenzo De Civita            Queen’s           3            Gormley, Ont.              Health Sciences



Defence


DT       Dan Schutte             Saint Mary’s 2            Red Deer, Alta.                    Arts

DT       Dan Oramasionwu            Manitoba          4            Winnipeg, Man.             Asper School of Business

DE       Mathieu Brossard            Montreal          4            Montreal, Que.             Business Administration

DE       M-A Beaudoin-Cloutier Laval                3            St-Basile, Que.                  Business Administration           

LB       John Surla                 Western          2            Niagara Falls, Ont.            Social Sciences

LB       Henoc Muamba                       StFX                 2            Kinshasa, Congo            BIS

LB       James Yurichuk                       Bishop’s           4            Brampton, Ont.                        Education

FS            Matthew Carapella            Western          5            London, Ont.                  Social Sciences

HB       Corey McNair             Western          5            London, Ont.                  Social Sciences

HB       Joel Lipinski             Saint Mary’s 4            Regina, Sask.                Science

CB       Jon Krahenbil                      Saskatchewan  4            Fort Qu’Appelle, Sask.            Business

CB            Anthony Deslauriers            Simon Fraser   3            Surrey, B.C.                 Bachelor of Arts



Special Teams


P          Hugh O’Neill             Alberta             2            Edmonton, Alta.            Science

K         Rob Maver              Guelph              3            Brampton, Ont.                        Political Science

RET     Gary Ross                 Mount Allison  3            Windsor, Ont.               Science