McGill sniper cops Quebec athlete of week honour
Ìý
Ìý
MONTREAL - McGill hockey player Francis Verreault-Paul of Mashteuiatsh, Que., is the QuebecÌý University male athlete of the week for the period ending March 7, 2010.
Ìý
Verreault-Paul, a 5-foot-10, 178-pound left-winger with the hockey Redmen, scored six points, including three goals, in two playoff games as McGill swept the No.3-ranked UQTR Patriotes to capture the OUA East conference title and qualify for a berth at the CIS national championship tournament in thunder Bay, Ont. The 22-year-old kinesiology and psychology sophomore netted the game-winner in a 3-2 road victory Trois-Rivieres on March 3 and then exploded for five points, including a pair of goals, in a 7-4 home-ice win over UQTR last Friday as McGill swept their best-of-three final series in straight games. Before joining the Redmen in 2008, he attended College de Chicoutimi while playing for the QMJHL's Chicoutimi Sagueneens.
Ìý
McGill athletes have now been selected 11 times for the QSSF weekly award, with men winning the honour seven times. The 2009-10 honourees from McGill include:
Ìý
Sept. 29Ìý Alexandra Morin-Boucher (soccer)
Oct. 6ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Mélissa Coré (golf)
Oct. 13ÌýÌýÌý Simon Marcotte-Légaré (hockey)
Dec. 1ÌýÌýÌýÌý Francis Verreault-Paul (hockey)
Dec. 8 ÌýÌýÌý Francis Verreault-Paul (hockey)
Dec. 8 ÌýÌýÌý Vanessa Davidson (hockey)
Jan. 12 Ìý Cathy Chartrand (hockey)
Jan. 19 Ìý Matt Thornhill (basketball)
Jan. 26 Ìý Francis Verreault-Paul (hockey)
Feb. 23Ìý Steven Bielby (swimming)
Mar. 9 ÌýÌý Francis Verreault-Paul (hockey)