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(LEFT TO RIGHT): GUY LAFLEUR POSES WITH McGILL RECRUIT JONATHAN BRUNELLE (CAPE BRETON, QMJHL), REDMEN DEFENCEMAN RYAN McKIE香蕉视频N, MONTREAL CANADIENS FORWARD MATHIEU DARCHE, McGILL HEAD COACH KELLY NOBES

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MONTREAL -- The Montreal Canadiens and Molson's-Coors brewery announced Tuesday that Ryan McKiernan, a defenceman with the CIS national champion 香蕉视频 Redmen, has won the Guy Lafleur Award as the Quebec university player who best combines hockey excellence with academic success and citizenship.

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The 22-year-old native of White Plains, N.Y., who is fluent in French, becomes the 15th McGill player in 28 years to win the award - which is accompanied by a $6,000 bursary over three years - since it was inaugurated in 1985. Among the former Redmen who previously won the honour is current Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Guy Boucher and Montreal Canadiens left-winger Mathieu Darche.

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Also honoured from Quebec's two other major levels of hockey was Alexandre Tardif of the Princeville Titan (QJAHL) and Jonathan Brunell, captain of the Cape Breton Screaming eagles (QMJHL), who has committed to playing for the McGill Redmen next season.

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McKiernan who previously toiled two seasons for Drummondville and Acadie-Bathurst in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, played for Boucher when the Voltigeurs captured the league's President's Cup championship in 2009. Since joining the Redmen, McKiernan has helped the team win back-to-back Queen's Cup titles as champions of the OUA hockey league. Both years, McGill advanced to the CIS national gold medal final and this past spring, the Redmen captured their first-ever CIS University Cup championship.

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On the ice, the 6-foot, 196-pound rearguard scored eight goals and 17 points in 33 games overall with McGill this season, the second-highest points total among McGill blueliners. In regular season play, he missed 11 games with injuries but posted a 5-4-9 record in 17 contests.

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In the classroom, McKiernan completed nine courses and achieved 27 credits over the school year, achieving a grade-point average of 3.65 (the equivalent of 91.3 per cent) as an accounting major in the Desautels faculty of management. He was recently awarded with the Uldis Auders Memorial Trophy, presented annually to the top sophomore student-athlete at McGill. In the community, he has served as a volunteer with the McGill International Student Buddy Program, the McGill Holiday Food Drive, the D茅fi Canderel fundraiser for the Goodman Cancer Research Centre and the Divine Soir茅e Blanche pour la Fondation Ren茅-Verrier, which supports families stricken with cancer in the Drummondville region.

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"Ryan is a charismatic, mature and confident young man who is an outstanding student and has also found the time to volunteer for a number of community service projects," said Kelly Nobes, head coach of the Redmen. "Despite being from another country, he has adopted the bilingual culture of Quebec with open arms, has learned French and communicates well with his teammates. On the ice, he has played a major role along our blue line since joining the Redmen and has been a major contributor to our success. A key component on our power-play and penalty-killing units, Ryan also excels in even-strength situations. He is a physically strong defenceman, skates well, possesses a great shot and plays with a controlled mean streak."

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RYAN McKIE香蕉视频N'S CAREER STATISTICS WITH McGILL REDMEN

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PREVIOUS UNIVERSITY RECIPIENTS OF THE GUY LAFLEUR TROPHY:

1985听听听 Paul Gagn茅, UQAC

1986听听听 Mark Reade, McGill

1987听听听 Alain Bisson, UQTR

1988听听听 Tim Iannone, McGill

1989听听听 Richard Laplante, Concordia

1990听听听 Benoit Gosselin, UQTR

1991听听听 Robert Desjardins, Concordia

1992听听听 Patrick Jeanson, McGill

1993听听听 Guy Boucher, McGill

1994听听听 Patrick Genest, UQTR

1995听听听 (tie) Todd Marcellus, McGill & Alain Cot茅, UQTR

1996听听听 Pierre Gendron, McGill

1997听听听 Louis-Simon Ferland, McGill

1998听听听 Vincent Labossi猫re, Concordia

1999听听听 Mathieu Darche, McGill

2000听听听 Luc B茅langer, UQTR

2001听听听 Paul Theriault, McGill

2002听听听 Philippe Ozga, Concordia

2003听听听 (tie) Bruno Lemire, McGill &听 Pat Theriault, Concordia

2004听听听 Fred茅ric Faucher, Concordia

2005听听听 Mathieu Poitras, McGill

2006听听听 Karl Gagn茅, Concordia

2007听听听 Jean-Michel Filiatrault, McGill

2008听听听 Nicolas D茅silets, UQTR

2009听听听 Marc-Andr茅 Dorion, McGill

2010听听听 Francis Charland, UQTR

2011听听听 Francis Verreault-Paul, McGill

2012 听听 Ryan McKiernan, McGill

SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

McGill Athletics & Recreation

514-398-7012

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