Picard-Hooper and Chartrand named McGill athletes of the week
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MONTREAL - Alexandre Picard-Hooper of Boucherville, Que., and Cathy Chartrand of Lac Nominingue, Que., are the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ athletes of the week for the period ending Jan. 9, 2011.
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Picard-Hooper, a 23-year-old centre on the men's hockey team scored six points in two road victories over the weekend as the No.3-ranked Redmen improved to 18-0-2 in league play. The 5-foot-10, 185-pound finance junior tallied a pair of goals and added two assists in Sunday's 6-2 win at Concordia. He had two helpers in Saturday's 3-2 overtime conquest in Ottawa, setting up the overtime winner. Picard-Hooper now leads the CIS national scoring race with an 8-36-44 record in 20 games. He has a career record of 51-138-189 in 119 contests overall with the Redmen. A product of the QMJHL's Saint John Sea Dogs and Baie Comeau Drakkar, he enrolled at McGill in 2008 after graduating from College Baie Comeau.
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Chartrand, a 5-foot-10 defenceman with the No.1-ranked hockey Martlets, scored four points in two weekend conquests as the McGill women extended their win streak to 93 consecutive games over Quebec league opponents. The physical education senior, who serves as team captain, scored once and earned two assists in a 5-1 win over Ottawa last Friday, then added a helper in Saturday's 3-0 conquest at Concordia. Chartrand ranks second in the QUHL scoring race and leads all CIS rearguards with a 6-9-15 record in 12 games. A graduate of Polyvalente Saint-Joseph in Mont-Laurier, Que., she played for the Canadian national women's team prior to joining the Martlets in 2007.
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