Martlet trio merit CIS all-Canadian honours
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - Three members of the No.1-ranked McGill Martlets earned national honours at the CIS women's hockey All-Canadian banquet held Wednesday at St. Francis Xavier University's Keating Centre
Cathy Chartrand, a third-year defenceman from Lac Nominingue, Que., was named the to CIS first team along with forward Ann-Sophie Bettez of Sept-Îles, Que. Martlet teammate Vanessa Davidson of Kirkland, Que., received second-team honours.
It marked the third straight all-Canadian award for Bettez, a management junior who was voted to last year's top unit and was a second-team all-Canadian as a freshman in 2007-08, when she was named CIS rookie of the year. Chartrand, a physical education junior, who was the top-scoring defenceman in the country this season with 10 goals and 28 points in only 20 games, was a member of the second CIS all-star team a year ago.
For Davidson, a fifth-year physical education senior, it marked the fourth time that she has merited all-Canadian status, including a pair of first-team selections in both 2007 and 2008. She joins goaltender Kim St-Pierre as the only other Martlet player to accomplish this feat. St-Pierre earned first team honours in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003.
Wilfrid Laurier goaltender Liz Knox edged out Chartrand for the CIS player of the year award. Other CIS major award winners announced were Manitoba defenceman Caitlin MacDonald of Winnipeg, who was named the nation's top rookie, Saskatchewan's Steve Kook, who claimed coach-of-the-year honours, as well as Dalhousie's Kaitlyn McNutt of Ottawa, who received the Marion Hillard award recognizing excellence in hockey, academics and community involvement.
The 2010 CIS championship gets underway Thursday in Antigonish, N.S., with the first of three days of round-robin action. The national tournament, hosted by StFX for the second straight year, culminates Sunday with the gold-medal final set for 6 p.m. Atlantic Time. SSN Canada will webcast all nine games from the competition.
The Championship website can be found online at: http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice
2009-2010 CIS WOMEN'S HOCKEY AWARDS & ALL-CANADIANS
Brodrick trophy (player of the year): Liz Knox, Wilfrid Laurier
Rookie of the year: Caitlin MacDonald, Manitoba
Coach of the year, presented by Coaches of Canada: Steve Kook, Saskatchewan
Marion Hillard award (outstanding student-athlete - community service): Kaitlyn McNutt, Dalhousie
First Team
Position Athlete University Year Hometown Faculty
Goaltender Liz Knox Laurier 4 Stouffville, Ont. Sociology
Defence
Cathy
Chartrand
McGill
3 Lac
Nominingue, Que. Education
Defence Caitlin MacDonald Manitoba 1 Winnipeg, Man. University 1
Forward Ann-Sophie Bettez McGill 3 Sept-Iles, Que. Management
Forward Mariève Provost Moncton 4 Laval, Que. Kinesiology
Forward Breanne George Saskatchewan 3 Saskatoon, Sask. Kinesiology
Second Team
Goaltender Stacey Corfield Manitoba 5 Winnipeg, Man. Nursing
Defence Kelsey Webster York 5 Duncan, B.C. Health & Society
Defence Nicole Pratt Alberta 3 High Prairie, Alta Agric. Life & Environ. Sciences
Forward Tarin Podloski Alberta 5 St. Albert, Alta. Agric. Life & Environ. Sciences
Forward Vanessa Davidson McGill 5 Kirkland, Que. Education (Physical & Health)
Forward Rebecca Conroy Queen's 4 Pembroke, Ont. History
All-Rookie Team
Goaltender Mel Dodd-Moher Queen's 1 Ottawa, Ont. Biology
Defence Caitlin MacDonald Manitoba 1 Winnipeg, Man. University 1
Defence Rayna Cruickshank UBC 1 Cumberland, B.C. Arts
Forward Kim Deschênes Montreal 1 St-Quentin, Que. BAC 120
Forward Candice Styles Laurier 1 Orangeville, Ont. Sociology
Forward Abygail Laking StFX 1 Cambridge, Ont. Human Kinetics
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
McGill University Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012 (tel.)