(L to R: Charline
Labonté, Cathy
Chartrand, Ann-Sophie Bettez,
Gillian Ferrari)
WATERLOO - Four members of the McGill Martlets earned
all-Canadian status at CIS women's hockey championships awards
gala, held Wednesday on the campus of Wilfrid Laurier
University.
Top-ranked McGill opens the CIS tournament against sixth-seeded
Alberta on Thursday at 4 pm. The game will be webcast live at
www.ssncanada.ca
Goaltender Charline Labonté of Boisbriand,
Que., and defenceman Cathy Chartrand of Lac
Nominingue, Que., both made the first team, while forward
Ann-Sophie Bettez of Sept-Iles, Que., and
blueliner Gillian Ferrari, each merited a spot on
the second dream team. Also recognized was teammate Katia
Clément-Heydra of St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Que., who was
named to the CIS all-rookie team.
McGill, which is the top-seeded squad in the six-team tourney,
earned the most all-Canadian selections of any CIS institution and
it marks the fourth time that the Martlets have been honoured with
four (or more) picks in the same season. The CIS record is five
all-Canadians by McGill in 2008-09.
Despite McGill's unblemished 30-0 season against CIS teams, the
Martlets were, however, overlooked in voting for any of the major
awards. Calgary forward Hayley Wickenheiser of Shaunavon, Sask.,
was named the CIS player of the year. St. Francis Xavier forward
Alex Normore of Bedford, N.S., was named the nation's top rookie;
Brock's Jim Denham of Mississauga, Ont., claimed coach-of-the-year
honours and Mount Allison's Andrea Switalski of Stittsville, Ont.,
received the Marion Hilliard Award recognizing excellence in
hockey, academics and community involvement.
Labonté posted a perfect 17-0 record in regular-season play,
leading all CIS netminders in goals-against average (0.71) and
shutouts (7), while ranking second in save percentage (953) and
third in wins (17).
Chartrand won the Quebec conference scoring race with 29 points,
including eight goals, in only 20 games. She led all CIS rearguards
in assists (21) and points and ranked second in goals, finishing
one shy of Dalhousie's Laura Shearer, who played four more
games.
Bettez, a management junior who missed three games while playing
for a CIS all-star team at the FISU world university games, posted
an 11-11-22 record in 17 contests and tied for the conference lead
in goals. She was also tied for the league lead with three
game-winners.
Ferrari, a first-year arts major who transferred to McGill this
season from the University of Calgary, is a defensive stalwart and
Olympic gold medallist. She tallied five goals and 14 points in 18
games.
Clément-Heydra, an industrial relations freshman, finished
second among league scoring leaders with 26 points in 20 games,
ranking second in both goals (11) and assists (15). She was third
among all CIS rookies in assists, fourth in points and fifth in
goals.
2010-2011 CIS WOMEN'S HOCKEY AWARDS &
ALL-CANADIANS
Brodrick Trophy (player of the year): Hayley
Wickenheiser, Calgary
Rookie of the year: Alex Normore, St. Francis
Xavier
Coach of the year, presented by Coaches of
Canada: Jim Denham, Brock
Marion Hilliard Award (student-athlete - community
service): Andrea Switalski, Mount Allison
First Team
Position
Athlete
University Year
Hometown
Faculty
Goaltender Charline
Labonté McGill
4 Boisbriand,
Que. Physical
Educ.
Defence
Cathy Chartrand McGill
4 Lac
Nominingue, Que. Physical Educ.
Defence
Suzanne
Fenerty
StFX
1 Cole
Harbour, N.S. Business Adm.
Forward
Hayley Wickenheiser
Calgary
1 Shaunavon,
Sask. Kinesiology
Forward
Mariève
Provost
Moncton
5 Laval,
Que.
Kinesiology
Forward
Kelly
Walker
Brock
5 Brampton,
Ont.
Phys. Education
Second Team
Goaltender Beth
Clause
Brock
5 Hamilton,
Ont.
Rec. & Leisure
Defence
Gillian Ferrari
McGill
5 Thornhill,
Ont.
Arts
Defence
Laura
Shearer
Dalhousie
5 Falmouth,
N.S.
Sociology
Forward
Ann-Sophie Bettez
McGill
4 Sept-Iles,
Que.
Management
Forward
Alex
Normore
StFX
1 Bedford,
N.S.
Human Kinetics
Forward
Breanne
George
Saskatchewan
4 Saskatoon,
Sask.
Kinesiology
All-Rookie Team
Goaltender Nicole
Kesteris
Toronto
1 Aurora,
Ont.
Economics
Defence
Alannah Wakefield
Laurier
1 Pickering,
Ont.
Psychology
Defence
Jenna
Pitts
StFX
1 Antigonish,
N.S. Human
Kinetics
Forward
Alex
Normore
StFX
1 Bedford,
N.S.
Human Kinetics
Forward
Katia Clément-Heydra
McGill 1 St-Bruno-de-Montarville,
Que. Indust. Rel.
Forward
Laura
Brooker
Laurier
1 Fergus,
Ont.
English
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
McGill Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012
