McGill University Athletics

• Alternate Captain (2012-13, 2013-14)
• CIS Gold Medalist (2011-12 national championship)
• CIS Most Outstanding Defenceman (2013-14)
• OUA Most Outstanding Defenceman (2013-14)
• CIS All-Canadian (2013-14)
• OUA All-star (2013-14)
• Led all CIS defenceman in scoring (28GP:13-21-34 in 2013-14)
• (two-time) Team's Most Valuable Player (Bobby Bell Trophy, 2012-13 and 2013-14)
• Richard Pound Award - presented to a graduating McGill student-athlete for proficiency & leadership in athletics (April 2014)
• Guy Lafleur Trophy for the Quebec university player who best combines hockey with academics & citizenship (June, 2012)
• Academic All-Canadian (2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13)
• Principal's Student-athlete Honour Roll (2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13)
• Uldis Auders Award (top sophomore student-athlete at McGill; 2010-11)
• 1938 Champions Award presented to a McGill student-athlete for leadership (Oct. 2013)

Ryan McKiernan posted a career-best season in 2013-14, his fourth-year with the McGill University Redmen, earning OUA all-star and CIS all-Canadian status while receiving OUA and CIS defenceman-of-the-year honours.

The 24-year-old native of White Plains, N.Y., who is fluent in French, became only the third rearguard in McGill history to lead the Redmen in overall scoring, posting a 15-32-47 record in 44 games. He also became the third blueliner in school history to twice win the Bobby Bell Trophy as team MVP.

During the regular season, he led all CIS defenceman with 13-21-34 in 28 regular-season games while collecting only 11 minor penalties. Of his 13 goals, he tallied four on the power-play, one shorthanded and a game-winner. He either scored or assisted on 26.7 per cent of his team's goals in league play. McKiernan was also a key cog on a squad that had the fourth-best defensive record in the OUA league and 10th best in the nation with a 2.52 goals-against average.

"Ryan is a charismatic, mature and confident young man who is an outstanding student," says Kelly Nobes, head hockey coach at McGill. "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."

In 2011-12, he helped lead McGill to their first-ever CIS national championship, then became the 15th McGill player in 28 years to win the Guy Lafleur Trophy as the Quebec university player who best combines hockey excellence with academic success and citizenship. The award is accompanied by a $6,000 bursary over three years. Among the former Redmen who previously won the honour is former Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Guy Boucher and ex-Montreal Canadiens left-winger Mathieu Darche.

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 President's Cup league championship in 2009.

Since joining the Redmen in 2010, McKiernan helped the team win three OUA east titles, 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 in 2012, the Redmen captured their first-ever CIS University Cup championship.

Over his four seasons at McGill, the 6-foot, 193-pound blueliner scored 41 goals and 117 points in 160 games overall.

In each of his last two years at McGill, he served as an alternate captain with the Redmen. In 2013, he received a 1938 Champions Award, presented to a McGill student-athlete for leadership.

Fluent in both English and French, he was also a star in the classroom, achieving a grade-point average of 3.65 (the equivalent of 91.3 per cent) as a finance major in the Desautels faculty of management. He merited Academic All-Canadian honours and made the Principal's Student-athlete Honour Roll, In April, 2014, he was presented the Richard Pound Award, presented to a graduating McGill student-athlete for proficiency & leadership in athletics. He was also awarded the 2012 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 Défi Canderel fundraiser for the Goodman Cancer Research Centre and the Divine Soirée Blanche pour la Fondation René-Verrier, which supports families stricken with cancer in the Drummondville region.

CAREER STATS IN JUNIOR AND UNIVERSITY:

CIS STATS PROFILE:

http://www.leaguestat.com/oua/MEN/en/stats/player.php?id=6918

SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman
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McGill University
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