March 11, 2009
OUA HONOURS MEN'S HOCKEY ALL-STARS AND MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
HAMILTON, Ont. - Ontario University Athletics (OUA) is pleased to announce the 2008-09 men's hockey All-Stars and major award winners.
Fourth-year right wing Jonathan Boutin (La Pocatiere, Que.) of the UQTR Patriotes is the East Most Valuable Player. Boutin led the conference with 52 points, 21 goals and 31 assists. He also headlines the East First Team All-Stars. The men's hockey MVP awards is presented by Harrow Sports Canada Ltd.
Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks centre Mark Voakes (St. Thomas, Ont.) is the West Most Valuable Player. The fifth-year forward led all OUA players in assists with 37 and finished third in the conference scoring race with 50 points. He also scored 13 goals. Voakes is also a member of the West First Team All-Stars.
Alexandre Picard-Hooper (Boucherville, Que.) of the McGill Redmen is East Rookie of the Year. The forward led all OUA rookies with 36 points, scoring 10 goals and adding 26 assists. He also headlines the East All-Rookie Team, and was named to the East Second Team All-Stars.
UOIT Ridgebacks forward Josh Vatri (Barrie, Ont.) is the top rookie in the West. He led all conference freshmen with 32 points and 15 goals while adding 17 assists. He is also a member of the West All-Rookie Team.
Dan McDonald (New Liskeard, Ont.) of the Ottawa Gee-Gees is the Most Sportsmanlike Player in the East. The fourth-year centre scored 14 goals and earned 27 assists during the 2008-09 regular season. McDonald averaged just 1.6 minutes in penalties in 25 games. He is also a member of the East First Team All-Stars.
Fifth-year right wing Salvatore Peralta (Leamington, Ont.) of the Western Mustangs is the West Most Sportsmanlike Player. Peralta scored nine goals, including three on the power play, and assisted on 19 others. Peralta sat in the penalty box for just 10 minutes in 28 games. He was also named to the West Second Team All-Stars.
Eric L'Italien (Ste. Foy, Que.) of McGill is the recipient of the Randy Gregg Award in the East for his achievements in hockey, academics, and community service. A solid two-way player, L'Italien, a fifth-year right wing, earned 13 points in 17 regular season games. An Academic All-Canadian, the second-year law student is involved in numerous organizations as a volunteer to promote the importance of school and sports with youth groups. He also volunteers his time for legal advice to McGill students, among other supporting groups to the McGill community.
Andrew Brown (Bancroft, Ont.) of the Lakehead Thunderwolves earned the West's Randy Gregg Award. An Academic All-Canadian, Brown is currently working on his Bachelor of Education after earning his Honours Degree in Geography last year. Among the various causes Brown volunteers with included gathering donations at a Thunderwolves home game to deliver medical supplies to medical clinics in Africa. The fifth-year forward earned 20 points in 26 regular season games.
McGill's Martin Raymond is the East Coach of the Year. The Redmen lost 10 players from their Queen's Cup championship team last season, but McGill still finished in second place in the Far East Division with a record of 18-8-1-1 and concluded the regular season winning eight of their last nine games.
First-year head coach Kevin Hamlin of the Windsor Lancers is the West Coach of the Year. Hamlin's team finished with a 13-13-0-2 record, a 15-point turnaround from 2007-08. Their 28 points were more than double their total from the previous season (13). The Lancers finished two points shy of a potential playoff berth.
Joining Boutin and McDonald as First Team All-Stars in the East include fellow forward Alexandre Demers (Laurier-Station, Que.) of the Patriotes; defencemen Tommy Lafontaine (Cherterville, Que.) of UQTR and Ed Snetsinger (Ajax, Ont.) of the Toronto Varsity Blues; and goaltender Brady Morrison (Thamesville, Ont.) of the Queen's Gaels.
West First Team All-Stars alongside Voakes include forwards Chris Ray (Kelowna, B.C.) of the Waterloo Warriors and Jean-Michel Rizk (Dunham, Que.) of the Golden Hawks; defencemen Chris Petrow (Haliburton, Ont.) of the Mustangs and Kyle Sonnenburg (Waterloo, Ont.) of the Warriors; and goaltender Jim Watt (Edmonton, Alta.) of the Lancers.
Joining Picard-Hooper as Second Team All-Stars in the East include forwards Mike Baslyk (Montreal, Que.) of the Concordia Stingers and Sam Bloom (Toronto, Ont.) of the Redmen; defencemen Ken Morin (St. Prosper, Que.) of McGill and Brendan Sherrard (Toronto, Ont.) of the Varsity Blues; and goaltender Jean-Christophe Blanchard (Trois-Rivieres, Que.) of UQTR. Blanchard is also a member of the East All-Rookie Team.
West Second Team All-Stars in addition to Peralta include forwards Brock McPherson (Brampton, Ont.) of Lakehead and Nick Vergeer (West Lorne, Ont.) of Laurier; defencemen Ryan Martinelli (London, Ont.) of Western and Jordan Smith (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) of Lakehead; and goaltender Jeff MacDougald (Shallow Lake, Ont.) of Laurier.
Joining Picard-Hooper and Blanchard as members of the East All-Rookie Team include forwards Nicolas D'Aoust (Lorraine, Que.) of Concordia and Byron Elliott (Burlington, Ont.) of the Varsity Blues; and defencemen Christian Bourdeau-Mifflen (Ottawa, Ont.) of Carleton and Marc-Andre Dorion (St-Hubert, Que.) of McGill.
Forwards Kevin Baker (Georgetown, Ont.) of Western and Scott Restoule (Sudbury, Ont.) of York; defencemen Phil Magistrale (Tsawwassen, B.C.) of Laurier and Mike Noyes (Lucan, Ont.) of UOIT; and goaltender Pier-Olivier Pelletier (Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Que.) of Waterloo join Vatri as members of the West All-Rookie Team.
2008-09 OUA MEN'S HOCKEY MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
EAST MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Jonathan Boutin (UQTR)
WEST MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Mark Voakes (Laurier)
EAST ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Alexandre Picard-Hooper (McGill)
WEST ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Josh Vatri (UOIT)
EAST MOST SPORTSMANLIKE PLAYER
Dan McDonald (Ottawa)
WEST MOST SPORTSMANLIKE PLAYER
Salvatore Peralta (Western)
EAST RANDY GREGG AWARD NOMINEE
Eric L'Italien (McGill)
WEST RANDY GREGG AWARD NOMINEE
Andrew Brown (Lakehead)
EAST COACH OF THE YEAR
Martin Raymond (McGill)
WEST COACH OF THE YEAR
Kevin Hamlin (Windsor)
EAST FIRST TEAM ALL-STARS
F - Jonathan Boutin (UQTR)
F - Alexandre Demers (UQTR)
F - Dan McDonald (Ottawa)
D - Tommy Lafontaine (UQTR)
D - Ed Snetsinger (Toronto)
G - Brady Morrison (Queen's)
WEST FIRST TEAM ALL-STARS
F - Chris Ray (Waterloo)
F - Jean-Michel Rizk (Laurier)
F - Mark Voakes (Laurier)
D - Chris Petrow (Western)
D - Kyle Sonnenburg (Waterloo)
G - Jim Watt (Windsor)
EAST SECOND TEAM ALL-STARS
F - Mike Baslyk (Concordia)
F - Sam Bloom (McGill)
F - Alexandre Picard-Hooper (McGill)
D - Ken Morin (McGill)
D - Brendan Sherrard (Toronto)
G - Jean-Christophe Blanchard (UQTR)
WEST SECOND TEAM ALL-STARS
F - Brock McPherson (Lakehead)
F - Salvatore Peralta (Western)
F - Nick Vergeer (Laurier)
D - Ryan Martinelli (Western)
D - Jordan Smith (Lakehead)
G - Jeff MacDougald (Laurier)
EAST ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
F - Nicolas D'Aoust (Concordia)
F - Byron Elliott (Toronto)
F - Alexandre Picard-Hooper (McGill)
D - Christian Bourdeau-Mifflen (Carleton)
D - Marc-Andre Dorion (McGill)
G - Jean-Christophe Blanchard (UQTR)
WEST ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
F - Kevin Baker (Western)
F - Scott Restoule (York)
F - Josh Vatri (UOIT)
D - Phil Magistrale (Laurier)
D - Mike Noyes (UOIT)
G - Pier-Olivier Pelletier (Waterloo)
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ABOUT ONTARIO UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS
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Fourth-year right wing Jonathan Boutin (La Pocatiere, Que.) of the UQTR Patriotes is the East Most Valuable Player. Boutin led the conference with 52 points, 21 goals and 31 assists. He also headlines the East First Team All-Stars. The men's hockey MVP awards is presented by Harrow Sports Canada Ltd.
Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks centre Mark Voakes (St. Thomas, Ont.) is the West Most Valuable Player. The fifth-year forward led all OUA players in assists with 37 and finished third in the conference scoring race with 50 points. He also scored 13 goals. Voakes is also a member of the West First Team All-Stars.
Alexandre Picard-Hooper (Boucherville, Que.) of the McGill Redmen is East Rookie of the Year. The forward led all OUA rookies with 36 points, scoring 10 goals and adding 26 assists. He also headlines the East All-Rookie Team, and was named to the East Second Team All-Stars.
UOIT Ridgebacks forward Josh Vatri (Barrie, Ont.) is the top rookie in the West. He led all conference freshmen with 32 points and 15 goals while adding 17 assists. He is also a member of the West All-Rookie Team.
Dan McDonald (New Liskeard, Ont.) of the Ottawa Gee-Gees is the Most Sportsmanlike Player in the East. The fourth-year centre scored 14 goals and earned 27 assists during the 2008-09 regular season. McDonald averaged just 1.6 minutes in penalties in 25 games. He is also a member of the East First Team All-Stars.
Fifth-year right wing Salvatore Peralta (Leamington, Ont.) of the Western Mustangs is the West Most Sportsmanlike Player. Peralta scored nine goals, including three on the power play, and assisted on 19 others. Peralta sat in the penalty box for just 10 minutes in 28 games. He was also named to the West Second Team All-Stars.
Eric L'Italien (Ste. Foy, Que.) of McGill is the recipient of the Randy Gregg Award in the East for his achievements in hockey, academics, and community service. A solid two-way player, L'Italien, a fifth-year right wing, earned 13 points in 17 regular season games. An Academic All-Canadian, the second-year law student is involved in numerous organizations as a volunteer to promote the importance of school and sports with youth groups. He also volunteers his time for legal advice to McGill students, among other supporting groups to the McGill community.
Andrew Brown (Bancroft, Ont.) of the Lakehead Thunderwolves earned the West's Randy Gregg Award. An Academic All-Canadian, Brown is currently working on his Bachelor of Education after earning his Honours Degree in Geography last year. Among the various causes Brown volunteers with included gathering donations at a Thunderwolves home game to deliver medical supplies to medical clinics in Africa. The fifth-year forward earned 20 points in 26 regular season games.
McGill's Martin Raymond is the East Coach of the Year. The Redmen lost 10 players from their Queen's Cup championship team last season, but McGill still finished in second place in the Far East Division with a record of 18-8-1-1 and concluded the regular season winning eight of their last nine games.
First-year head coach Kevin Hamlin of the Windsor Lancers is the West Coach of the Year. Hamlin's team finished with a 13-13-0-2 record, a 15-point turnaround from 2007-08. Their 28 points were more than double their total from the previous season (13). The Lancers finished two points shy of a potential playoff berth.
Joining Boutin and McDonald as First Team All-Stars in the East include fellow forward Alexandre Demers (Laurier-Station, Que.) of the Patriotes; defencemen Tommy Lafontaine (Cherterville, Que.) of UQTR and Ed Snetsinger (Ajax, Ont.) of the Toronto Varsity Blues; and goaltender Brady Morrison (Thamesville, Ont.) of the Queen's Gaels.
West First Team All-Stars alongside Voakes include forwards Chris Ray (Kelowna, B.C.) of the Waterloo Warriors and Jean-Michel Rizk (Dunham, Que.) of the Golden Hawks; defencemen Chris Petrow (Haliburton, Ont.) of the Mustangs and Kyle Sonnenburg (Waterloo, Ont.) of the Warriors; and goaltender Jim Watt (Edmonton, Alta.) of the Lancers.
Joining Picard-Hooper as Second Team All-Stars in the East include forwards Mike Baslyk (Montreal, Que.) of the Concordia Stingers and Sam Bloom (Toronto, Ont.) of the Redmen; defencemen Ken Morin (St. Prosper, Que.) of McGill and Brendan Sherrard (Toronto, Ont.) of the Varsity Blues; and goaltender Jean-Christophe Blanchard (Trois-Rivieres, Que.) of UQTR. Blanchard is also a member of the East All-Rookie Team.
West Second Team All-Stars in addition to Peralta include forwards Brock McPherson (Brampton, Ont.) of Lakehead and Nick Vergeer (West Lorne, Ont.) of Laurier; defencemen Ryan Martinelli (London, Ont.) of Western and Jordan Smith (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) of Lakehead; and goaltender Jeff MacDougald (Shallow Lake, Ont.) of Laurier.
Joining Picard-Hooper and Blanchard as members of the East All-Rookie Team include forwards Nicolas D'Aoust (Lorraine, Que.) of Concordia and Byron Elliott (Burlington, Ont.) of the Varsity Blues; and defencemen Christian Bourdeau-Mifflen (Ottawa, Ont.) of Carleton and Marc-Andre Dorion (St-Hubert, Que.) of McGill.
Forwards Kevin Baker (Georgetown, Ont.) of Western and Scott Restoule (Sudbury, Ont.) of York; defencemen Phil Magistrale (Tsawwassen, B.C.) of Laurier and Mike Noyes (Lucan, Ont.) of UOIT; and goaltender Pier-Olivier Pelletier (Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Que.) of Waterloo join Vatri as members of the West All-Rookie Team.
2008-09 OUA MEN'S HOCKEY MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
EAST MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Jonathan Boutin (UQTR)
WEST MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Mark Voakes (Laurier)
EAST ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Alexandre Picard-Hooper (McGill)
WEST ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Josh Vatri (UOIT)
EAST MOST SPORTSMANLIKE PLAYER
Dan McDonald (Ottawa)
WEST MOST SPORTSMANLIKE PLAYER
Salvatore Peralta (Western)
EAST RANDY GREGG AWARD NOMINEE
Eric L'Italien (McGill)
WEST RANDY GREGG AWARD NOMINEE
Andrew Brown (Lakehead)
EAST COACH OF THE YEAR
Martin Raymond (McGill)
WEST COACH OF THE YEAR
Kevin Hamlin (Windsor)
EAST FIRST TEAM ALL-STARS
F - Jonathan Boutin (UQTR)
F - Alexandre Demers (UQTR)
F - Dan McDonald (Ottawa)
D - Tommy Lafontaine (UQTR)
D - Ed Snetsinger (Toronto)
G - Brady Morrison (Queen's)
WEST FIRST TEAM ALL-STARS
F - Chris Ray (Waterloo)
F - Jean-Michel Rizk (Laurier)
F - Mark Voakes (Laurier)
D - Chris Petrow (Western)
D - Kyle Sonnenburg (Waterloo)
G - Jim Watt (Windsor)
EAST SECOND TEAM ALL-STARS
F - Mike Baslyk (Concordia)
F - Sam Bloom (McGill)
F - Alexandre Picard-Hooper (McGill)
D - Ken Morin (McGill)
D - Brendan Sherrard (Toronto)
G - Jean-Christophe Blanchard (UQTR)
WEST SECOND TEAM ALL-STARS
F - Brock McPherson (Lakehead)
F - Salvatore Peralta (Western)
F - Nick Vergeer (Laurier)
D - Ryan Martinelli (Western)
D - Jordan Smith (Lakehead)
G - Jeff MacDougald (Laurier)
EAST ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
F - Nicolas D'Aoust (Concordia)
F - Byron Elliott (Toronto)
F - Alexandre Picard-Hooper (McGill)
D - Christian Bourdeau-Mifflen (Carleton)
D - Marc-Andre Dorion (McGill)
G - Jean-Christophe Blanchard (UQTR)
WEST ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
F - Kevin Baker (Western)
F - Scott Restoule (York)
F - Josh Vatri (UOIT)
D - Phil Magistrale (Laurier)
D - Mike Noyes (UOIT)
G - Pier-Olivier Pelletier (Waterloo)
– OUA –
ABOUT ONTARIO UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS
Ontario University Athletics (OUA) and its 19 member institutions are developing Champions For Life. Giving 9,000 student-athletes the opportunity to excel academically and on the playing field, while preparing for life after university. For more information, visit OUA.ca.
