Hall of Fame Profile: Pierre Gendron
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Pierre Gendron, a 2009 inductee to the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Sports Hall of Fame, is today's featured profile.
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Born on Jan. 21, 1974 in Montreal North, Gendron went on to play with the hockey Redmen from 1994 to 1997. Voted the team's rookie of the year in his freshman campaign, the 5-foot-10, 184-pound centre proved to be one of the most prolific scorers in team history, earning CIS All-Canadian honours twice and graduating with a physical education degree.
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In his final season, Gendron established single-season school records for most hat-tricks (5) and points (40-54-94 in 38 games). Despite only playing for three years, he graduated as the fourth-highest scorer in school history with 221 points, including 96 goals, in 109 games overall.
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In 1996, Gendron won the Guy Lafleur Trophy as the Quebec player who best combines hockey and academics. The next year, he led the team in scoring, won the OUAA playoff scoring title, captured the Bobby Bell Trophy as Team MVP, received the Forbes trophy as ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s male athlete of the year and was the Quebec conference nominee for the Howard Mackie Award (CIS athlete of the year).
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Gendron skated for a CIS all-star team at the inaugural world university hockey championship in 1997 and then had a brief stint in the American Hockey League with the Hamilton Bulldogs before playing for a number of pro teams in the East Coast, Central and Western Professional hockey leagues.
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The 2009 induction luncheon, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, officially kicks off ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s Homecoming Week celebrations. Tickets for the event are $65 and can be reserved by contacting Kathryn Weaver at kathryn.weaver [at] mcgill.ca or 514-398-7002.
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Football all-star Tom Barbeau will be featured on July 17.