Langelier-Parent named Quebec and Ontario athlete of the week!
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MONTREAL -- Maxime Langelier-Parent, a centre with the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ men's hockey team, has become the first athlete in school history to earn athlete-of- the-week honours in two conferences for the same seven-day period.
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The 6-foot-2, 225-pound ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ from Lery, Que.,was picked as the Quebec DeFacto male athlete of the week and was also chosen as the Ontario University Athletics Pioneer Petroleums Athlete of the Week, for the period ending March 27, 2011. Each OUA weekly receives a $25 gift card and a dri-fit T-shirt, courtesy of Pioneer Petroleums.
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Langelier-Parent was ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s leading scorer earned a berth on the all-tournament team at the CIS championship in Fredericton, N.B., last week. The 23-year-old economics junior tallied three points in three games, helping the Redmen reach the CIS gold medal game for the first time in school history, where the team finished with a silver medal.
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Langelier-Parent scored twice and was named as ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s player of the game in a 6-3 win over Alberts on Saturday. He also added an assist on the game-winning goal, midway through the third period of Thursday's 2-1 victory over St.FX. A product of the QMJHL's Gatineau Olympiques, he previously played for and attended College Francais prior to joining the Redmen in 2008.
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It marks the 13th time this season that a ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ student-athlete has captured a weekly award selected by the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec.
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Previous Quebec athlete of the week recipients from ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ this season include basketball players Marie-Eve Martin (Feb. 1) and Anneth Him-Lazarenko (Nov. 30), distance runner Sarah McCuaig (twice: Sept. 20 and Nov. 1), hockey players Francis Verreault-Paul (Oct. 26), Alex Picard-Hooper (twice: Oct. 16, Jan. 9), Caroline Hill (Mar. 7), Andrew Wright (Mar. 14) and Jordanna Peroff (Mar. 14), rugby player Gideon Balloch (Nov. 16), plus soccer star Alexandra Morin-Boucher (Sept. 13).
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De Facto is an innovative tobacco prevention campaign led by Sport Étudiant, geared towardsÌýeliminating smoking among young adults and revealing the truth about the consequences of using tobacco.
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