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Catherine Ward (D)

Les Etoiles de Montreal

Biographie

HOCKEY CANADA BACKGROUND:
- Played for Canada at the Vancouver Olympics - attended Canadian U-22 camp in Calgary, in Sept. 2008 - Played for Canada’s national women’s under-22 team in three-game tourney against USA, in Pierrefonds, QC in Aug, 2008 - Attended Canada’s National Women’s Under-22 Team strength and conditioning/skating camp in Calgary, AB in May 2008 … - scored one goal and had two assists in four games with the Canadian under-22 team which won gold at the European Air Canada Cup in Ravensburg, Germany (January, 2008); wore jersey no.7 and scored WG in gold medal game, a 7-5 win over Finland) - Attended the national women’s team Fall Festival in Prince George, BC in September 2007 - Was a member of Canada’s national women’s Under-22 Team for a three-game series vs. the USA in Lake Placid, NY in August 2007 … - earned one assist in five games with the Canadian under-22 team which won gold at the European Air Canada Cup in Ravensburg, Germany (January, 2007). - earned two assists in three games with the Canadian under-22 team which won a three-game exhibition series against the USA in Ottawa in August, 2006.

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CAREER STATS AT McGILL (prior to 2008-09)
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- REG. SEASON:
31GP: 12-29-41, 16 PIM, 3 PPG, 1 SHG, 2 TG, 1 HAT

- OVERALL:
76 GP: 27-64-91, 40 PIM, 7 PPG, 3 SHG, 4WG, 2 FG, 2 TG, 1 OTS goal, 1 HAT

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SOPHOMORE SEASON HIGHLIGHTS (2007-08)
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- Named McGill's Most Outstanding Defensive Player … - CIS All-Canadian … - QSSF Conference All-Star … - Led QSSF defencemen in scoring … - Helped lead McGill to a gold medal at the CIS championship …

- REG. SEASON: 15GP: 7-12-19, 8 PIM, 3 PPG, 1 SHG, 1 HAT... Was the fourth-leading point-scorer in Quebec and the third-leading point-getter among all CIS rearguards

- OVERALL: 38 GP: 12-27-39, 24 PIM, 5 PPG, 1 SHG, 2 WGs, 1 HAT

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FRESHMAN SEASON HIGHLIGHTS (2006-07)
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- CIS All-Canadian - QSSF Conference All-star - QSSF Conference Rookie of the Year - CIS Rookie of the Year - CIS All-tournament team

- Helped lead McGill to a silver medal at the CIS championship …

- named Quebec University female athlete of the week (Feb. 21)

- REG. SEASON: 16GP: 5-17-22, 8 PIM 1 SHG, 1 TG... Was the third-leading scorer in Quebec and the second-leading point-getter among all CIS rearguards, setting a Quebec league single-season record for most points by a defenceman

- OVERALL: 38 GP: 15-37-52, 16 PIM, with two PPGs, three SHGs and two game-winners, 2 first goals, 1 OTS goal

- established McGill single-season records (both overall and reg. season) for most goals, assists and points by a defenceman - by the age of 20, she had a Dawson College hockey scholarship named in her honour (Feb. 2007)

PRIOR TO McGILL:
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OTHER: Captained Team Quebec to a silver medal at the January 2005 National Women’s Under-18 Championship in Salmon Arm, BC … Named Collégial AA MVP in 2005-06 … Named to the Collégial AA First All-Star Team in 2004-05 and 2005-06 … Won a silver medal with Team Quebec at the 2003 Canada Winter Games in Bathurst, NB - in five games with the 2005 Quebec provincial team, she had one assist - turned down scholarship offers from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth and the University of Minnesota to attend McGill University - previously played for the Dawson College Blues under head coach Derek Mott, where she was the 2006 COLLÉGIAL AA recipient of the Club de Medaille d'Or award for athletics excellence - voted 2005-06 player of the year in the CEGEP AA league - named to the 2005-06 CEGEP AA league all-star team - prior to Dawson, she played high school hockey for College Notre Dame under head coach Sylvain Gendron PERSONAL SHOOTS: left - Lists Michel St-Martin as her favourite minor hockey coach … - Favourite movie: City of God … - Favourite TV show: One Tree Hill … - Favourite NHL team: Montreal Canadiens … - Favourite female athlete: wheelchair athlete Chantal Peticlerc … - Favourite sport, other than hockey: soccer … - Daughter of Patrick and Lise … - Has one brother, David …