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Dear Friends,

It is with pleasure that I welcome you to our official Redmen Hockey Website. Redmenhockey.com's mission is to provide to all interested supporters and fans of McGill Redmen Hockey the information important to them about our hockey program. Whether it be roster, schedule, Friends of McGill Hockey events, historical infoemation, or fundraising drive. I hope that you will enjoy the site and find what you are looking for.

Our coaching staff and I are very excited about the 2006-07 season already on its way. Our players are showing great character and committment to our team goals, and we are looking forward to trying to repeat as OUA Far East division playoff champions.

On behalf of our players and coaches, I take this time to thank all our fans and supporters who have followed our games on the road as well as at home so far this season. Alumni, parents, and students have given us appreciated support, and we anticipate great crowds at the McConnell Arena in the upcoming games.

Sincerely,
Martin Raymond

Coaching Staff

Name Role
Martin Raymond HEAD COACH
Stephane Fortin Assistant Coach
Earl Hawke Equipment Manager
Pierre-Antoine Paquet Assistant Coach
Dino Masanotti Assistant Coach
Jean St-Pierre Assistant Coach

About Coach Martin Raymond

Currently in his 13th season behind the Redmen bench after a brilliant playing career with McGill, Martin Raymond, a 39-year-old native of Pierrefonds, Que., is the all-time winningest coach in McGill hockey history.

He enters the 2007-08 season with a lifetime 232-163-33 record overall (.581), including a 174-93-28 mark (.637) in regular season play.

In 2005-06, Raymond became the first McGill University coach to win the Father George Kehoe memorial award as CIS coach of the year in men's hockey. He was also honoured as Quebec coach of the year by the Foundation for Quebec University Athletics, after guiding the Redmen to a stunning 20-1-3 regular season record and their second straight divisional title en route to winning the OUA East championship in 2005-06. McGill established Canadian university records for most shutouts (12 in 24 games) and lowest goals-against average (1.21).

The back-to-back, first-place finishes marked the first time since 1946 that McGill had finished atop the standings.

Raymond is a three-time OUA East coach-of-the-year recipient. He won the award in each of the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, guiding the Redmen to a 17-6-3 first-place record in 2004-05. He first won the award in 1999-00 after leading McGill to a school record for wins with a 21-5-0 second-place finish.

Prior to being appointed as head coach, Raymond served for three years as an assistant coach with the Redmen after a five-year playing career at McGill. As a player, he earned all-conference honours three times and All-Canadian status in his final season (1991-92) when he served as team captain.

He graduated as McGill’s all-time assist leader with 144 (now ranked second), is still third in career points (253 in 154 games) and third in career goals (109).

Raymond was also a member of the bronze medal-winning Team Canada squad at the 1991 Spengler Cup tournament in Davos, Switzerland. He received the Forbes Trophy in 1992 as McGill’s male athlete of the year, and the Bobby Bell Trophy as Team MVP in 1991-92 after leading the Redmen in scoring with 34-37-71 in 36 games. He also won two annual Molson Cups as the McGill hockey team’s leader in three star selections.

Raymond graduated from McGill in 1992 with a bachelor of education and played professional hockey in Germany (EA Schongau) for one season before returning to McGill in 1993 to work on a masters degree in physical education, which he completed in 1996.

Raymond also coached the Quebec provincial team to a bronze medal at the 2004 under-17 world hockey championships in St. John's, Nfld. At the pro level, he coached the Roller Hockey International’s Montreal Roadrunners for two summers in addition to running the Montreal Canadiens rookie camp in 1997.

Raymond took over as co-head coach of the Redmen (with Jamie Kompon, currently an assistant coach with the NHL's Los Angeles Kings) in 1994-95, after Jean Pronovost resigned in mid-season with the team sitting last in the OUAA Far East. The Raymond-Kompon tandem moved McGill from last to second place, finishing the campaign with a 16-9-0 record.

Raymond then served one season as an assistant coach under new McGill head coach Terry Bangen, who guided the Redmen in 1995-96, before moving on to accept an assistant coaching position with the NHL's Vancouver Canucks.

Raymond was eventually appointed as full-time coach at McGill in May of 1997.

A recipient of the R.E. Wilkinson Award in 1991, given annually to a McGill graduate student who best combines academic merit and exceptional leadership, Raymond is only the sixth team captain in McGill hockey history to be named head coach.

Other ex-Redmen captains who coached at McGill were:

Jamie Kompon (played: 1985-89; co-coach: 1994-95), Herb Madill (played: 1971-72; coached: 1973-79), Rocky Robillard (played: 1945-46, 1948-50; coached: 1951-58), Hugh Farquharson (played: 1927-34, 1939-40; coached: 1937-42) and Dr. Bobby Bell (played: 1922-28, 1929-30; coached: 1930-37 and 1942-43).

Raymond, who resides in suburban Ste-Basile-le-Grand, Que., is married to Christine Lanoue and has two young sons, Philippe and Antoine.

FOR A LIST OF HIS AWARDS AS A McGILL PLAYER, GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK:

www.athletics.mcgill.ca/varsity_sports_player_profile.ch2?athlete_id=2009

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REGULAR SEASON COACHING RECORD AT McGILL
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1994-95 16 9 0 (interim co-coach)
1995-96 (served as an assistant coach)
1996-97 14 10 2
1997-98 12 10 4
1998-99 13 9 4
1999-00 21 5 0
2000-01 10 11 3
2001-02 13 9 2
2002-03 16 6 2
2003-04 9 11 4
2004-05 17 6 1
2005-06 20 1 3
2006-07 15 8 5
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TOTAL: 174-93-28 (.637)
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Honours

CIS Coach of the year(2005-06)
(M) Hockey Coach of the year (CIS)

OUA East Division Coach of the Year(2005-06)
-named OUA East coach of the year after leading McGill to a 20-1-3 record and their second straight divisional title

OUA East Division Coach of the Year(2004-05)
-named OUA East coach of the year after leading McGill to a 17-6-1 record and their first divisional title in 59 years

OUA East Division Coach of the Year(1999-00)
-- named OUA East coach of the year after leading McGill to a 21-5-0 second-place record

(UPDATED: Sept. 3, 2007)




MEDIA CONTACTS

Martin Raymond
Head Coach
514.398.7006
martin.raymond@mcgill.ca

Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
514.398.7012
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca

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