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Posted: Mar 05, 2020

Chantal Ricker Honoured as 2019-20 ACAC Women’s Hockey Player of the Year

Chantal Ricker Honoured as 2019-20 ACAC Women’s Hockey Player of the Year

EDMONTON, AB (March 5, 2020) – The Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) is pleased to announce Chantal Ricker of the MacEwan University Griffins has been selected as the 2019-20 ACAC Women's Hockey Player of the Year sponsored by CCM Hockey. 

In her fourth season with the Griffins, Ricker led the team with 12 goals and 22 points in 24 games. Five of her goals came on the powerplay – tops in the ACAC.

"I'm really proud of her," said Griffins head coach Lindsay McAlpine. "She's someone who puts the work in and has been rewarded for it."

The 2019-20 production is a single-season high for Ricker, who now has 63 regular-season points in her MacEwan career – second in program history. She had point totals of 10, 13 and 18 in her first three ACAC seasons, respectively, but demonstrated a new level of dominance in 2019-20.

"I think it's just her growth and development physically as a player as she's now in her fourth season," said McAlpine. "I think Chantal's found a way this year to bury more of those point-blank opportunities that she's created for herself and score some really critical goals in big games."

This is the seventh time a Griffins player has won the ACAC women's hockey player of the year award, following Melody Howard (2008-09), Sasha Lutz (2014), Michelle Pochapsky (2016), Sandy Heim (2017) and Carley Jewell (2018).

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About the ACAC: The ACAC is the governing body for intercollegiate athletics in Alberta. Its mission is to foster the development of the student athlete through the administration and promotion of intercollegiate athletics as part of the educational experience and provide a leadership role in the development of sport in Alberta.

For more information on the ACAC, please visit our website: www.acac.ab.ca

For additional information, contact: 

Mark Kosak, ACAC
Chief Executive Officer
403-875-7329
markk@acac.ab.ca

Kenneth Schildroth, MacEwan                               
Director of Athletics                                                   
780-497-5795                                                             
SchildrothK@Macewan.ca                                     

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