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2008 CIS Womens Hockey ChampionshipsUNIVERSITYSPORTCAFRANAIS CONTACT US HOMEMarch 18 2009 PRINT THIS STORYAlbertas Podloski named player of the year Tarin Podloski Alberta ANTIGONISH NS (CIS) Fourthyear Alberta forward Tarin Podloski is the player of the year in Canadian Interuniversity Sport womens hockeyPodloski a native of St Albert Alta became the fifth Alberta player to claim the Brodrick trophy since womens hockey became a CISsanctioned sport in 199798Championship website wwwuniversitysportcaechampionshipswhockey2009Other CIS major award winners announced Wednesday night in Antigonish NS were McGills MarieAndre LeclercAuger of Sherbrooke Que who was honoured as the nations top rookie Albertas Howie Draper of Edmonton who was named coach of the year for the third time and Ottawas Danika Smith of Munster Hamlet Ont who received the Marion Hillard award recognizing her excellence in hockey academics and community involvementThe 2009 CIS womens hockey championship hosted by St Francis Xavier University gets under way Thursday and concludes Sunday with the goldmedal final set for 8 pm Atlantic Time The championship match can be seen on The Score television network (twohour tape delay to 10 pm Atlantic) while SSN Canada will webcast all nine games from the tournamentTarin Podloski AlbertaPodloski follows in the footsteps of Lindsay McAlpine (200607) Danielle Bourgeois (200304 200405) and Lori Shupak (200102) all former Alberta greats who captured the Brodrick trophy as CIS MVPA secondteam allCanadian and a national champion in both 200506 and 0607 during her first stint with Alberta Podloski made a triumphant return to the Pandas this season after a year away from university hockey The fivefootfive rightwinger set a CIS singleseason record with 61 points (233861) in 24 conference games bettering the old mark (273057) set by McAlpine in 200607 also over 24 matches She led the nation in assists with 38 and finished third in the country with 23 goals including three gamewinners Her season was highlighted by a pair of stellar twogame weekends where she registered 12 and 10 points earning CIS femaleathleteoftheweek honours on both occasionsA former member of the Canadian under22 national team and the MVP of the 2006 CIS championship the 22yearold agriculture and forestry student led the Pandas to a 222 mark and first place in the Canada West standingsTarin is an exceptional studentathlete She commits herself to being the best she can be in both the classroom and hockey said Draper More than that however Tarin has emerged as an outstanding leader Her ability to support counsel and motivate her teammates has been remarkable this season and was an important part of the development of this years teamMarieAndre LeclercAuger M...