Alyssa Cecere (born 4 September 4, 1987) is a Canadian

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coach and player. She is head coach of the

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program in the

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(RSEQ) of

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Playing career

Known as Chech, she began playing hockey at the age of five after her brother took an interest.

College

Cecere played five years of

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with the McGill Martlets, during which time she helped her team win three CIS championships. In 20 games with the Martlets in the 2010–11 season, she earned eight points, with two goals and six assists.

CWHL

The 2011–12 season was her first season with the Stars de Montréal in the

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(CWHL). She collected 2 goals and 8 assists for a total of 10 points in 25 matches, while playing a more defensive role. In the final of the 2012 Clarkson Cup, Cecere netted the Stars' first goal.

Awards and honours

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Gold Medal:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

;CWHL *

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Champion:

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;College * CIS National Championship Gold Medal: 2008,

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

* CIS National Championship Silver Medal:

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

* RSEQ Championship Winner: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Personal life

Cecere attended Centennial Regional High School and

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prior to enrolling at

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in 2006. She graduated from McGill with a degree in physical education in 2011. Cecere worked as a physical education teacher in the

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area until she was appointed a full-time associate coach for the McGill Martlets ice hockey team in 2014.

References

External links

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Profil d'Alyssa Cecere à l'université McGill

Belle victoire pour Alyssa Cecere et ses coéquipières
par Hélène Belzile, Hebdomadaire Rive-Sud Express publié le 4 avril 2012. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cecere, Alyssa 1987 births Living people Canadian ice hockey coaches Canadian women's ice hockey players Clarkson Cup champions Dawson College alumni Dawson College coaches FISU World University Games gold medalists for Canada Ice hockey people from Montérégie Les Canadiennes de Montreal players McGill Martlets ice hockey coaches McGill Martlets ice hockey players Medalists at the 2009 Winter Universiade Winter World University Games medalists in ice hockey Sportspeople from Brossard 21st-century Canadian sportswomen