Charles Marc "Boo-Boo" Bourgeois (born November 19, 1959 in

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) is a retired professional

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who played 290 games in the

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. He played for the

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, and

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. In the early 1980s, Bourgeois played for the

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hockey team. He helped lead the team to the

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championship in his final year of university. That year, he was named all-Canadian as one of the two best university defencemen in Canada. Bourgeois led the

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to the

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finals, as a coach during the

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. He also coached the Universite de Moncton hockey team for several years, and guided the team to the Atlantic university championship a few years ago. He also played two years of professional hockey in Europe. Bourgeois operates a summer hockey school in Moncton, and he is president of Atlantic Hockey Group, which works with over 10,000 youth and adult hockey players each year. He is dedicated to helping kids improve their hockey skills. Bourgeois has conducted special hockey camps for children from Asia. On 13 December 1974, Charlie’s father Cpl Aurèle Bourgeois (age 47) and Constable Michael O’Leary (age 33) of the Moncton Police Force were murdered after being forced to dig their own graves.

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* *Atlantic Hockey Group Website: https://www.atlantichockeygroup.com/ 1959 births Living people Binghamton Whalers players Calgary Flames players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Chamonix HC players Colorado Flames players Français Volants players Hartford Whalers players Ice hockey people from New Brunswick Moncton Hawks players Oklahoma City Stars players Sportspeople from Moncton St. Louis Blues players Undrafted National Hockey League players {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1950s-stub