Guillaume Boucard Named Canadian Player of the Year
March 30, 2019 - National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada) News Release
The National Basketball League of Canada is pleased to announce that Guillaume Boucard of the Island Storm has been named Canadian Player of the Year for the 2018-19 season.
A collegiate of Carleton University, Boucard, a 6'6" small forward hailing from Montreal, Quebec was acquired by the Storm in early January 2019. In 25 games, he became the second leading scorer on the season for the team.
"We are thrilled to hear that Guillaume has been chosen as Canadian of the Year in the NBLC!" said Head Coach, Tim Kendrick. "He is a very talented and hardworking player, and just as importantly, a very good teammate! He has been a model of consistency both on court and off since joining our franchise. He is a very deserving recipient of this award!"
Guillaume is in the league's top ten in points and rebounds per game (19.1 ppg & 8.6 rpg) respectively. Notably he has also earned Canadian Player of the Week honours twice on January 19th & March 3rd.
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