Alyssa Cecere
 Cecere with the Montreal Stars in 2011 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | McGill Martlets |
| Conference | RSEQ |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 4, 1987 Brossard, Quebec, Canada |
| Education | McGill University |
| Playing career | |
| 2005–2011 | McGill Martlets |
| 2011–2014 | Stars de Montréal |
| Positions | Left wing, defence |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2011–2014 | Dawson College Blues (assistant) |
| 2014–2020 | McGill Martlets (associate) |
| 2020– | McGill Martlets |
Medal record | |
Alyssa Cecere (born 4 September 4, 1987) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and player. She is head coach of the McGill Martlets ice hockey program in the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) of U Sports.
Playing career
[edit]Known as Chech, she began playing hockey at the age of five after her brother took an interest.
College
[edit]Cecere played five years of college ice hockey with the McGill Martlets, during which time she helped her team win three CIS championships.[1][2] In 20 games with the Martlets in the 2010–11 season, she earned eight points, with two goals and six assists.
CWHL
[edit]The 2011–12 season was her first season with the Stars de Montréal in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL).[3] She collected 2 goals and 8 assists for a total of 10 points in 25 matches, while playing a more defensive role.[4] In the final of the 2012 Clarkson Cup, Cecere netted the Stars' first goal.[5]
Awards and honours
[edit]- International
- Universiade Gold Medal: 2009
- CWHL
- Clarkson Cup Champion: 2012
- College
- CIS National Championship Gold Medal: 2008, 2009, 2011
- CIS National Championship Silver Medal: 2007, 2010
- RSEQ Championship Winner: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Personal life
[edit]Cecere attended Centennial Regional High School and Dawson College prior to enrolling at McGill University in 2006. She graduated from McGill with a degree in physical education in 2011.[6]
Cecere worked as a physical education teacher in the Montréal area until she was appointed a full-time associate coach for the McGill Martlets ice hockey team in 2014.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ CIS final: Martlets golden again Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "We are the champions…again!". McGill Reporter. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ↑ "Five Martlet grads start in CWHL game, Sunday". Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ↑ "Home of Professional Women's Hockey - CWHL". Canadian Women's Hockey League. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ↑ Montreal repeats as Clarkson Cup hockey champs
- ↑ "2023-24 Women's Hockey Roster: Alyssa Cecere - Head Coach". McGill University Athletics. September 3, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
- ↑ "Alyssa Cecere - Assistant Coach". McGill University Athletics. August 19, 2015. Archived from the original on October 4, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Profil d'Alyssa Cecere à l'université McGill (in French)
- Belle victoire pour Alyssa Cecere et ses coéquipières par Hélène Belzile, Hebdomadaire Rive-Sud Express publié le 4 avril 2012. (in French)
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Canadian ice hockey coaches
- Canadian women's ice hockey players
- Clarkson Cup champions
- Dawson College Blues women's ice hockey players
- Dawson College Blues women's ice hockey coaches
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Canada
- Ice hockey people from Montérégie
- Sportswomen from Quebec
- 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