PRONUNCIATION: fil-EEP ZHAHK (starts like "genre")
2024-25
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AHA All-Academic Team
• Played 34 of 35 games
• Totaled six points on four goals and two assists while blocking 12 shots and winning 131 faceoffs
• Notched first goal of the season while winning 6-of-8 faceoffs in 4-2 win at Mercyhurst (Oct. 12)
• Scored a goal in 6-2 win at Bentley (Nov. 9)
• Added a goal and won 8-of-12 faceoffs in 6-2 setback vs. Canisius (Dec. 3)
• Blocked career-high three shots in 2-1 loss at Bowling Green (Dec. 29)
• Assisted what proved to be the GWG in 3-2 win over Robert Morris (Jan. 18)
• Scored the Tiger goal in 2-1 OT setback vs. AIC in Atlantic Hockey first-round
2023-24
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AHCA All-American Scholar
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Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team
• Totaled 10 points on five goals and five assists in 37 appearances.
• Also finished fourth on the squad with 149 faceoff wins.
• Scored two goals – including first career power-play tally – in 6-2 win vs. Robert Morris (Dec. 2).
• Season-high 10 faceoff wins in 1-1 tie vs. St. Lawrence (Jan. 6).
• Goal in 3-0 shutout vs. Bentley (Jan. 26) and another in 7-6 OT win at Mercyhurst (Feb. 9).
2022-23
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AHCA All-American Scholar
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Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team
• Appeared in 17 games during his rookie season
• Notched an assist for his first collegiate point in 5-2 win vs. Holy Cross (Oct. 28)
• Scored first goal in a Tiger sweater in 4-3 win at Holy Cross (Jan. 27).
BEFORE RIT:
• Attended Stanstead College and played for Ottawa Jr. Senators of the CCHL.
• Member of 2022 Bogart Cup championship team
• Named 2021-22 CCHL Second Team All-Star
• Top scorer for 2021-22 Ottawa Jr. Senators and finished second in entire league in points (76).
• Finished fifth in 2021-22 CCHL season in goals (31) and tied for fifth in assists (45).
PERSONAL:
• Nicknames: "PJ" or "Jacquo"
• Son of Marie-Hélène Bétournay and André Jacques.
• Started skating at the age of three when his grandparents introduced him to it. Became interested in hockey after he saw how much fun people at the local outdoor rink were having.
• Hobbies include golf, piano, reading, and watching sports (particularly the NHL and NFL).
• Best advice ever received: "Work harder than the hardest worker."
• Favorite athletic moment: Winning a title with the Jr. Senators his first real season since the pandemic.
• Wears number 10 in honor of NHL legend Guy Lafleur
• Favorite professional team: Colorado Avalanche.
• Favorite athletes: Russell Wilson and Cale Makar.
