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- ↑ Concordia University Stingers Men's Basketball Coaches Archived 2008-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ CIS Men's Basketball Championship Final 8 Archived 2009-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Grunwald To Coach Maccabiah Canadians
- ↑ McGill grads play to play role at Maccabiah Games [ permanent dead link ]