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Charlie Bourgeois
Born (1959-11-19) November 19, 1959 (age 64)
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 223 lb (101 kg; 15 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Calgary Flames
St. Louis Blues
Hartford Whalers
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1981–1993

Charles Marc "Boo-Boo" Bourgeois (born November 19, 1959 in Moncton, New Brunswick) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played 290 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Calgary Flames, St. Louis Blues, and Hartford Whalers.

In the early 1980s, Bourgeois played for the Université de Moncton hockey team. He helped lead the team to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport 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 Moncton Hawks to the Calder Cup finals, as a coach during the 1993–94 AHL season. 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 operates several hockey programs each winter. He is dedicated to helping kids improve their hockey skills. Bourgeois has conducted special hockey camps for children from Asia.