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June 4, 2010
- Two Atlantic Canadian hockey players will get new opportunities about as far away from home as you can get in the QMJHL and they may well get the opportunity to play on the same line with their new team. Jessyko Bernard of Moncton and Taylor Lambke of Antigonish were sent by Halifax Mooseheads and Acadie-Bathurst Titan respectively to Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. The Mooseheads and Titan apparently felt the players needed a new home and the Huskies welcomed them with open arms.
June 2, 2010
- Jacob Brennan of Hammonds Plains, NS is the second-highest rated goalie in Saturday’s QMJHL draft but he has said he doesn’t plan to play in the league. The 15-year-old has said he has weighed his options and is committed to pursuing a scholarship to an NCAA university. A Grade 10 student at Halifax Grammar School has already made plans to attend Northwood Academy, a prep school in Lake Placid, N.Y., next year as part of his plan to go to an American university down the road. He has left the door open a crack for interested Quebec league teams. Brennan, who played for the Halifax Taylar Made Security Titans last season, is ranked 18th overall by the QMJHL Central Scouting Service, making him a potential first-round pick.
- Another player who has apparently opted for the university route is No. 1 rated prospect Michael Matheson. The Montreal-area defenceman was a strong candidate to be picked first overall by the Baie-Comeau Drakkar or second overall by the Halifax Mooseheads, but he has apparently put out word he does not want to play in the Q. With him out of the mix, the players most likely to be picked first or second are Dominic Poulin, Luca Ciampini, Frederick Gamelin and Charles Hudon.
June 1, 2010
- At this point Baie-Comeau Drakaar has the first pick Saturday followed by Halifax Mooseheads, Chicoutimi Sagueneens, Val d’Or Foreurs and the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. That could change as a result of trades announced Friday or on the floor Saturday prior to the selection being made. There are already unofficial reports of deals having been made.
- The rumour mill is heating up prior to Friday morning’s opening of the QMJHL Draft Trade Period. One has goaltender Olivier Roy winding up in Bathurst by the end of the week. The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles goalie is first expected to be named as future considerations for a mid-season trade with the Lewiston Maineiacs. Once he officially becomes Lewiston property, it’s expected the Maineiacs will flip him to the Titan as part of a package that would send the fifth overall pick from Bathurst to Lewiston.
- The P.E.I. Rocket will acquire high-scoring forwards Andrej Nestrasil and Travis McIsaac from the Victoriaville Tigres at the draft in Drummondville, Que., a source told Metro Halifax Monday.Nestrasil and McIsaac are part of a compensation package for a December trade that sent Joel Champagne and Chris Doyle to Victoriaville. Nestrasil, a Czech Republic native entering his 19-year-old season, piled up 51 points in 50 games while battling a groin injury in the second half. McIsaac, a native of Uigg, P.E.I., entering his over-age season, had 57 points in 68 games.
- After only one Nova Scotian went in the first three rounds of the QMJHL Draft last year in Moncton, the province is expected to be leading the way among the Atlantic Provinces after the annual event in Drummondville, Que., on Saturday. QMJHL Central Scouting ranks four Nova Scotians in the first round, led by sixth-ranked Halifax native Taylor Burke, a forward with the Cole Harbour major midgets.Three are in the top 10 and at least two could sneak into the top five. Nine are ranked in the top three rounds. New Brunswick and Newfoundland have one player listed in the first round and NB has two in the second. PEI does not have a player listed until the third round.
June 4, 2009
- The host committee for this year’s draft have published a comprehensive book to help people follow the draft. It contains information on all of the players identied by Central Scouting as the likely players to be selected and lots of room to record the players selected selection by selection.
- Only one of the three Atlantic Canadians listed by Central Scouting in the first round, Jamie Bishop of St. Stephen, NB, is expected to be in attendance Friday when the Top Prospects are introduced.
- At this point Val d’Or Foreurs has the first pick Saturday followed by Halifax Mooseheads, Lewiston MAINEiacs, Shawinigan Cataractes and the Moncton Wildcats. That could change as a result of trades announced tomorrow or on the floor Saturday prior to the selection being made.
- After taking an afternoon off for golf today the team reps have a big day of meetings Friday. League Commissioner Gilles Courteau will meet with the media following the Top Prospects Presentation to provide an update on anything that has come out of the Governors & General Managers Meetings.
June 3, 2009
- Now that the team general managers are arriving in Moncton serious discussions are set to begin on trades. Word is there should be a lot of trade activity announced Friday, when the trade period opens and on Saturday, draft day.
- Rumours have Newfoundland forward Luke Adam on the move from the Montreal Juniors to the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles and and Prince Edward Islander Chris Doyle leaving the PEI Rocket for another team.
- Moncton Wildcats have five picks in the first three rounds, the most of any of the QMJHL’s Atlantic teams. They have two in the first, fifth and 14th overall, one in the second and two in the third. Saint John Sea Dogs has two in the first, 10th and 18th overall, and one in each of the second and third rounds. Acadie-Bathurst Titan do not have pick in either the first or third rounds but two in the second.
- Cape Breton Screaming Eagles are looking for a sniper and Head Coach and General Manager Mario Durocher is dangling a first round pick, 14th overall, and defenceman Brad Tesink and forwards J.C. Gauthier and Vincent Lavigueur this week in hopes of making a deal. The Eagles are overloaded with 20 year-olds and have to replace their top scorers from last season, Chris Culligan, Joey Haddad and Robert Slaney, who are all graduating. He thinksthings look good on the backend but the team is going to need an experienced scorer or two up front.
June 2, 2009
- The QMJHL is the only one of Canada’s three Major junior leagues that has a glitzy public draft. The WHL and OHL both hold their drafts on the internet.
- The league trade period opens Friday morning and you can count on a flrry of deals, most of which have been prearranged. These deals will not only involve the rights to players but draft choices for this and succedding years as well
- Add projected second round pick Darcy Ashley of Cornwall, PEI to the players from Atlantic Canada, who have told teams that they don’t want to be drafted as they have no intention of reporting. Projected first round icks Pierre Durepos of Shediac, NB and Brent Andrews of Hunter River, PEI had previously passed.
- There is a full complement of teams for Thursday’s golf tournament
- There’s no admission fee to Saturday’s draft, lots of quality prize giveaways for children and adults, and cheap concession prices with 99 cent hot dogs, hamburgers, french fries and pop.
- The Top Prospects Presentation is on Friday at noon at the Capitol Theatre and there’s no admission fee. The 18 prospects who are projected to go in the first round of the draft will be introduced on stage in a gala event.
- The stage for Saturday’s draft will look similar to a hockey ice surface complete with skating marks and markings. The front of the stage will be outlined with the images of rink boards. There’s going to be three 50-inch plasma televisions on both sides of the stage. There’s also going to be a 12 X 15 foot projection screen on both sides of the stage.
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Thursday, September 9, 2010