Selected in the first round (18th pick overall) of the 2009 NHLEntry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens ... First Quebec-born playerdrafted by the Canadiens in the first round since 1988 ... Signed athree-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens in July 2010.
Freshman (2009-10) Stats
Named Ivy League Rookie of the Year and finalist for ECAC HockeyRookie of the Year ... Garnered All-Ivy League honorable mentionand George Percy Award as Harvard''s top rookie ... An ECACHockey All-Rookie and All-Academic selection ... ECAC Hockey Rookieof the Week (Jan. 18, Jan. 25) ... Led Crimson with 23 pointsand 11 goals, often skating with fellow Montreal-areanatives Michael Biega and Alex Killorn ... Named thenation''s No. 1 incoming forward in the Inside College Hockey ... Anational preseason All-Rookie selection by Inside College Hockey... Scored the tying goal with 2.3 seconds left in 3-3 draw atRensselaer ... Recorded five goals, including all threegame-winners, in three straight league games (Dec. 29-Jan. 18) ...Netted two goals each in consecutive wins against No. 5 Yale (Jan.12) and Dartmouth (Jan. 18) ... Scored the game-winning goal on thepower play against No. 8 Quinnipiac (Dec. 29) ... Set up MichaelBiega''s tying goal in the final minute of regulation in 3-3 tieagainst No. 19 Princeton (Nov. 14) ... Logged atleast one point in each of his first five collegiate games andtwo points in each of his first two ... Had two assists at Colgate(Nov. 6) ... Recorded a goal and an assist and went 11-3 onfaceoffs in collegiate debut at Dartmouth (Oct. 30).
Before Harvard
Named the United States Hockey League Rookie of the Year in 2008-09after leading the Omaha Lancers with 28 goals and 59 points ... AUSHL All-Star ... Helped Team Canada win the gold medal at the 2008Ivan Hlinka Memorial tournament ... Member of Team Quebec at the2008 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and the 2007 Canada WinterGames ... Named the Quebec Midget AAA Hockey League Most ValuablePlayer in 2007-08, when he led the league with 54 goals and 91points, playing for the Lac St. Louis Lions ... Graduated fromKuper Academy in 2008, earning recognition as a top student inphysics and chemistry.
Career Highs
Points - 2 five times, most recently one goal and one assistat Rensselaer, Jan. 23, 2010
Goals - 2 twice, most recently vs. Dartmouth, Jan. 18, 2010
Assists - 2 at Cornell, Nov. 7, 2009
Point Streak - 5 Oct. 30-Nov. 14, 2009
Career Stats
| Season | GP | G | A | Points | Shots | Shot% | Pen-Min | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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| 2009-10................ | 31 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 101 | .109 | 21-50 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL................... | 31 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 101 | .109 | 21-50 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
