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Like brothers on ice
Published: 28 March 2011
(FRANCIS VERREAULT-PAUL CELEBRATES AFTER SCORING AGAINST BEARS. PHOTO BY ANDREW MEADE COURTESY OF THE BRUNSWICKAN)
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By Sean Gordon
The Globe and Mail
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There's no particular reason for their affinity, although it may have to do with both of them being small hockey players with large ambitions.
It's as good an explanation as any for why the Chicoutimi Saguenéens coaches stuck two undersized, unheralded prospects - one 16, the other 17 - on the same line at rookie camp in 2003.
The why is not important though, the point is Francis Verreault-Paul and David Desharnais developed an instant and lasting kinship.
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