Redmen duo receive invite to NHL rookie camps
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(LEFT: Habs legend Guy Lafleur poses with 2009
Lafleur scholarship university winner Marc-Andre Dorion. RIGHT:
Lafleur poses with Nicholas Therrien, a
2010 scholarship
recipient from the
QMJHL)
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MONTREAL - Marc-Andre Dorion of the McGill
University men's hockey team and Nicholas
Therrien, a key Redmen recruit from the Chicoutimi
Sagueneens, have been invited to try-out for a couple of National
Hockey League teams this fall.
Dorion, a 5-foot-11, 185-pound defenceman from St. Hubert, Que.,
will be going to the Phoenix Coyotes rookie camp in September,
while Therrien, a 5-foot-10, 185-pound rearguard from Chateauguay,
Que., has received an invitation from the St. Louis Blues to
participate in the 14th annual NHL Prospects Tournament, an annual
event held in Traverse City, Mich.
Last month, another McGill player -- forward Andrew
Wright of Toronto -- participated in a development
evaluation camp held by the Montreal Canadiens.
It will mark the third tryout at the NHL-level for Dorion, a
two-time all-Canadian who attended the Toronto Maple Leafs rookie
camp in 2010 and a Dallas Stars rookie camp before enrolling at
McGill in 2008. Dorion, a 24-year-old physical education junior who
will need just 13 points in his senior year to become McGill's
all-time top-scoring blueliner, owns a 30-111-141 record in 129
games overall since joining the Redmen in 2008.
Therrien, who has committed to skating for the Redmen this fall,
played in the QMJHL with both Chicoutimi and Lewiston. The
21-year-old blueliner won the league's Prix d'excellence Guy
Lafleur scholarship last month. During his four seasons of
major-junior hockey, he tallied 18 goals and 82 points in 185
games, including a 12-32-44 record in 68 contests last season,
while serving as team captain of the Sagueneens.
Other recent McGill players to participate in an NHL camp after
toiling for the Redmen include David Urquhart (New
York Rangers, 2009; Montreal 2010), goaltender Mathieu
Poitras (Anaheim, 2008; Washington, 2005), forward
Greg Davis (St. Louis, 2001) and defenceman
Todd Hanrahan (Pittsburgh, 1994).
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
McGill Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012
earl.zukerman [at] mcgill.ca