Good. Just getting that out of the way, it was an extremely pressing subject.
Second, the Sherbrooke Phoenix are the new kids on the block and this week they had their expansion draft. They selected Drummondville's Dominic Talbot-Tassi and Vincent Blanchette, as well as former Voltigeur Alexandre Comtois.
The QMJHL draft was also held this weekend. Without a selection to make until the second round, Joey Ratelle and Jérémy Auger were the first new Drummondville players of the day. Then after waiting three more rounds to speak again, defenseman Mathieu Amyot was selected. Winger Dylan Montcalm, 6'4" defenseman Alex Bilodeau (!), Louis-Philippe Guindon, Xavier Labonté, Gabriel Labbé, Sacha Harmois, Mark Dufour, and Bobby Hall were the Voltigeurs' other selections yesterday.
A few trades were also finalized: Toliver Bergeron of the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada was swapped to Drummondville for a ninth round pick next year, Jérôme Raymond went to Bathurst in exchange for 20 year old Jordan Murray, Jérémie Malouin made his way over from Quebec in exchange for two 2012 draft picks (rounds 2 and 4), and the additional pick sent to the Volts in that deal eventually became Joey Ratelle. Finally, Jonathan Oligny became a Cape Breton Screaming Eagle for a 2013 third rounder.
Other things that happened (or didn't): André Bouvet-Morrissette had an invite to the Canadiens' combine, but eventually signed a contract with the Nashville organization.
Charles Landry was part of the Kelly Cup winning Florida Everblades team....
...and yesterday Ondrej Palat won the Calder Cup with the Norfolk Admirals. (With Landry technically as part of the roster. Double-champion!)
In the classroom, Ryan McKiernan, Jonathan Brunelle, and even Antoine Tardif were all recognized at the Guy Lafleur Awards of Excellence and Merit last week. McKiernan in particular got 6 A's for his 3.65 GPA ...and suddenly I feel ten times more awful as a student than I ever did.
