Gold-medal winners were a hot commodity this week, with four players from Canada’s world junior squad returning home to find themselves on a new team.
The Moncton Wildcats showed this week they are serious about chasing the Memorial Cup.
Thibeau says the locker room is full of excitement heading into the homestretch of the season after the additions of Groulx, Fortier and McIsaac to a roster already consisting of forwards Alexander Khovanov, Jakob Pelletier and Jeremy McKenna, along with Canadian world junior goaltender Olivier Rodrigue.
Forward Akil Thomas, who scored the winner for Canada in its 4-3 victory over Russia for gold, was moved at the Ontario Hockey League trade deadline, going from the Niagara IceDogs to the Peterborough Petes for a player and four future draft selections. Last year the OHL’s Guelph Storm shipped out a total of 20 draft picks in deals that returned three Canadian world junior players, most notably Montreal Canadiens centre Nick Suzuki. Guelph would end up winning the J. Ross Robertson Cup — upsetting the Ottawa 67’s — before falling in the Memorial Cup semifinal against the eventual champion Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.
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