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TELUS Cup alumni crack season-opening NHL rosters

Four MVP recipients among 28 players

Jason La Rose
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October 17, 2014
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When the puck dropped Oct. 8 to open the 2014-15 National Hockey League season, it did so with 28 alumni of the TELUS Cup, Canada’s National Midget Championship, on the league’s 30 teams.

Twenty-five had spots on a 23-man roster, with another three starting the season on the injured list.

The alumni list included eight who won the national championship: Tyson Strachan (Tisdale, 2002), Jay Beagle (Calgary, 2003), Ryan White (Brandon, 2004), Eric Gryba and Luke Schenn (Saskatoon, 2005), Dustin Tokarski (Prince Albert, 2006), and Slater Koekkoek and Morgan Rielly (Notre Dame, 2010).

Also included were a number of players who earned awards in their appearance:

Most Valuable Player

  • Dany Heatley (1998)
  • Sidney Crosby (2002)
  • Teddy Purcell (2003)
  • Slater Koekkoek (2010)

Top Scorer

  • Daniel Brière (1994)
  • Sidney Crosby (2002)
  • Mark Stone (2008)
  • Sam Reinhart (2011)

Top Forward

  • Daniel Brière (1994)
  • Sam Reinhart (2011)

Top Defenceman

  • Eric Gryba (2005)
  • Slater Koekkoek (2010)

Most Sportsmanlike Player

  • Jordan Eberle (2006)

Sixteen of the NHL’s 30 teams had at least one alumnus on their 23-man roster or on the injured list, led by the Ottawa Senators, who had four, and the Buffalo Sabres, with three.

TELUS CUP ALUMNI ON SEASON-OPENING NHL ROSTERS

Jay Beagle – Washington Capitals (Calgary Northstars, 2003) INJURED
Daniel Brière – Colorado Avalanche (Intrépide de Gatineau, 1994)
Alex Chiasson – Ottawa Senators (Blizzard du Séminaire Saint-François, 2007)
Ryane Clowe – New Jersey Devils (St. John’s Maple Leafs, 2000)
Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins (Dartmouth Subways, 2002)
Jonathan Drouin – Tampa Bay Lightning (Lions du Lac St-Louis, 2011)
Anthony Duclair – New York Rangers (Lions du Lac St-Louis, 2011)
Jordan Eberle – Edmonton Oilers (Calgary Buffaloes, 2006)
Matt Fraser – Boston Bruins (Red Deer Rebels, 2007)
Colin Greening – Ottawa Senators (St. John’s Maple Leafs, 2003)
Eric Gryba – Ottawa Senators (Saskatoon Contacts, 2005)
Dany Heatley – Anaheim Ducks (Calgary Buffaloes, 1998) INJURED
Slater Koekkoek – Tampa Bay Lightning (Notre Dame Hounds, 2010)
Kris Letang – Pittsburgh Penguins (Gaulois du Collège Antoine-Girouard, 2003)
Joffrey Lupul – Toronto Maple Leafs (Fort Saskatchewan Rangers, 2000)
Torrey Mitchell – Buffalo Sabres (Riverains du Collège Antoine-Girouard, 2002)
Alex Pietrangelo – St. Louis Blues (Toronto Jr. Canadiens, 2006)
Teddy Purcell – Edmonton Oilers (St. John’s Maple Leafs, 2003)
Sam Reinhart – Buffalo Sabres (Vancouver NW Giants, 2011)
Morgan Rielly – Toronto Maple Leafs (Notre Dame Hounds, 2010)
David Savard – Columbus Blue Jackets (Blizzard du Séminaire Saint-François, 2007)
Luke Schenn – Philadelphia Flyers (Saskatoon Contacts, 2005)
Mark Stone – Ottawa Senators (Winnipeg Thrashers, 2008)
Tyson Strachan – Buffalo Sabres (Tisdale Trojans, 2002)
Brad Stuart – Colorado Avalanche (Red Deer Chiefs, 1996)
Malcolm Subban – Boston Bruins (Mississauga Reps, 2010)
Dustin Tokarski – Montreal Canadiens (Prince Albert Mintos, 2006)
Ryan White – Philadelphia Flyers (Brandon Wheat Kings, 2004) INJURED

For more information:

Esther Madziya
Manager, Communications
Hockey Canada

(403) 284-6484 

[email protected] 

Spencer Sharkey
Manager, Communications
Hockey Canada

(403) 777-4567

[email protected]

Jeremy Knight
Manager, Corporate Communications
Hockey Canada

(647) 251-9738

[email protected]

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