º«¹úÂãÎè's Mighty Max signs pro pact with AHL team in Norfolk
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Photos of Max Langelier-Parent by Andrew Dobrowolskyj (left) and Brian Smith (right).
MONTREAL - Maxime Langelier-Parent, a 24-year-old forward with the º«¹úÂãÎè men's hockey team, has signed a one-year standard player's contract, plus a club option year for 2013-14, with the American Hockey League's Norfolk Admirals, the top farm team of the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning.
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The 6-foot-2, 225-pound centre from Léry, Que., scored 12 goals - half of them shorthanded - and 18 points in 28 regular season games for the Redmen, who captured their first-ever CIS national championship on March 25. In 45 games overall, the speedy senior had a 16-16-32 record with 97 penalty minutes, two power-play goals, a school record six shorthanded markers, four game-winners and a hat-trick.
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Langelier-Parent, an alternate captain who is expected to graduate this spring with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in economics, owns a lifetime mark of 47-70-117 and 316 PIMs in 174 games overall during his four seasons with º«¹úÂãÎè. He has also tallied a school record 11 shorthanded goals and 10 winning markers.
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"It's great news for our program and I'm very happy for Max as he is a hard-worker who has improved steadily over his career," said Kelly Nobes, head coach of the Redmen. "He is one of the top skaters in CIS hockey and I expect him to have a solid pro career."
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Before playing for the Redmen, he toiled for three teams in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, with Victoriaville, St. John's and Gatineau, posting a 5-6-11 record in 53 games between 2004 and 2006. He then played for College Français, the Longueuil-based club in the Quebec Jr. AAA league where he scored 24 goals and 59 points in 50 games.
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Langelier-Parent, who didn't miss a game this season despite being hampered by a groin injury during the 2012 playoffs, is expected to report to NorfolkÌý after writing his final exams later this month. The Admirals are currently on a 22-game winning streak, the longest in AHL history.
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He will become the 10th player produced by º«¹úÂãÎè to skate in the AHL, joining a list that includes David Urquhart, now playing in Europe after three seasons in the AHL (2008-11), Jean-Michel Daoust (2007-11), Daniel Jacob (2004-05), Greg Davis (2001-03), Mathieu Darche (2000-10), Pierre Gendron (1997-98), Jim Webster (1980-81), Danny Porteous (1947-50) and Johnny Peirson (1946-48). If Langelier-Parent gets called up to the big leagues, he would also become the 10th player out of º«¹úÂãÎè and the 160th Canadian university player to to skate in the NHL.
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MAXIME LANGELIER-PARENT'S CAREER STATISTICS WITH THE McGILL REDMEN
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REG. SEASON: | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | OVERALL: | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
2008-09 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 40 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 49 | |
2009-10 | 28 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 80 | 49 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 126 | |
2010-11 | 24 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 40 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 44 | |
2011-12 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 66 | 45 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 97 | |
TOTALS: | 105 | 26 | 49 | 75 | 205 | 174 | 47 | 70 | 117 | 316 |
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
º«¹úÂãÎè Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012
earl.zukerman [at] mcgill.ca
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