Eagles Announce Roster for 2021-22 QMJHL Season
Published on September 2, 2021 under Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)
Cape Breton Eagles News Release
SYDNEY - Following the trade of Zach Welsh and reassignment of Luke Patterson on Sunday, the Cape Breton Eagles have finalised their roster for the beginning of the 2021-22 QMJHL season.
In total 23 players- 14 forwards, seven defensemen, and two goaltenders- will comprise the opening night lineup. Ten players on the roster were chosen in the QMJHL entry draft by the Eagles, 11 were acquired by trade, and two players were selected in the CHL Import Draft.
11 players are returning from last season's club. Of the 12 newcomers, four were acquired by trade ( Nicholas Girouard, Sean Larochelle, Conor Shortall, and Romain Rodzinski). Rookies Emile Perron, Cam Squires, Kiefer Lyons, Nicolas Houge, Kian Bell, and Rémi Delafontaine will make their debuts as full time QMHL players this season. (All were drafted by the Eagles except Delafontaine, who was acquired in a mid-season trade with Chicoutimi.)
Imports Ivan Ivan and Mikhail Nizovkin are scheduled to join the club in September. Ivan skated for the Eagles in 2019-20 season, while Nizovkin was chosen in the 2020 Import Draft but neither was able to enter Canada last season due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The full roster is found below. The Eagles are next in exhibition action on September 10th as they host the Halifax Mooseheads at the Glace Bay Miners Forum at 7 PM, and the game will be streamed on the Cape Breton Eagles YouTube page. The Nova Scotian rivals will meet again on October 1st as the Eagles open their regular season at Centre 200.
GOALIES
NAME FIRST NAME D.O.B HEIGHT WEIGHT CATCHES TEAM 2020-21 ACQUIRED
30 G DELAFONTAINE Remi 2004-02-10 6'00 184 Left Cantonniers Magog QMAAA Trade Chicoutimi 2021
52 G RUCCIA Nicolas 2004-04-12 6'01 170 Left Cape Breton Eagles QMJHL Draft 2020 Rd #1
DEFENCEMAN
NAME FIRST NAME D.O.B HEIGHT WEIGHT TEAM 2020-21 ACQUIRED
2 LD BUTEAU Francois-James 2004-04-28 6'04 193 Left Cape Breton Eagles QMJHL Draft 2020 Rd #5
6 LD PERRON Emile 2005-04-10 6'00 168 Left Intrepide Gatineau QMAAA Draft 2021 Rd #1
9 LD LANGLOIS Jeremy 2003-09-19 6'01 181 Left Cape Breton Eagles QMJHL Draft 2019 Rd #1
15 RD SQUIRES Jacob 2003-03-05 6'01 190 Right Cape Breton Eagles QMJHL Trade Rouyn-Noranda 2020
20 LD RODZINSKI Romain 2002-05-14 6'01 190 Left Quebec Remparts QMJHL Trade Quebec 2021
22 RD LAROCHELLE Sean 2001-02-11 5'10 170 Right Victoriaville Tigres QMJHL Trade Victoriaville 2021
77 LD SHORTALL Conor 2003-04-29 5'09 192 Left Drummondville Voltigeurs QMJHL Trade Drummondville 2021
FORWARD
NAME FIRST NAME D.O.B HEIGHT WEIGHT TEAM 2020-21 ACQUIRED
10 C TRENHOLM Connor 2003-08-05 6'01 191 Left Cape Breton Eagles QMJHL Draft 2019 Rd #3
11 RW HEGARTY-AUBIN Emile 2001-01-13 6'00 192 Left Cape Breton Eagles QMJHL Trade Gatineau 2020
12 C CAMPBELL Jack 2003-03-09 5'08 165 Left Cape Breton Eagles QMJHL Trade Drummondville 2020
14 RW LYONS Kiefer 2004-04-23 6'01 191 Left Saint John Vitos NB-PEIMMHL Draft 2020 Rd #5
16 RW HOGUE Nicolas 2004-09-20 5'06 163 Right Rousseau Laval-Montreal QMAAA Draft 2020 Rd #7
17 LW MacDONALD Matthew 2003-11-19 5'10 175 Left Cape Breton Eagles QMJHL Trade Shawinigan 2021
19 LW CANNING Lucas 2004-06-22 6'01 202 Left Cape Breton Eagles QMJHL Draft 2020 Rd #2
21 C SQUIRES Cam 2005-04-11 5'11 148 Right Mount Academy Saints CSSHL Draft 2021 Rd #2
23 RW CAMP Logan 2002-03-06 6'00 200 Right Cape Breton Eagles QMJHL Trade Baie-Comeau 2019
25 LW STAIRS Dawson 2002-01-25 5'11 199 Left Cape Breton Eagles QMJHL Trade Saint-John 2021
49 C IVAN Ivan 2002-08-20 6'01 185 Left AZ Havirov Czech 2 Euro Draft 2019 Rd #1
82 LW NIZOVKIN Mikhail 2003-01-05 5'11 176 Left AKM Novomoskovsk Euro Draft 2020 Rd #1
91 C BELL Kian 2003-09-12 5'10 170 Left Dartmouth Steele Subaru NSMMHL Draft 2019 Rd #13
92 LW GIROUARD Nicholas 2001-05-21 6'02 203 Left Saint John Sea Dogs QMJHL Trade Saint-John 2021
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