Francois Beauchemin Returns to Springfield
March 7, 2018 - ECHL (ECHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Manchester Monarchs Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations, Rich Seeley, announced today that Francois Beauchemin has been recalled by the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL).
The Monarchs are the ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings.
Beauchemin, 22, returns to Springfield after playing in 22 games for the Monarchs this season, tallying 12 points (7g, 5a), while racking up 10 penalty minutes. In 16 games this season for the Thunderbirds, Beauchemin has totaled three points (2g, 1a) and recorded 14 penalty minutes. Beauchemin scored his first professional goal on Nov. 17 against the Charlotte Checkers in a 4-0 Thunderbirds victory.
The 6-foot-1, 190-pound native of Métis-sur-Mer, Quebec, spilt the 2016-17 season between Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) and the Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL), where he scored a combined 97 points (45g, 52a) in 69 games.
The Monarchs are back in action Friday, Mar. 9 (7 p.m.) when they take on the Adirondack Thunder from the Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls, N.Y.
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