Montreal Canadiens Ink Peter Delmas
July 5, 2011 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hamilton Bulldogs News Release
MONTREAL (July 5, 2011) - Montreal Canadiens and Hamilton Bulldogs General Manager Pierre Gauthier announced today the signing of goaltender Peter Delmas to a three-year, two-way American Hockey League (AHL) / National Hockey League (NHL) contract. As per club policy, financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Delmas, 21, played in two games with the Hamilton Bulldogs in 2010-2011, posting a 1-0-1 record, a 1.92 goals against average and a .933 save percentage. The Bedford, Nova Scotia native spent most of last season with the Hamilton Bulldogs' and Montreal Canadiens' ECHL affiliate in Wheeling, West Virginia. In 24 games with the Nailers, the 6'2$B!G!G, 190-pound goaltender recorded 15 wins, 6 losses and 2 overtime losses, a 2.03 goals against average and a .928 save percentage.
In the ECHL's 2011 Kelly Cup Playoffs, Delmas posted an 8-5-1 record, a 3.13 goals against average and a .903 save percentage playing in 15 of Wheeling's 17 post-season games before the Wheelers were eliminated in six games by the Kalamazoo Wings in the Eastern Conference Finals. Delmas finished the playoffs ranked second in the league in playoff games (15) and saves (391), and third in wins (8).
The left-handed-catching netminder played in 149 career regular season games in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) between 2006 and 2010 with Lewiston, Quebec and Halifax. Delmas served as Jonathan Bernier's backup with the 2007 President Cup Champion MAINEiacs.
Delmas was invited on a try-out basis at the Montreal Canadiens' rookie and main training camps in 2010-2011.
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