QMJHL Announces 2012 Subway Super Series Roster
October 16, 2012 - Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) News Release
Toronto, ON - The Blainville-Boisbriand Armada and the Val-d'Or Foreurs organizations, in collaboration with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Canadian Hockey League, today held simultaneous press conferences to announce the roster of Team QMJHL which will compete against Team Russia in the 2012 SUBWAYé Super Series.
The Armada will host the first game of the series on Monday, November 5th at the Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau, while the Foreurs will host game two at Centre air Creebec on Wednesday, November 7th. Team Russia then heads west to play two games against Team OHL followed by two games against Team WHL. All six contests will be televised nationwide on Sportsnet while TVA Sports will broadcast the two contests in QMJHL territory.
Each of the three CHL member leagues assembled a selection committee, working closely with Hockey Canada's Chief Scout, Kevin Prendergast, to select the players for this year's series. The QMJHL selection committee included QMJHL's Executive vice-president, Marcel Patenaude, Director of Hockey Operations, Pierre Leduc, QMJHL's special delegate to Hockey Canada, Charles Henry, General Manager and Head Coach of the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, André Tourigny, President and General Manager of the Armada, Joël Bouchard and Head Coach of the Drummondville Voltigeurs, Mario Duhamel. A total of twenty-five players will participate in the event this year. The rosters for each individual game will be announced at a later date.
The 2012 SUBWAYé Super Series is supported by CHL associate sponsors, Bank of Montreal, Old Dutch, and Post.
Team QMJHL roster for the 2012 SUBWAYé Super Series:
GOALTENDERS Brassard, Francois (QUE) Fucale, Zachary (HAL) Marcoux, �tienne (BLB)
DEFENSEMEN Murphy, Matt (VDO) Racine, Jonathan (MON) Fournier, Dillon (ROU) Culkin, Ryan (QUE) Brouillard, Nikolas (DRU) Ouellet, Xavier (BLB) Melindy, James (MON) Oligny, Jimmy (PEI)
FORWARDS Mantha, Anthony (VDO) Dea, Jean-Sébastien (ROU) Hudon, Charles (CHI) Huberdeau, Jonathan (SNB) Henley, Samuel (VDO) Paquette, Cédric (BLB) Tesink, Ryan (SNB) Danault, Phillip (VIC) MacKinnon, Nathan (HAL) Beauvillier, Francis (RIM) Drouin, Jonathan (HAL) Carrier, William (CAP) Clapperton, Christopher (BLB) Andrews, Brent (HAL)
The schedule for the 2012 SUBWAYé Super Series is as follows:
Game 1 - Monday November 5 at Blainville-Boisbriand, QC
Game 2 - Wednesday November 7 at Val-d'Or, QC
Game 3 - Thursday November 8 at Guelph, ON
Game 4 - Monday November 12 at Sarnia, ON
Game 5 - Wednesday November 14 at Vancouver, BC
Game 6 - Thursday November 15 at Victoria, BC
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