Saw this over on the main board Prospect Signing thread. Couldn't find confirmation anywhere else.
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Saw this over on the main board Prospect Signing thread. Couldn't find confirmation anywhere else.
Helps being 21 playing against 16 year olds in the Q
Helps being 21 playing against 16 year olds in the Q
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=128893
For all those who, just as myself, had never even heard of the guy until just a few moments ago.
JAM and Hrivik also started with an AHL contract. Who knows.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/sports/1324712-screaming-eagles-land-20-year-old-scorer-michael-joly
5'11" 172#
http://www.lavantage.qc.ca/Sports/2016-05-07/article-4522339/Michael-Joly-chez-les-pros/1
(translated at webpage)
Michael Joly in the pros
Jean-RéalRéal-Jean CouturePublished May 7, 2016
The former striker of the Rimouski Oceanic, Michael Joly, signed a first professional contract with the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League farm club of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League
The news was announced by our colleague Jean-François Plante Journal Le Droit in Ottawa. On his Twitter account, Bush says Joly signed an AHL contract guaranteed, even if he should be assigned to a team of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL).
Recall that Joly, who turned 21 on May 5 (Thursday) was a 9th round pick (# 159) of the Rimouski Oceanic draft pick in the QMJHL in 2012, was a guest player Sabres Buffalo at 2014 camp and Leafs in 2015. camp is a free agent.
Joly played three and a half seasons with the Rimouski Oceanic who traded after 21 games this season with the Screaming Eagles of Cape Breton. In total, series and seasons in the QMJHL with Rimouski and Cape Breton, it displays 268 games for 160 goals and 125 assists, 285 points 176 minutes of punishment, a differential of + 132 and 814 shots. Offering exceptional hands, 32 of his goals were power play, 21 shorthanded and 26 of his goals were game-winners.
The announcement of signing a first professional contract is another star to illuminate the firmament of the Rimouski Oceanic.
Helps being 21 playing against 16 year olds in the Q
Hope it's an AHL deal.
Very meh on this. Maybe he'll be a late bloomer.
47 goals is still a great accomplishment. Only Nicolas Roy (48) had more than him in the QMJHL last season.
Including the playoffs, he had 58 goals and 104 points in 73 games. The QMJHL used to be a very offensive league, but the gap from the Q to the O and even to the W is not as big as it once was. He could turn out to be another St. Croix style perimeter player, but it's worth a shot.
Why'd he never get drafted?