Nearly one hundred former QMJHL players on 2021-22 AHL opening night rosters
Montreal, QC – The American Hockey League (AHL) has unveiled the rosters of its 31 teams for the 2021-2022 regular season and among them are 97 players who have passed through the QMJHL ranks before making the jump to the pro ranks.
These former QMJHL members were on the list of active players for their respective teams, or on their list of injured players, at the start of the current season.
The Rochester Americans team is the only one that does not feature any QMJHL alumni on its roster. On the flip side, the Montreal Canadiens farm team, the Laval Rocket, is made up of an impressive total of 11 players from the Q, the highest number of alumni on a single AHL roster. Just behind Laval are the Syracuse Crunch and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, who each have nine QMJHL representatives.
It is to be noted that forward Ryan Francis, who began the season with the Stockton Heat, has since been returned to the Saint John Sea Dogs.
Here is the list of QMJHL alumni in the AHL:
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Abbotsford Canucks (1)
Vincent Arseneau
Bakersfield Condors (3)
Raphaël Lavoie, Olivier Rodrigue, Ostap Safin
Belleville Senators (8)
Jonathan Aspirot, Philippe Daoust, Maxence Guenette, Kameron Kielly, Kevin Mandolese, Matt Murphy, Cédric Paré, Egor Sokolov
Bridgeport Islanders (3)
Samuel Bolduc, Arnaud Durandeau, Dmytro Timashov
Charlotte Checkers (2)
Christopher Gibson, Luke Henman
Chicago Wolves (3)
Cavan Fitzgerald, Éric Gélinas, Spencer Smallman
Cleveland Monsters (1)
Jean-François Bérubé
Colorado Eagles (4)
Justin Barron, Alex Beaucage, Gabriel Fontaine, Benjamin Tardif
Grand Rapids Griffins (3)
Jared McIsaac, Joseph Veleno, Dennis Yan
Hartford Wolf Pack (1)
P.C. Labrie
Henderson Silver Knights (1)
Daniil Miromanov
Hershey Bears (1)
Zach Fucale
Iowa Wild (2)
Dereck Baribeau, Alexander Khovanov
Laval Rocket (11)
Jean-Christophe Beaudin, Gabriel Bourque, Laurent Dauphin, Jean-Sébastien Dea, Alexandre Fortin, Brandon Gignac, Raphaël Harvey-Pinard, Danick Martel, Carl Neill, Xavier Ouellet, Tobie Paquette-Bisson
Lehigh Valley Phantoms (1)
German Rubtsov
Manitoba Moose (3)
Thomas Caron, Leon Gawanke, Jimmy Oligny
Milwaukee Admirals (2)
Frédéric Allard, Anthony Richard
Ontario Reign (2)
Martin Frk, Jordan Spence
Providence Bruins (4)
Samuel Asselin, Callum Booth, Jakub Lauko, Alex-Olivier Voyer
Rochester Americans (0)
Aucun
Rockford IceHogs (1)
Nicolas Beaudin
San Diego Gulls (5)
Morgan Adams-Moissan, Simon Benoit, Nikolas Brouillard, Hunter Drew, Vincent Marleau
San Jose Barracuda (3)
Artemi Kniazev, Nicolas Meloche, Adam Raska
Springfield Thunderbirds (2)
Nikita Alexandrov, Mathias Laferrière
Stockton Heat (5)
Ryan Francis, Alex Gallant, Jakob Pelletier, Mark Simpson, Dmitry Zavgorodniy
Syracuse Crunch (9)
Gabriel Dumont, Shawn Element, Gabriel Fortier, Charles Hudon, Jimmy Huntington, Maxime Lagacé, Antoine Morand, Otto Somppi, Daniel Walcott
Texas Stars (1)
Jérémy Grégoire
Toronto Marlies (2)
Mikhail Abramov, Jeremy McKenna
Tucson Roadrunners (2)
Michael Carcone, Bokondji Imama
Utica Comets (2)
A.J. Greer, Jérémy Groleau
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (9)
Michaël Chaput, Louis Domingue, Alex D’Orio, Jan Drozg, Samuel Houde, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Nathan Légaré, Christopher Merisier-Ortiz, Samuel Poulin
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Source:
Maxime Blouin
Directeur des communications et des relations médias
Director, Communications and Media Relations
C: 418-554-1872 | E: mblouin@lhjmq.qc.ca
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