1st Ever Redhawks Alumnis drafted in the NHL !
Jonathan Miller, Yannick Veilleux and Matthew Peca are the 1st ever Redhawks Alumnis drafted in the NHL. JT played for the Redhawks on a couple of occasions at the start of the program. He progressed very well and made his way onto the USA national team. His 1st round selection by the Rangers was 15th overall. He becomes the first ever of any Redhawks alumnis drafted into the NHL. We are very proud of him and wish him the best of luck in his career. We would also like to congratulate Yannick Veilleux who played for the Redhawks a couple of summers and Matthew Peca who did one tournament with us. Yannick went in the 4th round for St Louis and Matthew went in the 7th round by Tampa bay.
Several other players are listed for the 2012 NHL draft.
Among others are 2 solid 94 goaltenders. Francois Tremblay and Jon Gillies played for us on several occasions. Francois played for us 3 years in a row and he is ranked 1st goalie in the QMJHL by central scouting.
Jon is ranked in the 2nd round by TSN insider Craig Button. He is playing in the USHL for Indiana and he has a 17-5-4 record with, 928 save percentage.
Charles Hudon was ranked 45 by Internatiornal Scouting Service in november. Charles played a few tournaments for us and he is having a second tremendous season in Chicoutimi of the QMJHL.
Jean Kristoff Grenier (cape breton), Gabriel Fortin (rimouski), Alex Dubeau (shawinigan) and Phillipe Trudeau (cape breton) are also players on the NHL central scouting list.
On another note, there are 63 former Redhawks player playing right now in the QMJHL. More information coming soon.
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