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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 5330095, member: 1969"]
Why did I bump this thread.   Because there are 3 kids alone in Eastern Ontario that I am familiar with as they developed, who are going the NCAA route next year and are playing junior hockey right now.   There cases are all a little bit different.   I'll give the details on #3 when things are made public.

[B]#1.   Cedrick Guindon - University of Vermont[/B]

By far the most interesting one.  We are talking about a top end junior player (9th in the OHL), drafted in the NHL (4th rounder in 2022), who chose the NCAA over the AHL most likely next year.   I think that is a smart move for him.

He will be 21 years old walking onto the Vermont campus next year.

[B]#2  Remi Gelinas - Clarkson[/B]

This was a kid who led the CCHL in scoring this year for Hawkesbury (Tier 2 Junior Hockey in Canada are leagues those players played in to protect NCAA eligibility and who were not OHL ready at 17 in certain cases).  But he was not really getting much D1 traction.  And he was certainly not going to play in the CHL -- at best he would have only got 1 year scholarship.

When the NCAA barriers came down. he was  to sign with a team in the Quebec Junior League and get more exposure if he played well.   He went to the Q, scoring 8 goals in 6 games, and Clarkson came calling for him.   (he now has 16 goals in 14 games in the Q)
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