Non-Canadians Dominating Rookie Race

I got some news for you: there aren't many Canadian players in the top 10 of QMJHL rookie scoring.

	Player	Team	Birthplace	Points
1	Kay Schweri	Sherbrooke	Switzerland	25
2	Dmytro Timashov	Quebec	Ukraine	23
3	Evgeny Svechnikov	Cape Breton	Russia	19
4	Yakov Trenin	Gatineau	Russia	17
5	Adam Marsh	Saint John	USA	14
6	Dennis Yan	Shawinigan	USA	13
7	Filip Chlapik	Charlottetown	Czech Rep.	13
8	Alex Barré-Boulet	Drummondville	Canada	11
9	Egor Popov	Bathurst	Russia	11
10	Mathieu Boucher	Rouyn-Noranda	Canada	10

This is certainly nothing new in the QMJHL. Nikolaj Ehlers won the rookie scoring race last season, Valentin Zykov in 2012-13, and Mikhail Grigorenko in 2011-12. St. John’s native Zach O’Brien was the top scoring rookie in 2010-11.

It's worth noting that, among other things such as import player ages, only nine of the 20 players selected in the first round of this year's QMJHL Entry Draft were forwards.

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