Sunday, August 21, 2022

Dufour's gold a major accomplishment

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William Dufour became just the second Saint John Sea Dog to win a World Junior Hockey Championship gold medal with Team Canada on Saturday.

Dufour joins Chris DiDomenico as the only Sea Dogs to win the tournament while wearing the red and white. DiDomenico - who wore No. 25 just like Dufour - won gold with the memorable 2009 squad that featured Jordan Eberle's famous semifinal goal against Russia.

Dufour scored Canada's second goal in a 3-2 overtime victory over Finland in Saturday's gold medal game. The New York Islanders prospect was not part of the team that started the tournament at Christmas before getting postponed by a COVID-19 outbreak.

According to TSN, Dufour becomes just the 25th player all-time to win a Memorial Cup title and world junior gold in the same season.
Simon Despres was part of the 2011 Canadian team that blew a 3-0 third period lead to Russia in the gold medal game. Thomas Chabot and Mathieu Joseph were members of the 2017 squad that fell to the Americans in a shootout in the championship game.

Here's a look at how every Sea Dog who has played for Canada at a World Junior Hockey Championship has performed.

PlayerYearResultPoints
Chris DiDomenico2009Gold6GP-2G-5A-7PTS
Simon Despres2011Silver7GP-0G-3A-3PTS
Jonathan Huberdeau2012Bronze6GP-1G-8A-9PTS
Nathan Beaulieu2012Bronze6GP-0G-1A-1PTS
Jonathan Huberdeau20134th6GP-3G-6A-9PTS
Thomas Chabot20166th5GP-0G-3A-3PTS
Mathieu Joseph2017Silver7GP-1G-4A-5PTS
Thomas Chabot2017Silver7GP-4G-6A-10PTS
William Dufour2022Gold7GP-3G-4A-7PTS

Joe Veleno played with Team Canada at the 2019 (6th-place) and 2020 (gold) world junior tournaments but was not a member of the Sea Dogs at the time. Julien Gauthier, who played with Thomas Chabot and Mathieu Joseph in 2017, was traded to Saint John the day after the tournament ended.

Joshua Roy, a former Sea Dog and current Sherbrooke Phoenix, won gold with Dufour on Saturday.

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