Four Dogs Named To SSS Roster

Four members of the Saint John Sea Dogs will be skating with Team QMJHL at this year’s Subway Super Series event.

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announced today the roster that will take on Team Russia next month in Victoriaville and Quebec City. Forwards Jonathan Huberdeau and Zack Phillips along with defensemen Nathan Beaulieu and Pierre Durepos were all named to the team.

It’s no surprise to see Huberdeau, Phillips and Beaulieu invited as all played in the series last year and were selected in the first round of the National Hockey League Entry Draft in June. It’s great to see the undrafted and often underrated Durepos earn a spot.

Phillips is second in team scoring with eight goals and 11 assists for 19 points in 12 games. Huberdeau has four goals and 12 assists in eight games since returning from Florida Panthers training camp. Beaulieu has four markers and six helpers while Durepos has a goal and seven assists.

Each of the three CHL member leagues assembled a selection committee, which worked closely with Hockey Canada’s Chief Scout, Kevin Prendergast, to select the players for this year’s series. The QMJHL selection committee included QMJHL’s Executive vice-president, Marcel Patenaude, the Director of Hockey Operations, PierreLeduc and the general managers of the Quebec Remparts, Patrick Roy, the Victoriaville Tigres, Jérôme Mésonéro and the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, Sylvain Couturier. 

The event is used to help determine Team Canada's roster for the World Junior Hockey Championship this winter. 

Here is the QMJHL roster for the 2011 Subway Super Series.

Goaltenders: Maxime Lagacé (PEI), Louis Domingue (QUE) 

Defensemen: Brandon Gormley (MON), Morgan Ellis (CAP), Jérôme Gauthier-Leduc (RIM), Xavier Ouellet (BLB), Pierre Durepos (SNB), Nathan Beaulieu (SNB), Martin Lefebvre (QUE), Samuel Carrier (BAC) 

Forwards: Zack Phillips (SNB), Carl Gélinas (BAC), Charles Hudon (CHI), Jonathan Huberdeau (SNB), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (GAT), Yanick Dubé (VIC), Philippe Halley (VIC), Phillip Danault (VIC), Nathan MacKinnon(HAL), Raphaël Bussières (BAC), Zach O’Brien (BAT), Matthew Bissonnette (BAT), Michaël Bournival (SHA)

Game One of the series is Monday, November 7 in Victoriaville and Game Two is Wednesday, November 9 in Quebec City. The series then shifts west for two tilts against both Team OHL and Team WHL. Each game can be seen on Sportsnet.

The rosters for each game, along with the Russian roster, will be announced at a later date.

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