MONTREAL Eight playors had stars in their eyes Saturday as Montreal locked in their NHL draft picks: Forward Riley Kidney (63rd overall) Forward Oliver Kapanen (64th overall) Defenseman Dmitri Kostenko (87th overall) Defenseman William Trudeau (113th overall) Defenseman Daniil Sobolev (142nd overall) Forward Joshua Roy (150th overall) Forward Xavier Simoneau (191st overall) Goalie Joe Vrbetic (214th overall) Riley Kidney of the Quebec Junior Hockey League s Acadie-Bathurst Titan joined the Canadiens prospect pool at the end of the second round, picked 63rd overall. The five-foot-11, 168-pound centre said being drafted was a dream come true. It kind of feels surreal right now. My phone s blowing up, he said, silencing a call. Words can t describe how I feel right now.
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By Michael Boriero
The Sherbrooke Phoenix selected Éthan Gauthier with the first overall pick in the 2021 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) draft on Friday evening.
Gauthier was a member of the Magog Cantonniers last season, however due to the pandemic he was unable to suit up in any games. Sherbrooke head coach Stéphane Julien said the team’s scouts based a lot of their reports on the 16-year-old’s previous season.
“I think of the year we went through with all of those guys, they haven’t practiced much, they haven’t played much, either, so we took a lot of information from Bantam AAA and there was no doubt from every coach, and last year’s season, that he was the best player,” he said.