QMJHL Announces 2015 CHL Canada Russia Series Roster and Coaching Staff
BOUCHERVILLE, Tuesday October 13, 2015 – The Canadian Hockey League in association with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, and the Halifax Mooseheads, today announced the roster of Team QMJHL which will compete against Team Russia in the 2015 CHL Canada Russia Series.
The Huskies will host the fifth game of the series on Tuesday, November 17, while the Mooseheads will host game six on Thursday, November 19. The six-game series opens in the Western Hockey League with two games before moving east to the Ontario Hockey League for the middle two games, ending in the QMJHL with two games. All six contests will be televised nationwide on Sportsnet and TVA Sports.
Dominique Ducharme, Head Coach of the Halifax Mooseheads will work behind the bench for both Team QMJHL games. Joining Ducharme behind the bench as Assistant Coach will be Drummondville Voltigeurs Head Coach Martin Raymond. Gilles Bouchard of the host Huskies will also be serving as an Assistant Coach in Rouyn-Noranda for Game 5, while Darren Rumble of the Moncton Wildcats will serve as Assistant Coach for Game 6 in Halifax.
Ducharme won a gold medal with Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team at the 2013 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament. He is Head Coach of the Halifax Mooseheads, and led the team to their first-ever MasterCard Memorial Cup championship in 2013. Ducharme joined the Mooseheads after three seasons as an assistant coach with the Montreal Juniors. While with Montreal, Ducharme was an assistant coach with Quebec at the 2011 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, finishing fourth. Ducharme played professionally for seven seasons from 1995 to 2002, including stops in the ECHL, AHL and Europe.
Each of the three CHL member leagues assembled a selection committee, working closely with Hockey Canada, to select the players for this year’s series. A total of twenty-three players will participate in the event this year. The rosters for each individual game will be announced at a later date.
Team QMJHL roster for the 2015 CHL Canada Russia Series:
GOALTENDERS
MacDonald, Mason, CHA
Montembeault, Samuel, BLB
DEFENSEMEN
Leblanc, Olivier, CAP
Chabot, Thomas, SNB
Carrier, Alexandre, GAT
Lauzon, Jérémy, ROU
Meloche, Nicolas, BAC
Brisebois, Guillaume, BAT
Girard, Samuel, SHA
Roy, Jérémy, SHE
FORWARDS
Richard, Anthony, VDO
Ratelle, Joey, DRU
Bishop, Clark, CAP
Gauthier, Julien, VDO
Nantel, Julien, ROU
Aubé-Kubel, Nicolas, VDO
Dubois, Pierre-Luc, CAP
Beaudin, Jean-Christophe, ROU
Perron, Francis, ROU
Audette, Daniel, SHE
Fortier, Maxime, HAL
Roy, Nicolas, CHI
Beauvillier, Anthony, SHA
The 2015 Canada Russia series is supported by CHL associate sponsors, BMO Bank of Montreal, Cooper Tire, autoTRADER.ca and Sherwin-Williams.
All games will be broadcast nationally on Sportsnet and TVA Sports.
2015 CHL Canada Russia Series Schedule of Games:
Game 1 – Monday November 9 at Kelowna, BC
Game 2 – Tuesday November 10 at Kamloops, BC
Game 3 – Thursday November 12 at Owen Sound, ON
Game 4 – Monday November 16 at Windsor, ON
Game 5 – Tuesday November 17 at Rouyn-Noranda, QC
Game 6 – Thursday November 19 at Halifax, NS
For more information including how to purchase tickets please visit canadarussia.chl.ca.