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±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s Mighty Max signs pro pact with AHL team in Norfolk

Published: 2 April 2012

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Photos of Max Langelier-Parent by Andrew Dobrowolskyj (left) and Brian Smith (right).


MONTREAL - Maxime Langelier-Parent, a 24-year-old ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ with the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ men's hockey team, has signed a one-year standard player's contract, plus a club option year for 2013-14, with the American Hockey League's Norfolk Admirals, the top farm team of the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning.

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The 6-foot-2, 225-pound centre from Léry, Que., scored 12 goals - half of them shorthanded - and 18 points in 28 regular season games for the Redmen, who captured their first-ever CIS national championship on March 25. In 45 games overall, the speedy senior had a 16-16-32 record with 97 penalty minutes, two power-play goals, a school record six shorthanded markers, four game-winners and a hat-trick.

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Langelier-Parent, an alternate captain who is expected to graduate this spring with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in economics, owns a lifetime mark of 47-70-117 and 316 PIMs in 174 games overall during his four seasons with ±«ÓãÖ±²¥. He has also tallied a school record 11 shorthanded goals and 10 winning markers.

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"It's great news for our program and I'm very happy for Max as he is a hard-worker who has improved steadily over his career," said Kelly Nobes, head coach of the Redmen. "He is one of the top skaters in CIS hockey and I expect him to have a solid pro career."

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Before playing for the Redmen, he toiled for three teams in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, with Victoriaville, St. John's and Gatineau, posting a 5-6-11 record in 53 games between 2004 and 2006. He then played for College Français, the Longueuil-based club in the Quebec Jr. AAA league where he scored 24 goals and 59 points in 50 games.

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Langelier-Parent, who didn't miss a game this season despite being hampered by a groin injury during the 2012 playoffs, is expected to report to NorfolkÌý after writing his final exams later this month. The Admirals are currently on a 22-game winning streak, the longest in AHL history.

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He will become the 10th player produced by ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ to skate in the AHL, joining a list that includes David Urquhart, now playing in Europe after three seasons in the AHL (2008-11), Jean-Michel Daoust (2007-11), Daniel Jacob (2004-05), Greg Davis (2001-03), Mathieu Darche (2000-10), Pierre Gendron (1997-98), Jim Webster (1980-81), Danny Porteous (1947-50) and Johnny Peirson (1946-48). If Langelier-Parent gets called up to the big leagues, he would also become the 10th player out of ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ and the 160th Canadian university player to to skate in the NHL.

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MAXIME LANGELIER-PARENT'S CAREER STATISTICS WITH THE McGILL REDMEN

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REG. SEASON: GP G A PTS PIM OVERALL: GP G A PTS PIM










2008-09 25 1 8 9 37
40 2 9 11 49










2009-10 28 9 18 27 80
49 19 21 40 126










2010-11 24 4 17 21 22
40 10 24 34 44










2011-12 28 12 6 18 66
45 16 16 32 97










TOTALS: 105 26 49 75 205 174 47 70 117 316

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SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

Communications Officer

±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Athletics & Recreation

514-398-7012

earl.zukerman [at] mcgill.ca

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