2011-12 MEDIA GUIDE - Carolina Hurricanes - NHL.com

CAREER
CAREER STATS
NICOLAS BLANCHARD
Left Wing • Shoots Left Acquired: 2005 NHL Entry Draft
6'3" • 200 lbs. 2010-11 Team: Charlotte (AHL)
5/31/87 • Granby, Que. Drafted: Carolina 2005 (8-192-6)
Signed a two-year, two-way contract with Carolina on 7/7/10… Had 85 points (41g, 44a) and 476 penalty
minutes in 274 career regular-season american Hockey League (aHL) games heading into 2011-12…
Scored 50 goals and earned 90 assists (140 points) in 191 regular-season games over three seasons
with Chicoutimi of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) from 2004-2007… Posted 22
goals and 35 assists (57 points) in 62 games during his final junior season with Chicoutimi in 2006-07…
Made his professional debut with albany (aHL) on 4/4/07, and notched his first aHL goal with the River
Rats on 4/11/07… Completed his first full professional season with albany (aHL) in 2007-08, notching
23 points (11g, 12a) in 64 games… Had 19 points (7g, 12a) in 55 games before having his 2008-09
season cut short when he was injured in the albany River Rats’ bus crash on 2/19/09… Totaled 22
IN THE SYSTEM
points, including a career-high 14 goals, in 2009-10 with albany (aHL)… Played in his 200th career aHL
game vs. adirondack (4/3/10)… 2010-11: earned 18 points (8g, 10a) in 72 games for Charlotte (aHL),
serving as an alternate captain for the Checkers… Ranked third on the team with 101 penalty minutes…
Charlotte was 7-0-0-1 when he scored a goal in the regular season and 2-0 when he found the net in the
playoffs… earned three assists vs. Manchester (1/14)… Netted game-winning goals at Norfolk (1/11)
and at Hershey (2/20)… Had 10 points (2g, 8a) in 10 January games… Took Charlotte’s first-ever penalty
shot at home vs. albany (2/13)… Reached the 100-penalty minute mark for the third consecutive season
vs. Norfolk (4/4)… earned five points (2g, 3a) and 16 penalty minutes in 16 Calder Cup Playoff games for
the Checkers… Netted the series-clinching goal in overtime at Hershey (4/24).
REgULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS
YEAR TEAM LEAgUE gP g A TP PIM gP g A TP PIM
2003-04 antoine-Girouard Qaaa 42 24 28 52 28 13 9 6 15 4
2004-05 (a) Chicoutimi QMJHL 69 13 26 39 31 17 2 2 4 10
2005-06 Chicoutimi QMJHL 60 15 29 44 51 9 1 2 3 4
2006-07 (b) Chicoutimi QMJHL 62 22 35 57 41 4 0 2 2 8
albany aHL 7 1 2 3 2 5 0 0 0 2
2007-08 albany aHL 64 11 12 23 70 7 0 2 2 2
2008-09 albany aHL 55 7 12 19 132 – – – – –
2009-10 albany aHL 76 14 8 22 171 8 0 0 0 13
2010-11 Charlotte aHL 72 8 10 18 101 16 2 3 5 16
AHL Totals (5 Seasons) 274 41 44 85 476 36 2 5 7 33
(a) July 30, 2005—Selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2005 NHL entry draft. eighth Hurricanes pick, 192nd overall, sixth round.
(b) april 3, 2007—Signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Carolina Hurricanes.
CAREER
Had 55 points (4g, 51a) and 22 penalty minutes in 79 collegiate games for Boston College entering the
2011-12 season… Was one of the youngest players in the 2009 NHL draft, turning 18 only nine days
before the cutoff… Was rated 61st by NHL Central Scouting entering the draft… Had 13 goals and 48
assists (61 points) in 24 games for Biddeford High School in 2007-08… Notched seven goals and 23
assists (30 points) in 41 games to help lead the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs to the eastern Junior
Hockey League (eJHL) regular-season championship in 2008-09… Was named the eJHL’s 2008-09
defensive Player of the Year… Led Boston College defensemen with 21 assists and ranked second among
eagles blueliners with 22 points during his freshman season in 2009-10… Led team with a Hockey eastbest
plus-40 plus/minus rating, helping Boston College capture the 2010 NCaa National Championship…
Was named to the 2009-10 Hockey east all-Rookie Team… earned his first career collegiate point with
an assist in a 4-4 tie at New Hampshire (11/6/09)… Netted his first collegiate goal vs. New Hampshire
(3/6/10)… earned all-Tournament honors at the 2010 NCaa Frozen Four in detroit, after tallying three
CAREER STATS
BRIAN DUMOULIN
Defenseman • Shoots Left Acquired: 2009 NHL Entry Draft
6'3" • 205 lbs. 2010-11 Team: Boston College (H-East)
9/6/91 • Biddeford, ME Drafted: Carolina 2009 (2-51-2)
assists and a (+4) rating in victories vs. Miami (4/8/10) and Wisconsin (4/10/10) at Ford Field… 2010-11:
Completed his sophomore season with Boston College, leading all eagles defensemen and ranking tied for
third overall on the team with 33 points (3g, 30a)… Was second among Boston College skaters in assists
(30)… Led all Hockey east defensemen with 23 points (2g, 21a) in 27 league games, earning Hockey east
Best defensive defenseman honors for the season… Was a unanimous selection to the all-Hockey east
First Team… Ranked sixth among collegiate defensemen in points per game (0.89) and 14th among all
NCaa skaters in assists per game (0.81)… Had 10 multi-assist games… Represented the united States
at the 2011 iiHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo, helping the americans capture the bronze medal…
Led Team uSa defensemen in the tournament with a (+4) rating and earned two assists in six games…
earned three assists vs. uMass-Lowell (1/22)… also tallied three helpers in a 7-6 ovetime victory against
Northeastern (2/14) in the Beanpot championship game… Had five consecutive multi-assist games from
12/3-1/8, and was named Hockey east Co-defensive Player of the Week on 1/10.
REgULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS
YEAR TEAM LEAgUE gP g A TP PIM gP g A TP PIM
2007-08 Biddeford High-Me 24 13 48 61 10 – – – – –
2008-09 (a) N.H. Jr. Monarchs eJHL 41 7 23 30 30 7 0 3 3 2
2009-10 Boston College H-east 42 1 21 22 16 – – – – –
2010-11 Boston College H-east 37 3 30 33 6 – – – – –
H-East Totals (2 Season) 79 4 51 55 22 – – – – –
(a) June 27, 2009—Selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2009 NHL entry draft. Second Hurricanes pick, 51st overall, second round.
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