Sep 11 Montreal Juniors Unveil Final Roster Prior To First Game of Season Vs Quebec Ramparts

As the Montreal Juniors are heading east to face off against the Quebec Ramparts in their first regular season game of the 2008-09 season, Pascal Vincent made available the final roster indicating who would climb onto the team bus.

In the "you never know till you try" category, the Juniors have also announced that 18 year old Centre Christopher Smith, 17 year old goaltender Jean-François Bérubé, 19 year old defenceman Keven Drouin and 19 year old defenceman Mathieu Lavoie all made the team via the walk-on tryouts that were held August 11th and 12th ! Congratulations to them and good luck! We'll be watching.

Read on for the full roster including coaching staff as well as indicators as to which players are presently drafted by NHL teams.

Head Coach and General Manager Pascal Vincent will be assisted by Dominique Ducharme, Gordon Kilgallen, Eric Raymond and Joël Bouchard. 25 players are on the list.

The forwards are:

# 7 ESPOSITO Angelo, 19 year old, 6’, 190, left, Montreal (QC) – center  * Drafted Pittsburgh

# 9 GRENACHE Samuel, 19 year old, 6’, 182, right, Windsor (QC) – right winger

# 10 THORNE Chris, 18 year old, 5’11, 207, left, Paradise (NL) – center

# 14 AUBRY Louis-Marc, 17 year old, 6’2, 181, left, Trois-Rivières (QC) – center

# 15 RUBIN Benjamin, 19 year old, 6’1, 196, left, Montreal (QC) – right winger

# 16 FORTIER Samuel, 17 year old, 5’8, 187, right, Irlande (QC) – right winger

# 17 ASSELIN Guillaume, 16 year old, 5’10, 171, right, Québec (QC) – right winger

# 18 MACDOUGALL Taylor, 18 year old, 6’3, 200, left, The Pass (MB) – center

# 19 ADAM Luke, 18 year old, 6’1, 210, left, St.John’s (NL) – center             * Drafted Buffalo

# 20 LAVOIE Henrick, 20 year old, 6’1, 193, left, Matane (QC) – left winger

# 21 SMITH Christopher, 18 year old, 5’10, 172, left, Montreal (QC) – center

# 22 LAYTON Nick, 20 year old, 6’1, 196, right, Wheaton Settlement (NB) – right winger

# 23 MACKINNON Colin, 17 year old, 6’, 196, left, Sydney (NS) – left winger

# 26 BRENTON Matthew, 19 year old, 5’8, 163, right, Stewiacke (NS) – left winger

# 27 FILLIER Matt, 20 year old, 6’, 185, left, New Glasgow (NS) – left winger * Drafted L.A.

# 28 DION Pier-Antoine, 17 year old, 6’, 190, left, Victoriaville (QC) – center

On defence :

# 3 BRENNAN T.J., 19 year old, 6’, 205, left, Willingbord (NJ) – defence    * Drafted Buffalo

# 4 WALL Alex, 18 year old, 5’11, 184, left, St.John’s (NL) - defence

# 5 KOSTROMITIN Dmitry, 18 year old, 6’3, 200, left, Russia- defence

# 8 BOURGEOIS Vincent, 18 year old, 5’11, 167, left, St-Eustache (QC) - defence

# 11 O’KEEFE Pat, 20 year old, 5’10, 175, left, St.John’s (NL) – defence

# 12 DROUIN Keven, 19 year old, 6’5, 197, left, St-Georges (QC) - defence

# 24 LAVOIE Mathieu, 19 year old, 5’8, 190, left, Sherbrooke (QC) - defence

The goaltenders:

# 30 BÉRUBÉ Jean-François, 17 year old, 6'1, 166, left, Repentigny (QC) - goalie

# 34 ALLEN Jake, 18 year old, 6'1, 175, left, Fredericton (NB) – goalie  * Drafted St.Louis

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