Jonathan Huberdeau has been named to the National Hockey
League’s All-Rookie Team for the 2012-13 season.
The news comes as no surprise as the former Saint John
Sea Dogs captain was named the Calder Memorial Trophy winner as the NHL’s Rookie of
the Year earlier this month.
Huberdeau, who spent the first half of the season with
the Sea Dogs due to the lockout, recorded 14 goals and 17 assists in 48
games with a bad Florida Panthers team. According to NHL.com, “his average ice
time of 16:55 led all first-year forwards. He was also the first player in
franchise history and the only one in the NHL this season to score on two
penalty shots, and he set a team record for points by a teenager, breaking the
mark of 27 set by Radek Dvorak in 1995-96.”
Fredericton native and former QMJHLer Jake Allen of the
St. Louis Blues was the goaltender named to the All-Rookie Team. Brendan
Gallagher of the Montreal Canadiens and Brandon Saad of the Chicago Blackhawks –
both of whom were Calder finalists – were the other forwards on the team. The
Minnesota Wild’s Jonas Brodin and the Edmonton Oilers’ Justin Schultz were the
defensemen.
The 2013 NHL Draft takes place tomorrow afternoon in New
Jersey.
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