The controversial statements he made upon his return from Team Canada youth camp and all the controversy they caused didn’t seem to bother striker Zachary Bolduc.
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Since being dropped from the national team, the St. Louis Blues first-round pick has 21 points in 11 games and currently sits third in the QMJHL with 64 points, tied on points with Justin Gill and Josh Lawrence.
“It is sure that it is a small motivation for me [de me prouver après la controverse] but the important thing is to win here. I said it when I came back from Hockey Canada and my goal is to bring the three trophies back to Quebec and that hasn’t changed,” he admitted today, humbly admitting not in the team’s last three games having played his best hockey played in the Maritimes.
Patrick Roy, for his part, has been happy with his winger’s work for a few weeks.
“We work a lot with Zach to get him hitting 200 feet, braking in the defending zone and attacking the opposition net. He does it more and more often. That’s the brief we set ourselves: to make it something other than a one-dimensional mark. »
RETURN BOX
In addition, striker Mikaël Huchette is back in the Remparts squad. The 19-year-old forward, who underwent surgery on both wrists to repair a bone deformity in November, could return to skating without poles or equipment in the coming weeks.
However, the prognosis remains the same: Patrick Roy doesn’t expect to have him back in his squad before March.
In addition to Huchette, Evan Nause (broken foot), Vsevolod Komarov (concussion), Mathieu Wener and Charles Savoie (shoulder) are also absent, meaning they won’t have to face Baie-Comeau Drakkar tomorrow night.
With two strong defenders missing in Nause and Komarov, new signing Jérémy Langlois has to work twice as hard.
“It’s just an opportunity for me to show what I’m even more capable of,” he said today after being complimented by Patrick Roy.
“Jérémy is a local, but he also brings out the puck in an incredible way,” said the instructor. It was to be expected that it would be more difficult defensively, but on the contrary he is doing well and working well [l’entraîneur adjoint] Benoit Desrosiers. »