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The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League is renaming its trophy for probably the most gentlemanly participant in honour of former Canadiens centre David Desharnais.
Desharnais gained the award for 3 straight seasons beginning in 2004-05 with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens when it was known as the Frank J. Selke Trophy. Selke gained six Stanley Cups when he was normal supervisor of the Canadiens from 1946 till 1964. The NHL additionally has an award named after Selke that goes to one of the best defensive ahead every season.
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The 5-foot-7 Desharnais was by no means chosen on the NHL Draft regardless of placing up 97, 118 and 108 factors in the course of the three seasons with Chicoutimi when he was named most gentlemanly participant within the league.
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Desharnais would go on to play 524 video games within the NHL with the Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers, posting 87-195-282 totals. He by no means had greater than 26 penalty minutes throughout his 9 seasons within the NHL. Desharnais’s best NHL season was 2011-12 with the Canadiens when he posted 16-44-60 totals.
After his junior profession ended, the Canadiens invited Desharnais to their 2007 rookie camp mainly as a favour to Man Carbonneau, who was head coach of the crew on the time and had been a part of the Saguenéens possession group when Desharnais was in Chicoutimi.
“He had a extremely, actually good profession — an important profession, truly — in junior,” Carbonneau mentioned throughout an interview in 2013 after the Canadiens signed Desharnais to a four-year, US$14-million contract extension. “I’m not going to go as far as to say that he had an opportunity to make the NHL, however we thought that he could possibly be participant within the American league, so I requested the group simply to convey him to our coaching camp or at the very least the rookie camp. They obliged and the remaining is all David … it’s all him.”
The 38-year-old Desharnais retired as a participant after spending the final 4 seasons with Fribourg-Gotteron HC within the Swiss-A league. He had 13-29-42 totals in 52 video games final season.
In March, the Saguenéens retired No. 15 in honour of Desharnais throughout a pregame ceremony in Chicoutimi.
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