Leblanc Hailed for Work Ethic and Skills
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The following article featuring Harvard incoming freshman Louis Leblanc appeared May 22 on the National Hockey League (NHL) Web site.
By John McGourty
NHL.com Staff Writer
There's a player in every draft that gets selected later than his
performances and skills suggest he should. Usually it's because the
player has shown some negative characteristics that raise
doubts.
Omaha Lancers center Louis Leblanc, who was No. 13 among North
American skaters in NHL Central Scouting's final rankings for the
2009 Entry Draft, probably should have been among the top five
players selected in the 2007 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
draft, but instead was taken No. 18 by the Val d'Or Foreurs.
They shouldn't have wasted the pick. Leblanc has a wealth of
quality characteristics, one of them being his honesty in telling
QMJHL teams he wanted to go to college in the U.S. According to an
earlier interview, Leblanc said Val d'Or falsely believed a rumor
that another QMJHL team was going to draft him and he'd play there.
Complete article can be accessed via the NHL Web site by clicking here.
