Leblanc, Crimson Finding Stride
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The following article appeared January 21 on the Inside College Hockey (INCH) Web site.
By Joe Gladziszewski
It might have taken for the calendar to turn to 2010 but the
promise of a talented team and one of the brightest prospects in
ECAC Hockey are starting to show. The Harvard Crimson have won
three straight conference games and first-round NHL Draft Pick
Louis Leblanc is the reigning ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week after
scoring two goals in each of his last two games - Crimson victories
over Yale and Dartmouth.
For Leblanc, the college adjustment, a return to health and a bit
of motivation have combined at just the right time. His recent
four-goal binge has moved him into the team lead in that category
with eight and he is second overall in points with 14, in 14 games
played.
Leblanc’s college career got off to a flying start. He had
at least one point in each of his first five games and totaled two
goals and seven points in that stretch. Things quieted after that,
as he had just three points in his next seven games. During that
time, Leblanc battled a wrist injury and participated in
Canada’s Selection Camp prior to the World Junior
Championship in mid-December. Leblanc went to camp still healing
that injury and hadn’t played meaningful hockey in two weeks
leading up to the camp. He was one of the last cuts from the team -
and is eligible to play in next year’s event - but the idea
of rejection stung.
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