Boucher Ready to Play for Reading
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READING, PA – The Reading Royals of the ECHL, affiliate of
the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey
League and the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League, today
announced that the team has signed former Yale forward
Jean-Francois Boucher.
In his first season of professional hockey last year, Boucher, who
hails from Rosemere, Quebec, scored one goal and assisted on three
others (four points) and picked up seventy-six penalty minutes in
forty-seven games with Ingolstadt ERC of the Deutsche Eishockey
Liga (DEL).
Boucher launched his pro career in Germany last season after
completing a four-year stint at Yale University, where he scored 24
goals, assisted on 24 others (48 points) and picked up 298 penalty
minutes in 120 collegiate hockey games. During his sophomore season
with the Bulldogs, Boucher led the team with 13 goals and
established a school record with 107 penalty minutes in 31
games.
Boucher was recruited to Yale after an exceptional preparatory
term at Upper Canada College, a prestigious Toronto-area high
school.
Boucher was born into a family of fine athletic talent, as both
his father and mother were world class speed skaters. In fact, his
father, Gaetan, was a four-time Olympic medalist for Canada, while
his mother, Karin (Fleige), skated for the German National
Team.
Last year, Boucher and his teammates with Ingolstadt ERC
experienced the honor of playing for the Spengler Cup in the
historic week-long round robin tournament held in Davos,
Switzerland, during the holidays between Christmas and New
Year’s Day.
