• Played in the 2008 CHL Top Prospects game picking up one assist and a five minute major for fighting with Steven Stamkos.
  

• He played Midget AAA for the Chateauguay Patriotes before being selected first overall by the Sea Dogs in the 2006 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Draft.
  

• Participated in the 2007 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka Tournament and was named an assistant captain for Team Canada.
  

• Was one of two 15-year-olds named to the Quebec team that competed at the 2006 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Regina, Saskatchewan.
  

• His first hockey team was the Rigaud Blackhawks and he honed his skills on an outdoor rink in Rigaud, keeping up to his two older brothers Martin and Hugues.
  

• He wears number 45 because he had the same number in Midget AAA and they had a great year.
  

• If he could invite any three people to dinner he would choose Hall of Famer Raymond Bourque, U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong and former NHL great Maurice Richard.

FAVORITES

NHL Team: Montreal Canadiens

NHL Player: Calgary’s Dion Phaneuf and Los Angeles’ Rob Blake

Goal celebration: “Put my hand up in the air and smile”

Video Game: Guitar Hero and NHL 08

Movie: Miracle

Group: Akon

Website: YouTube

Book: Moneyball

Food to cook: Eggs

Sport (other than hockey): Baseball and Lacrosse

Toy growing up: Little cars

Place to visit: Austria