HARTFORD, July 7, 2011: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the team has signed forward Jonathan Audy-Marchessault to an American Hockey League contract for the 2011-12 season.
Audy-Marchessault, a 5-9, 175-pound 20-year-old who hails from Pont-Rouge, Quebec, has spent the entirety of a four-year Quebec Major Junior Hockey League career with the Quebec Remparts. Audy-Marchessault led all QMJHL players in postseason points and assists this spring, totaling 22 assists and 33 points, to go along with 11 goals, in 18 games. That was after a regular season in which he led the league in game-winning goals with 11, while finishing fifth among QMJHL skaters in goals and tying for sixth in points, with 40-55-95 in 68 games. Audy-Marchessault paced the Eastern Division-champion Remparts club in points and goals.
In 254 career games in a Quebec uniform, Audy-Marchessault accumulated totals of 98 goals, 141 assists, 239 points and 180 penalty minutes. He averaged better than a point-per-game in playoff competition, with 17 goals and 37 assists for 54 points in 52 career postseason games.
Season tickets for the 2011-12 Whale season are available now, with a special early bird discount. Call (860) 728-3366 for information on that, as well as all Whale ticket packages, group sales and VIP packages.
