July 23, 2021— Selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2021 NHL Draft. Fifth round, 147th overall.
Played for Team Canada White at the 2019 Under-17 World Hockey Challenge… Captained Team Quebec to a gold medal at the 2019 Canada Winter Games, finishing tied for third on the team with 10 points (5g, 5a) in five games… Served as an alternate captain for Val-d’Or in 2020-21… His father, Stephane, played 15 NHL seasons with Montreal, Dallas, Chicago, Anaheim and Toronto from 1999-2015.
Recorded 43 points (21g, 22a) in 57 games with the Val-d’Or Foreurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)… Ranked tied for fourth in the QMJHL in shorthanded goals (4)… Was one of five QMJHL skaters to score at least four goals on the power play and while shorthanded… Ranked first on the team in shorthanded goals (4), second in goals and points and tied for fourth in power-play goals (4)… Tallied two points (1g, 1a) in his QMJHL debut vs. Blainville-Boisbriand (9/20)… Posted a three-game goal/point streak from 11/29-12/6 (4g, 3a), including a career-high five points (2g, 3a) vs. Rimouski (12/6)… Earned three points (1g, 2a) at Gatineau (12/31)… Posted a three-game point streak from 1/19-1/24 (4g, 2a), including four points (3g, 1a) and a hat trick vs. Drummondville (1/24)… Named a Scholastic Player of the Month for January… Posted a four-game point streak from 2/1-2/12 (1g, 3a).
Tallied 36 points (19g, 17a) in 35 QMJHL games with Val-d’Or… Ranked tied for eighth in the QMJHL in goals… Ranked first on the team in goals, tied for first in shorthanded assists (2), third in points and tied for third in assists and power-play goals (3)… Registered the second-fewest penalty minutes per game among Foreurs forwards (min. 6 GP)… Named an alternate captain prior to the start of the season… Opened the season with a six-game point streak from 10/2-10/31 (2g, 4a)… Posted a four-game point streak from 11/13-11/19 (2g, 4a), including two points (1g, 1a) vs. Rouyn-Noranda (11/13)… Posted three straight multi-point games from 11/26-11/29 (4g, 4a), including four points (1g, 3a) vs. Rimouski (11/27), and was named QMJHL Player of the Week (11/30)… Earned three points (2g, 1a) vs. Rouyn-Noranda (3/24)… Added 10 points (3g, 7a) in 14 QMJHL playoff games as Val-d’Or fell to Victoriaville in the President’s Cup Final… Ranked second on the team in plus/minus (+17) and fourth in points during the playoffs… Opened the postseason with a four-game point streak from 4/24-5/7 (2g, 5a), including three points (1g, 2a) in Game 1 vs. Baie-Comeau (4/24)… Named a Scholastic Player of the Month for April.
Registered 82 points (30g, 52a) in 68 QMJHL games with Val-d’Or… Ranked ninth in the QMJHL in assists and tied for fifth in shorthanded assists (3)… Tied for the league lead in overtime goals (3), with his four total game winners tied for the team lead… Led the Foreurs in assists, shorthanded assists and shorthanded points (5)… Ranked second on the team in points, tied for second in shorthanded goals (2) and third in goals and power-play assists (16)… Was named Val-d’Or’s captain prior to the start of the season… Tallied a point in 45 of 68 games, including 23 multi-point contests… Recorded five points (4g, 1a) in the first two games of the season (10/1-10/2), with two goals in both… Was named one of the QMJHL’s Scholastic Players of the Month for October… Earned a point in 26 of 30 games from 11/21-3/18 (17g, 33a), never going more than one game without finding the scoresheet… Posted a seven-game point streak from 11/28-12/12 (5g, 7a), including a season-long, four-game goal streak from 11/28-12/7 (5g)… Scored the overtime winner in back-to-back games vs. Moncton (12/3) and Charlottetown (12/4)… Posted his second seven-game point streak of the season from 2/12-3/3 (4g, 8a), including three points (1g, 2a) vs. Cape Breton (2/19)… Posted his third seven-game point streak of the season from 3/6-3/18 (3g, 13a), including back-to-back four-point games (both 1g, 3a) against Gatineau (3/12-3/13), including the overtime winner on 3/12… Was named QMJHL Player of the Week and selected to the CHL Team of the Week (3/15)… Tallied four points (1g, 3a) vs. Gatineau (4/19)… Added six points (4g, 2a) in four QMJHL playoff games, leading the team in goals… Tied his season-long goal streak with a goal in all four games against Gatineau, including a three-point outing (1g, 2a) in Game 3 (5/9).