Deschamps, Sharp to Iowa
The Ducks signed free-agent center MacGregor Sharp two a two-year contract and assigned him to Iowa today, along with 2008 second-round draft pick Nicolas Deschamps.
Sharp, 23, tied for fourth in the nation in scoring with 26-24=50 points in 43 games with the University of Minnesota-Duluth (UMD) of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) this season. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound center also finished second in the country in goals, tied for fourth in game-winning goals (4), and tied for ninth in power-play goals (9).
Named to the 2009 WCHA All-Tournament team and 2008-09 All-College Hockey News second team, Sharp helped lead the Bulldogs to the 2009 NCAA West Regional final against Miami University (Ohio). During the Bulldogs' 6-1 postseason run, he compiled 6-3=9 points in seven games, including a hat trick in UMD's 4-0, WCHA Final Five title victory over the University of Denver on Mar. 21.
A native of Red Deer, Alberta, Sharp missed only one of 158 games with UMD over the last four seasons. In 157 career games, Sharp scored 50-58=108 points with 19 power-play goals and 109 penalty minutes (PIM), leading the Bulldogs in scoring the past two seasons. Named to the WCHA All-Academic Team in 2006-07 and 2007-08, the 6-1, 195-pound center concluded his UMD career on an 11-game point streak (12-7=19), which included two hat tricks.
Check out his career stats here.
Deschamps, 19, had 24 goals and 65 points in 65 regular-season games for Chicoutimi of the QMJHL, as well as three goals and an assist in four playoff games. His stats are here.
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J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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