Doughty selected to Team Canada
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LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty will represent Canada at the 2009 IIHF World Championship tournament, the Kings today announced in conjunction with Hockey Canada. The World Championship tournament is scheduled for April 24 - May 10 in Switzerland.
Doughty, 19, will be making his first appearance at the World Championships. The 6-1, 203-pound native of London, Ontario, last skated with Team Canada at the 2008 World Junior Championships, bringing home a gold medal while also earning Top Defenseman of the tournament honors while recording four assists in seven games. He was just the fifth Canadian defenseman to win the award and the first to win the award before being drafted into the NHL. Doughty also skated with Team Canada at the 2007 World Under-18 Championships and the 2006 World Under-17 Championships.
For the Kings this past season, Doughty played in 81 games and led the Kings in time-on-ice with an average of 23:49 per game. He logged at least 20 minutes of ice time in 76 of his 81 games and his time-on-ice average led all rookies in the NHL. Doughty also tied for first among rookie NHL blue-liners in assists (21) and points (27) while also tying for second in goals (six) and blocked shots (114). In addition, Doughty's six goals tied for the team lead among Kings' defensemen and his 21 assists and 27 points both ranked second among team blue-liners.
For his efforts, Doughty was named Both the Kings' Outstanding Defenseman and Best Newcomer (Mark Bavis Memorial Award) this past Saturday. Doughty, who participated in the YoungStars event as part of the 2009 NHL All-Star Weekend in Montreal last January, was originally selected by the Kings in the first-round (2nd overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
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congrats to drew...!
unbelievable achievement...considering allllll the choices out there...
drew is just outstanding...and i'm sure when rich's exit post on him comes up, the admiration and adulation will poor out like it should from us...
way to go, drew...!
Congagulations to Drew.
He deserves it. Wonderful opportunity to to continue his seasons success.
Rich, what about Brown and Kopi.
Will they be representing their teams?
Congrats Drew.
i don't want to take away from "drew time" on this thread...
but...
i just heard on p.t.i that celine dion is interested in buying the habs...?!?!?!
hmmmmmmm......
A fabulous achievement for a rookie defenseman!
Another great opportunity to learn, at an elite level!
Slovenia is already playing, because it dropped to ``Division I.'' Team USA hasn't yet been announced, and Brown seemed to indicate that he would wait to see the results of the MRI on his back before he decided.
Doughty, Stamkos and Schenn - the 2008 draft class is really getting its props with their inclusion to Team Canada. Curious to see if Brian Burke takes a more youthful approach on his selections for Team USA. Perhaps a Bogosian selection to put even more of an exclamation point on last year's draft.
Thanks Rich.
You're outstanding at keeping us fans informed.
BTW,
From the Edomonton site, Sully has been named to team USA.
Congrats Drew. You deserve it.
Stamkos? Really?
Man, I just hope he doesn't get hurt...
I did read that Burke wanted to go yound with Team USA.
And if Dionne can buy the Habs, I wonder if we could get Getty Lee to buy the Kings from Anschutz?
Congratulations Dewey!
Kopi and slovenian hockey federation didn't find an agreement.
Not at all. Kopi and SLO hockey federation has made agreement, but Kings didn't allowed Kopi to join national team because of post season testings. Slovenia is playing in B group right now. Today they achieved third win and if everything will be normal, their last game against Kazahstan will decide, which team will play in A group next year. Kopi would play today and last two games if everything would be OK.
What a stud Doughty is! I wasn't all that impressed with what Stamkos did but maybe that was my bias from what happened during the beginning of the season. Congrats to all of those young guys.