Gabriel Dumont

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From the Hamilton Bulldogs website:

MONTREAL, QC - Montreal Canadiens General Manager Pierre Gauthier announced today that the club has agreed to a three-year contract (2010-2011 to 2012-2013) with centre Gabriel Dumont. The Canadiens also announced that goaltender Robert Mayer has been reassigned from the Hamilton Bulldogs to the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL. Hamilton Bulldogs General Manager Julien BriseBois announced today that the club has signed Dumont to an Amateur Tryout (A.T.O.) contract. As per club policy, financial terms of the deals were not disclosed.

Dumont, 19, played in 62 regular season games with the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League this season ranking third in the QMJHL with 93 points (51 goals, 42 assists). The native of Degelis, Quebec ranked first in the QMJHL in goals with 51 while ranking fifth in the league in power-play goals with 16, recorded nine game-winning goals and was named the QMJHL's best defensive forward as well as a QMJHL First-Team All-Star in 2009-2010. Dumont also tied for the team-lead in points in the post-season with 21 (11 goals, 10 assists) in 14 games. Last year, the 5-foot-10, 181-pound centre won the 2009 QMJHL Championship with the Drummondville Voltigeurs and represented the league at the Memorial Cup Tournament that year under Bulldogs Head Coach Guy Boucher. In four seasons with the Voltigeurs, Dumont recorded 169 points (91 goals, 78 assists) and 299 penalty minutes in 180 games. Dumont was selected in the 5th round, 139th overall by Montreal in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

There is also a news article in the Hamilton Spectator at http://www.thespec.com/Sports/article/761572