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2008-09 Highlights
* Named first star
with 35 saves in 3-2 win vs. Drummondville Voltigeurs
October 1, 2008
* Named second star with 21 saves in 7-1 win vs. Acadie-Bathurst
Titan October 4, 2008
* Named second star with 28 saves in 3-2 loss at Cape
Breton Screaming Eagles October 7, 2008
* Named third star with 28 saves in 4-2 loss at Halifax
Mooseheads October 9, 2008
* Named second star with 25 saves in 2-1 OT win at
Acadie-Bathurst Titan October 11, 2008
* Named first star with 36 saves in 5-3 win vs. Cape
Breton Screaming Eagles October 17, 2008
* Named first star with 29 saves in 3-2 win vs. Cape
Breton Screaming Eagles October 19, 2008
* Named second star with 29 saves in 3-2 loss vs.
Shawinigan Cataractes October 30, 2008
* Named second star with 37 saves in 4-1 win vs.
Lewiston Maineiacs November 30, 2008
* Named first star with 41 saves in 2-0 win vs. P.E.I.
Rocket December 18, 2008
Playoffs
* Named second star
with 44 saves in 4-3 OT loss vs. Shawinigan Cataractes
March 24, 2009 (Game 3)
* Named first star with 51 saves in 2-1 OT loss vs.
Shawinigan Cataractes March 25, 2009 (Game 4)
2007-08 Highlights
* Named first star
with 34 saves in 1-0 loss vs. Rimouski Oceanic September
16, 2007
* Named first star with 29 saves in 5-3 win vs.
Chicoutimi Sagueneens September 21, 2007
* Named first star with 44 saves in 4-3 win at Rimouski
Oceanic September 23, 2007
* Named first star with 37 saves in 2-1 win at
Chicoutimi Sagueneens October 17, 2007
* Named first star with 46 saves in 3-2 SO win at
Halifax Mooseheads November 1, 2007
* Named first star with 32 saves in 4-2 win at Gatineau
Olympiques November 17, 2007
* Named first star with 28 saves in 4-3 win vs. Acadie-Bathurst
Titan November 23, 2007
* Named third star with 40 saves in 6-2 win vs. Quebec
Remparts December 11, 2007
* Named second star with 29 saves in 2-1 OT loss at Val-d'Or
Foreurs December 28, 2007
* Named second star with 26 saves in 2-1 SO loss vs.
Chicoutimi Sagueneens January 13, 2008
* Named third star with 27 saves in 7-2 win vs. Saint
John Sea Dogs February 8, 2008
* Named third star with 26 saves in 3-1 win vs. Cape
Breton Screaming Eagles February 10, 2008
* Named third star with 21 saves in 5-2 win vs. Rimouski
Oceanic February 22, 2008
* Named third star with 23 saves in 3-2 SO win vs.
Shawinigan Cataractes March 12, 2008
Playoffs
* Named first star
with 36 saves in 3-1 win vs. Halifax Mooseheads March
26, 2008 (Game 3)
* Named second star with 25 saves in 3-2 win vs. Halifax
Mooseheads March 27, 2008 (Game 4)
2006-07 Highlights
* First QMJHL start:
19 saves in 7-3 loss vs. Moncton Wildcats September 20,
2006
* First QMJHL win: 28 saves in 6-3 win vs. Gatineau
Olympiques October 18, 2006
* Named first star with 42 saves (1/11 SO) in 3-2 SO win
at Quebec Remparts December 1, 2006
* Named second star with 31 saves in 4-1 win vs.
Shawinigan Cataractes January 20, 2007
* Named second star with 35 saves in 5-1 win vs. Saint
John Sea Dogs January 25, 2007
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Isles
Select G Kevin Poulin 126th Overall |
| June 20,
2008:
G Kevin Poulin
Born: April 12, 1990, Montreal, Que.
2007-08: Victoriaville (QMJHL)
Catches: Left
CSS: 7th among NA goaltenders
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- His most memorable hockey moment was
representing
Canada
at the 2007 Ivan Hlinka Memorial.
- He got his start in hockey at the age
of five on his backyard rink and played most of his minor hockey in
Montreal
and Longueuil.
Red Line: Rank 8th among goaltenders
Poulin started the season as a sure-fire first-rounder based on his
great physical gifts and performance as an underager last year. But he was
a perplexing mystery to scouts all season as he ricocheted back and forth,
alternating between the occasional utterly dominant performance we all
expected to see more regularly and the many nights when it appeared he
couldn't stop a beach ball. He has great size (6-2/208) and superb
athleticism with flexibility. His movements are fast and crisp and he's
big enough to cover the top corners in the butterfly. But he's shown a
propensity to lose his angles, has a very shaky catching hand and his
mental toughness has become a real question mark. Finished up-and-down
season of mediocrity with a series of brutal playoff performances versus
Halifax' admittedly powerful lineup of sharpshooters.
Kevin Poulin
Goaltending gives Victoriaville edge
Matthew Wuest, Halifax Daily News (November 2, 2007)
If you looked at everything other than the final score, you'd have to assume the Halifax Mooseheads were easy winners last night.
But the only thing they earned by dominating in shots (48-19), dangerous shots (19-5) and time of possession was their third shootout loss in four games, a tough 3-2 setback to the Victoriaville Tigres at the Halifax Metro Centre.
The sensational goaltending of Kevin Poulin was the difference. Poulin led the Tigres to an upset victory with a 46-save performance, stymieing Ryan Hillier and Jakub Voracek in the shootout.
"It's pretty annoying and we can't keep giving away points like that, especially to teams like Victoriaville," Mooseheads defenceman Stephen Lund said. "We know we're the better team and we know we should walk away with two points, easily."
The Mooseheads (11-3-0-3) deserved a better fate against the Tigres (10-9), carrying the play and allowing just seven shots in the first and third periods combined. But the opportunistic Tigres capitalized whenever the Mooseheads lapsed.
Charlottetown native Travis McIsaac netted both Victoriaville goals on odd- man chances, including the game-tying goal just 6:09 into the third. McIsaac also scored the shootout winner.
Poulin, a 17-year-old who is eligible for the NHL entry draft at the end of this season, took care of the rest, even though the gifted Mooseheads posted a season-high shots-on-goal total.
He made one of the nicest saves this season at the Metro Centre on Hillier in the second, getting his toe on a shot from a few feet out.
"He absolutely robbed me at the side of the net," said Hillier, who scored in the first. "I don't know too many goalies in this league who can stop that. He showed a lot of poise for a 17-year-old."
Tigres head coach Martin Bernard called the Mooseheads "the best team I've seen since the beginning of the year," but showered Poulin with praise for his big-game ability.
"He always plays a good game in the big buildings like Halifax and Quebec (City)," he said. "It's not easy for a 17-year-old goalie to play against Voracek, (Logan) MacMillan and Hillier. It's a big offence and he played a great game for us."
Mooseheads goaltender Pier-Olivier Pelletier stopped 17 of 19 shots in regulation and overtime, but allowed shootout goals to Keven Veilleux, on a nice deke, and McIsaac, on an odd bounce.
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