-One of the players I was most interested to see today was Austin '96 forward and UMass-Lowell commit Guillaume Leclerc. Leclerc is from France, and was a scoring phenom in France's U22 league last year. Overall, he made a pretty good North American debut. He netted a power play goal in the first period, and played on what was Austin's best line alongside big forwards Jay Dickman and Lucas Kohls, seeing extra shifts late in a tight game.
Leclerc is a smaller forward, and not a particularly blazing fast skater, but seems to have pretty good strength in both his upper and lower body. The thing that stood out the most to me is his unbelievable ability to control the puck while it's in his skates. Between his feet and his quick hands, he has the rare ability to turn a bad pass from a teammate into a good pass.