{"id":26477,"date":"2004-04-15T14:54:12","date_gmt":"2004-04-15T19:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2004\/04\/15\/lessard-signs-with-dallas\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:55:41","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:55:41","slug":"lessard-signs-with-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2004\/04\/15\/lessard-signs-with-dallas\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessard Signs With Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hobey Baker winner Junior Lessard signed a one-year contract Thursday with the Dallas Stars. Lessard, coming off a Frozen Four appearance with Minnesota-Duluth, led the nation in scoring this past season with 63 points in 45 games, including two goals in the NCAA semifinal loss to Denver.<\/p>\n
A 6-foot native of St. Joseph deBeauce, Que., Lessard survived an offseason near-drowning incident to become the fourth Bulldog to win the Hobey Baker Award. He helped Duluth to its first Frozen Four appearance since 1985.<\/p>\n
“I just wanted someone who was willing to give me a chance and they were willing to do that,” Lessard said to the Associated Press. “Dallas can be a great fit for me.”<\/p>\n
Though not loaded with college players, Dallas does feature the likes of former stars Scott Young, Chris Therien, Bill Guerin and Marty Turco.<\/p>\n
“We look forward to helping him develop into a solid professional hockey player,” Stars general manager Doug Armstrong said to the AP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hobey Baker winner Junior Lessard signed a one-year contract Thursday with the Dallas Stars. Lessard, coming off a Frozen Four appearance with Minnesota-Duluth, led the nation in scoring this past season with 63 points in 45 games, including two goals in the NCAA semifinal loss to Denver. A 6-foot native of St. Joseph deBeauce, Que., […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n