{"id":29652,"date":"2008-02-07T16:08:22","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T22:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2008\/02\/07\/trotter-leaves-du-for-pro-contract-with-canadiens\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:57:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:57:10","slug":"trotter-leaves-du-for-pro-contract-with-canadiens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2008\/02\/07\/trotter-leaves-du-for-pro-contract-with-canadiens\/","title":{"rendered":"Trotter Leaves DU For Pro Contract With Canadiens"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ending a period of rampant speculation about his status with the Denver Pioneers, sophomore forward Brock Trotter has signed a three-year free-agent entry-level NHL contract with the Montreal Canadiens, head coach George Gwozdecky announced Thursday.<\/p>\n
Terms of Trotter’s three-year deal were not disclosed. Trotter will report to Hamilton of the American Hockey League. He could make his AHL debut as early as Feb. 9.<\/p>\n
“We’re really happy for Brock and his opportunity with the Montreal Canadiens,” Gwozdecky said. “Brock accomplished a lot in his three years with our program and we wish him continued success during his professional hockey career.”<\/p>\n
Trotter, a native of Brandon, Man., finishes his DU career with 76 points on 32 goals and 44 assists in 69 career games. He leads the No. 7 Pioneers (18-8, 12-6 WCHA) in scoring with 31 points on 13 goals and 18 assists, and is tied for seventh nationally with 1.29 points per game.<\/p>\n
He led the 2006-07 Pioneers with 40 points on 16 goals and 24 assists, becoming the first DU freshman to lead the team in scoring since Dave Shields in 1986-87. Trotter tallied five points in 2005-06 before a season-ending Achilles tendon injury for which he received a medical redshirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ending a period of rampant speculation about his status with the Denver Pioneers, sophomore forward Brock Trotter has signed a three-year free-agent entry-level NHL contract with the Montreal Canadiens, head coach George Gwozdecky announced Thursday. Terms of Trotter’s three-year deal were not disclosed. Trotter will report to Hamilton of the American Hockey League. He could […]<\/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