MONTREAL – When Greg Pateryn arrives in Montreal for training camp in September, he’s hoping it won’t be a layover on the way to Newfoundland.
After getting a quick taste of NHL hockey in his rookie pro season, enjoying a brief three-game stint in Montreal in 2012-13, Pateryn spent the 2013-14 campaign exclusively in Hamilton, where he led all Bulldogs defensemen with 34 points. When he was finally given another chance to strut his stuff on the big stage this year, he wasn’t about to let the opportunity go to waste.
“I definitely feel like I improved this season.