Although Team QMJHL split their two games with Team Russia, Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Gabriel Fortier was consistently one of the Q’s best players. He only scored one goal, but it was his play away from the puck, and away from the scoresheet, that really set him apart from a lot of his teammates.
Game 1
Fortier played on the left wing of the QMJHL’s top line. He was centered by Anaheim Ducks prospect Benoit-Olivier Groulx (who happens to be the son of Syracuse’s head coach Benoit Groulx) and flanked on the right-wing by Pittsburgh Penguins draftee Samuel Poulin.