January’s Thunder of the Month award goes to a line that made some difference at the beginning of the Bolts’ last road trip. It is the "French Connection" line, named after two Syracuse Crunch compatriots, Gabriel Dumont and Michael Bournival, with the addition of another French-speaker, Cedric Paquette.
The trio shares connections. Paquette, 23, knew Bournival because they have the same agent. Paquette and Dumont grew up not far from each other in Quebec, playing for the same midget team at different times. They didn't meet until training camp. "I always knew of him," Dumont said.