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(CP) - Cam Barker has made the jump from junior hockey to the NHL with the Chicago Blackhawks.

Barker, 19, a six-foot-three defenceman, was Chicago's first draft pick and third overall last year when he was with the WHL's Medicine Hat Tigers. Other rookies on the Blackhawks' roster for the regular-season opener at home Wednesday against Anaheim include three who played for the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL last year: defenceman Duncan Keith, left-winger Rene Bourque and centre Matt Ellison.

Chicago got down to the 23-man roster limit Tuesday by trading goaltender Michael Leighton to Buffalo for forward Milan Bartovic and assigning Bartovic, Shawn Thornton and Jason Morgan to the Admirals. Leighton had been edged out by Craig Anderson for the backup job behind Nikolai Khabibulin.

Defenceman Adrian Aucoin was named captain of the Blackhawks.
from:http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/shown...ntent=h100421A

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el cangri

aucoin hasn't beven played one game as a blackhawk and he is made the el capitane. It should be eric daze.

pavelbure

what would be the point of that? when daze gets hurt in a month, they'd have to give aucoin the "c" anyway. it seems more efficient this way.

LI Edge

Man I am going to miss Aucoin. Great player going to be a great captain and no worries about him getting injured.

Brydon

I think he should had been captain in New York and not Peca.

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pavelbure

he lasted one game.