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by Kevin Forbes
05/26/2007

Every year, there seems to always be a player who appears out of practically no where to rise monumentally over the course of the season on draft lists. This year, all signs point to David Perron of the Lewiston MAINEiacs as tone such player.

At 18, he's already been passed over by the NHL draft once and was an unknown commodity at the beginning of the season. Steadily but surely, this Sherbrooke native has caught scouts' eyes and now, talk of him potentially being a first-round selection has grown from a slight murmur to a roar.

The leading scorer for Lewiston during the regular season with 39 goals and 83 points in 70 games, Perron finished 23rd overall in the league and second among all QMJHL rookies, behind only Jakub Voracek, who is also expected to go high in the 2007 draft. He raised his game to another level during the QMJHL playoffs, where he helped lead the MAINEiacs to their first QMJHL championship, scoring 12 goals and adding 16 assists for 28 points in 17 post-season games, good enough for third in the league.

Unfortunately for Perron and Lewiston, the goals were not as plentiful when the team flew out west for the 2007 Memorial Cup. In four games in Vancouver, Perron tallied just a goal and ended with three points as the MAINEiacs ended with a record of 1-3.

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