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Marc-Andre Bernier, standing at 6-3 and 218 pounds, joins the Oilers farm system after scoring 21 goals and 48 points last season in Victoria. |
Bernier is entering his fourth professional season after spending the entire 2007-08 campaign with the ECHL's Victoria Salmon Kings. In 59 games with Victoria last year, the 6-foot-3, 218-pound native of Laval, Quebec totaled 21 goals and 27 assists for 48 points and 32 penalty minutes. He also scored six goals in 11 playoff games with the Salmon Kings last season leading the team in post-season markers.
Bernier has played in 39 career AHL contests recording one goal and one assist and 23 penalty minutes. He was originally drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the second round (60
th overall) in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
Urquhart saw time with the AHL's Hamilton Bulldogs, ECHL's Cincinnati Cyclones and CHL's Arizona Sundogs during the 2007-08 campaign. The 6-foot-3, 196-pound native of Halifax, Nova Scotia scored 20 goals and added 13 assists for 33 points in just 16 games with Arizona last year.
Urquhart picked up 14 goals and nine assists for 23 points with the Cyclones and recorded five goals and four assists for nine points in 21 contests with the Bulldogs. He has reached the 20-goal plateau three times in his pro career and he was originally drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round (40
th overall) in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
Lynes (pictured, right) is entering his first pro season after spending the previous four years with the Ontario Hockey League's Brampton Battalion. In 269 career games with the Battalion, the 6-foot, 190-pound native of Rochester Hills, Michigan tallied 100 goals and 115 assists for 215 points and 233 penalty minutes. Lynes made his pro debut during the 2007-08 campaign playing in a pair of games with the Falcons' ECHL affiliate, the Stockton Thunder. He was originally drafted by the Washington Capitals in the fourth round (122
nd overall) in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
Huddy, the son of former NHL defenseman and five-time Stanley Cup winner Charlie Huddy, is entering his first professional season in North America after spending the 2007-08 campaign playing with the Hannover Indians in Germany where he collected 25 goals and 35 assists for 60 points in 48 games. The 5-foot-9, 180-pound native of Stony Plain, Alberta played four seasons at Bemidji State University from 2002-2006. In 139 career games with Bemidji State, he picked up 28 goals and 62 assists for 90 points and 38 penalty minutes.
Constant is entering his third season of professional hockey after splitting the previous two years between the AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack and ECHL's Charlotte Checkers. The 5-foot-11, 200-pound blueliner appeared in 54 games for Charlotte last year collecting three goals and 15 assists for 18 points and 76 penalty minutes. In 17 career AHL games, he has one goal and nine penalty minutes.
