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Maxim Lapierre traded to Anaheim

Steve Farnham
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Maxim Lapierre traded to Anaheim

In return of Brett Festerling and a fifth round pick in 2012

Friday, 31.12.2010 / 4:53 PM / News
Montreal Canadiens
PRESS RELEASE

SUNRISE – Montreal Canadiens general manager Pierre Gauthier announced Friday that the team acquired defenseman Brett Festerling and a fifth round pick in 2012 from the Anaheim Ducks, in return for Maxim Lapierre. Festerling is scheduled to join the AHL Hamilton Bulldogs.

Festerling, 24, was held pointless in one game with the Ducks this season. The 6’01” and 210 lbs defenseman registered eight assists in 83 games since he first joined the NHL back in 2008-09. In 32 games with the AHL Syracuse Crunch this season, Festerling has amassed 12 points (three goals, nine assists), with 41 penalty minutes and 48 shots on goal. Two of his tallies were on the power play.

Festerling played his junior hockey with the Tri-City Americans and the Vancouver Giants in the Western Hockey League between 2001 and 2007. He registered 69 points (15 goals, 54 helpers) in 314 games, leading the Giants to the President Cup and to the Memorial Cup in 2006, as their team captain.

A native of Prince George, BC, Festerling signed with the Ducks as a free agent on September 14, 2005.

Maxim Lapierre registered eight points (five goals, three assists) in 38 games with the Canadiens this season. He served 63 penalty minutes and was credited with 104 hits, with an average time on ice of 11 minutes and 41 seconds.

Since he first joined the NHL, Lapierre has amassed 80 points (40 goals and 40 helpers) and served 284 penalty minutes in 293 NHL regular season games with the Canadiens.

(Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)

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Steve Farnham
Born and raised in the Montreal area, Steve is an Associate Editor and Senior Writer at All Habs. Steve started playing hockey at the age of four, played as a goaltender as high as Junior AAA and was drafted to the QMJHL. When he isn’t writing about the Canadiens or twiddling with HTML code on the website, you can usually find him sharing his sarcasm on Twitter where he enjoys the never-ending hockey arguments. Steve also works as an analyst for Rogers Communications and enjoys the fact that his downtown office is only a five-minute walk from the Bell Centre. On the personal side; Animal Planet, poutine, the colour blue, the word ‘weaponized’ and Pepsi are just a few of Steve’s favourite things.

1 COMMENT

  1. I don’t know what the hell is going on with Hab’s management but it is either one of two things. 1.Pierre Gauthier is incompetent because he is basically giving their best players away for nothing, first Halak now Lapierre. 2. The organization is corrupt and want to fail. Why on earth did one of their great players get traded for a player that’s going into the AHL and 5th pick in the 2012 draft?! Only seems like a good deal for the Ducks!

    Management needs to be replaced before the Habs have no talent left!

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