TORONTO, ON – The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) announced Wednesday that Drumheller Dragons (AJHL) forward Easton Daneault has been named its Top Rookie Award recipient for the 2024-25 season.
Daneault garnered the accolades over fellow Top Rookie finalists Émile Fournier, (F) Edmundston Blizzard (MHL); Mitchell Kathler, (G) Portage Terriers (MJHL); Mason Kim, (F) Mississauga Chargers (OJHL) and Evan Simeoni, (F) Thunder Bay North Stars (SIJHL), following a voting process completed by the CJHL’s nine-member leagues, for their respective efforts during the course of the regular season.
Earlier tabbed the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Rookie of the Year, the Red Deer, Alta., product recorded 56 points in 54 games, which tied him for first among rookies this season.
The first-year Dragons forward, who just turned 17 on April 23, tied for seventh in AJHL scoring, averaging 1.04 points-per-game, while accumulating 21 goals and 35 assists, including 24 points on the power play.
Twice named AJHL Rookie of the Week, Daneault notched five game-winning goals and earned five AJHL Player of the Game selections.
He is also committed to Merrimack College (Hockey East) on NCAA Division I scholarship.
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