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MONTREAL - McGill University defenceman David Urquhart, a 23-year-old native of Thorold, Ont., has signed with the American Hockey League's Hartford Wolf Pack, the top farm team of the New York Rangers.
Urquhart, who stands 6-feet and weighs 195 pounds, captained the Redmen to the Ontario University Athletics conference championship last season, McGill's first league title since 1946.
He will become the sixth player produced by McGill in recent years to skate in the AHL, joining a list that includes Daniel Jacob (2004), Greg Davis (2001), Mathieu Darche (2000), Pierre Gendron (1997) and Jim Webster (1980).
A two-time all-star in the OUA, Urquhart became only the third McGill rearguard to earn All-Canadian honours in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, making the CIS second-team in 2006-07.He also was a two-time conference representative for the CIS Randy Gregg trophy, for combining hockey ability with academics and citizenship.
Urquhart, who shoots left, scored 23 goals and 107 points and 330 penalty minutes in 147 career games with McGill overall.He tallied eight power play goals, two shorthanded markers and had five game-winners.Urquhart is tied with Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock as the sixth-highest scoring defenceman in McGill history.
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Also an Academic All-Canadian who recently graduated with a management degree, Urquhart joined the Redmen in 2004 out of Junior B in Welland, Ont., and showed significant improvement every year.
"David has certainly earned this opportunity," said Martin Raymond, who recently completed his 13th year as head coach of the Redmen.
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Appointed captain of the Redmen in his senior year (2007-08), Urquhart earned the Bobby Bell trophy as team MVP in 2007 and the Richard Pound Award in 2008, which is presented to a graduating McGill student-athlete for proficiency and leadership in athletics.He is a two-time recipient of the Martlet Foundation's 1938 Champions Leadership Award (2006, 2007) and also received the University's Gretta Chambers Student Leadership Award (2008).
Despite carrying a full course load in the commerce program and making the time commitment to excel as a full-time student-athlete, Urquhart also found time to serve on several McGill committees, such as the McGill Sports Hall of Fame, the Student Athletics Council, the McGill Athletics Awards Gala and the McGill Varsity Sports Council, where he served as co-chair.