The future of the Washington Capitals looks bright, as the former Philadelphia first-round draft pick in1999 continues to “drop jaws” in the ranks of the AHL. The starting goaltender for the Portland Pirates, Maxime Ouellet, is leading the charge amongst the rest of the league in goals against average, save percentage, and shutouts. As of 1/30, Maxime maintained a goals against average of 2.08 (2nd), a save percentage of .939 (1st), and seven (1st)–count them, seven shutouts (with the next closest goalie with four). Those seven shutouts are more than the cumulative amounts of every single team, with exception to Hamilton, which has eight total. What is even more amazing is that he has posted six shutouts since Christmas. Maxime started off slow this season, beginning with a mediocre training camp in Washington, D.C., where at times he was outplayed by both newly drafted goaltenders Rob Gherson and Maxime Daigneault. And, while OHL Sarnia goaltender Rob Gherson has had a great season in his own, Maxime Ouellet has come on mighty strong himself. Leading up to the announcement of the AHL all-star squads, Ouellet ran a string of three consecutive shutouts. During that time Ouellet went scoreless for 193:42 minutes, ending less than three periods shy of Johnny Bower’s AHL-record run of 249:51, accomplished in 1957. But to no avail, Ouellet was left off of the roster–until Jeff Hackett was traded out of Montreal. This led to the call-up of Hamilton goalie Mathieu Garon to Montreal and allowed the AHL to name a replacement goaltender. Max will not only get a chance to play in front of his hometown crowd in Portland, but also join teammates Trent Whitfield, Peter Ferraro, and Chris Ferraro for the festivities.
Maxime Ouellet (G) Goalie Born Jun 17 1981 -- Beauport, PQ Height 6.02 -- Weight 195 -- Shoots L Selected by Philadelphia Flyers round 1 #22 overall 1999 NHL Entry Draft Season Team Lge GP Min GA EN SO GAA W L T Svs Pct ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997-98 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 24 1188 66 0 0 3.33 12 7 1 552 0.893 1998-99 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 58 3452 155 2 3 2.69 40 12 6 1545 0.909 1999-00 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 53 2984 133 0 2 2.67 31 16 4 1581 0.916 2000-01 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies QMJHL 25 1471 65 0 3 2.65 18 6 1 744 0.913 2000-01 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 2 86 4 0 0 2.78 1 0 0 50 0.926 2000-01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 2 76 3 1 0 2.37 0 1 0 27 0.889 2001-02 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 41 2294 104 2 1 2.72 16 13 8 1062 0.911 2001-02 Portland Pirates AHL 6 358 17 0 0 2.85 3 3 0 205 0.923
Chris Corrinet picked up by the Philadelphia Phantoms.
Portland forward and Caps prospect Chris Corrinet was released on Wednesday after a failed attempt to trade him; he was later picked up by the AHL Philadelphia Phantoms and signed to a PTO. Chris had scored 15 goals and chipped in with 18 assists last season, coming back from an ankle injury. However, after being one of the last cuts in Washington’s training camp last fall, Chris has struggled with finding the net. With only 3 assists, his ankle had been re-aggravated earlier in the season. However, with a lot of depth added to Portland in the off-season, Chris found it hard to make it back into the line-up on a consistent basis. We wish him all well with the Phantoms, and here’s to “not” having him haunt the Capitals in an orange and black Flyers uniform sometime during the next 1-2 years. Note: The Flyers have also signed former Caps prospect Mike Siklenka to a one-year deal.
Chris Corrinet
Right Wing
Born Oct 29 1978 -- Greenfield, MA
Height 6.03 -- Weight 220 -- Shoots R
Selected by Washington Capitals round 4 #107 overall 1998 NHL Entry Draft
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Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
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1997-98 Princeton University NCAA 31 3 6 9 22
1998-99 Princeton University NCAA 32 10 6 16 38
1999-00 Princeton University NCAA 30 10 14 24 41
2000-01 Princeton University NCAA 31 13 12 25 30
2000-01 Portland Pirates AHL 6 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 0
2001-02 Portland Pirates AHL 51 15 18 33 64 -- -- -- -- --
2001-02 Washington Capitals NHL 8 0 1 1 6 -- -- -- -- --
2002-03 Portland Pirates AHL 33 0 3 3 23
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NHL Totals 8 0 1 1 6
