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Kingston Frontenacs GameDay January 22, 2016

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After a solid rookie campaign in 2011 with<br />

the Vees that included playoff upsets of<br />

the higher seeded Wellington Dukes and<br />

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regular season point total and becoming a<br />

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dependable top-four blueliner for the Ontario<br />

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at the USHL–a<br />

feeder league for NCAA hockey and the top<br />

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junior loop south of the border. Once again,<br />

Duchesne showed improvement posting a<br />

solid plus/minus rating of +7 and tying for the<br />

team lead for points by a defenseman. With<br />

Northeastern University in Boston showing<br />

interest, Duchesne’s OHL rights were traded<br />

from Mississauga to his hometown <strong>Kingston</strong><br />

<strong>Frontenacs</strong> in August of 2014. After a heart<br />

to heart with his parents, he decided to forgo<br />

his NCAA eligibility, in return for a chance to<br />

live at home and see how he measured up<br />

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in the best junior hockey league in the world.<br />

He made the <strong>Frontenacs</strong> out of training<br />

camp in 2014 and has been a valuable<br />

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member of their Thursday, blueline Aug 27 ever since.<br />

In 2012, one year after Duchesne was<br />

chosen late in the OHL Priority draft, Ryan<br />

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Verbeek was a third round pick of the<br />

Windsor Spitfires. He started with the team<br />

as a rookie and made solid contributions<br />

as an energy guy who wasn’t afraid to mix<br />

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it up in the corners, much like his uncle<br />

Pat Verbeek who fulfilled a similar role in<br />

the NHL and earned himself the moniker<br />

“Little Ball of Hate” with the Devils, Whalers,<br />

Rangers, Red Wings and Stars.<br />

Just prior to arriving at training camp in<br />

2013, the young Verbeek suffered an injury<br />

that turned out to be a bulging disc in his<br />

back. He missed 11 games and his season<br />

debut was delayed until late October. By<br />

December of 2013, Verbeek was unhappy<br />

with his situation and with his playing time.<br />

His agent asked for a trade. Four days later,<br />

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