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sPORTS ║ Jonathan Marchessault<br />
Jonathan Marchessault<br />
Florida Panthers Top Scorer Calls Delray Beach Home<br />
By Nicol Jenkins<br />
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When Jonathan Marchessault is not scoring points on<br />
the ice for the Florida Panthers, he enjoys the sunny<br />
carefree lifestyle that Delray Beach has to offer.<br />
Since he signed on this year, Jonathan<br />
has become a local hockey fan favorite and<br />
one of the top scorers for the team in the<br />
National Hockey League. The Delray Beach<br />
resident is having a career high season,<br />
surpassing his previous season highs in<br />
goals, assists and points. He also played in<br />
his 100th NHL game on February 20, <strong>2017</strong><br />
at St. Louis.<br />
“This season has been a high point in my<br />
career. I am happy to be with the Florida<br />
Panthers. We have a good team,” said Jonathan,<br />
adding, “It has been a rollercoaster<br />
year for us; winning some games and losing<br />
some. But now we are fighting a little bit<br />
more and we’re doing much better.”<br />
His love for hockey began at a young age<br />
when his father taught him how to skate.<br />
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His dad and brother encouraged him to play<br />
hockey and he never looked back.<br />
“When I started getting older, it was a<br />
choice for me to go everyday and skate with<br />
my friends at the rink,” he said.<br />
Jonathan Marchessault started his career<br />
in Canada playing for the Quebec Major Junior<br />
Hockey League in 2007, and ranked<br />
third for points. In 2011 to 2012, he played<br />
in 76 games in his first pro season with Connecticut,<br />
posting 24 goals and 64 points;<br />
and he ranked tied for first on the Whale for<br />
points and led all skaters for assists with 40.<br />
Then in 2012 to 2013, Jonathan played with<br />
the Blue Jackets and skated in his first career<br />
NHL game. His successful hockey career<br />
continued the following two years playing<br />
in 77 AHL games with Springfield and Syracuse,<br />
posting 23 goals and 56 points. From<br />
the 2014 to 2015 season, he played with the<br />
Tampa Bay Lightning during the regular season,<br />
and scored his first career NHL goal in<br />
the Lightning’s season finale. Other achievements<br />
included skating in two Stanley Cup<br />
Playoffs games, including 1 in the Eastern<br />
Conference Final against NYR; and playing<br />
in 68 games with Syracuse during the regular<br />
season. From 2015 to 2016, he finished<br />
third on the Bolts for power-play goals and<br />
recorded a career-best six-game point streak.
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