Sarnia, ON – Sarnia Sting Head Coach and General Manager Jacques Beaulieu announced today that the hockey club has signed forward Reid Boucher to an OHL Contract and Education Package.

“This caps off a great week for our hockey club.  First to be able to sign Connor Murphy and now to add a player the caliber of Reid is very exciting for us.  Reid is a pure goal scorer and a big game player who played some of his best hockey in leading his country to a Gold Medal at the Under-18 World Championships.” commented Jacques Beaulieu.

Boucher was a 4^th round pick of the New Jersey Devils at the 2011 NHL Entry Draft this past June in Minneapolis.

Originally the Sting’s 14t^h round pick in the 2009 OHL Priority Selection.  A native of Lansing, Michigan Boucher played last season with the US-18 team playing out of the USHL.

Boucher would then lead the US-18 team to a Gold Medal at the 2011 Under-18 World Championships leading the US team in scoring with 8 goals and 2 assists in just 6 games.

Beaulieu adds, “This was a very difficult decision for Reid and his family.  At the end of the day the Boucher’s decided this was the best decision to further his development as a player but still have the security of a OHL Education Scholarship Package.”

Player Profile

Reid Boucher          Left Wing       September 8, 1993

Home: Lansing, Michigan 

Ht: 5.10          Wt: 190 

OHL: Sting’s 14^th round choice 2009 OHL Priority Selection

NHL: New Jersey Devils 4^th round choice 2011 NHL Entry Draft 

Season Club                                                 League            GP       G        A        PTS      PIM

2009-10           USNTDP Juniors                     USHL                24       10       4        14        22       

                       U.S. National U17 Team         USDP                41       17       13       30        38

2010-11           USNTDP Juniors                     USHL                24       14       6        20        13

                       U.S. National U18 Team        USDP                57        32       22       54        35

                       USA U18                              WJC-18              6         8         2        10        8

In photo from L-R, Jacques Beaulieu, Head Coach and General Manager; Reid Boucher; Larry Ciccarelli, Sting President and Owner