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ROBERVALE, Quebec – Cincinnati Cyclones center David
Desharnais assisted on a goal for the Montreal
Canadiens in a 3-2 preseason win over the Buffalo
Sabres on Tuesday night.  Desharnais assisted on a
shorthanded goal by Andrei Kostitsyn late in the
second period to give Montreal a 2-0 edge.

Desharnais, 22, is participating in training camp
with the Canadiens and dressed for the first time
with his hometown team in a game played just 65 miles
from where he amassed 374 points during his junior
career (Chicoutimi).  David, was further honored by
being selected to the starting lineup for the
Canadiens and participating in the ceremonial faceoff
prior to the start of the game.  Cyclones teammate
Mathieu Aubin skated part of the game on his line.

Desharnais appeared in 68 games, posting 29 goals, a
team-record 77 assists for a league leading 106
points for the Cyclones ast season.  From December 31
through March 12, David turned in a 27-game point
scoring streak and a league-record 20-game assist
streak.  He also posted 34 multiple point games
during the regular season.  During the Kelly Cup
Playoffs, his 33 points (10-23-33) led all
players—eleven more than the next highest total.

The five-foot-six, 177 pound native of Quebec City,
Quebec, spent four seasons playing junior hockey with

nearby Chicoutimi—scoring 126 goals and 248 assists
in 262 games over four seasons prior to joining the
Cyclones

“David was deserving of this chance,” Cyclones Head
Coach Chuck Weber said.  “He worked hard last season
and during this past summer to prepare himself for
this chance.  We look forward to seeing him and other
Cyclones playing in the NHL.  We wish him the best.”

Tickets for the 2008-09 Cincinnati Cyclones season
are now on sale.  The Cyclones Sales Department can
be reached at 513-421-PUCK, extension 144.  The
Cyclones open the season at Wheeling on Friday,
October 17 and after three road games, host their
home opener at U.S. Bank Arena against Dayton on
Saturday, October 25 at 7:30pm.  There will be a
special Kelly Cup championship banner raising
ceremony prior to that game.

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