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I can’t wait until the end of the summer when everything’s going to be done and I’m going to go on the ice in Anaheim to see what Ducks prospect Benoit-Olivier Groulx on embracing his possible NHL it’s like. role: ‘I’m a power forward with talent’ How much skating do you typically like to do during the offseason? I would say in July, I was on the ice maybe twice or three times a week. By Eric Stephens Aug 10, 2021 But in August, I want to go a little bit more on the ice and really get ready for the training camp. I think I’m going to go three, four times a week. A little bit of power skating. A little bit of skill sessions so I’ll be ready for the camp. Benoit-Olivier Groulx had just finished one workout when it was time to do a telephone interview from a gym in Chateauguay, Quebec, where he Die-hard fans and those who have followed you since your junior days works out with strength and conditioning coach Sebastien Lagrange. It know what kind of game you play. For people that don’t know you, how made sense to schedule it afterward, when he could cool down and talk a would you best describe what you bring to the ice? little hockey and himself. I would say I’m a power forward with talent. I can play defensively and If only he were finished. offensively. I’m a two-way guy. I can play (penalty kill) and I can play power play. I can produce, I can defend. I think that’s mostly my type of “I got another one coming up in a half-hour,” Groulx said, giving this game. If I can compare myself to someone in the NHL, I would look at interviewer a kind warning that there’s a time limit to this phone call. guys like Anthony Cirelli, Nazem Kadri, Brayden Schenn — all those This was one of the heavy training days that make up the 21-year-old’s guys who can have an impact offensively and that can play against a big offseason. Every training camp is important for an NHL hopeful, but when line on the other side and shut them down. I think that’s going to be my the Ducks take to the Great Park Ice on Sept. 23, Groulx wants to be in role at the next level. I’m really embracing it. the best shape possible to make his case for a roster spot. For the last You were named the top defensive forward in the QMJHL. What did that three years, Groulx has worked with Lagrange and seeks to join other honor mean to you? clients Pierre-Luc Dubois (Winnipeg), Samuel Girard (Colorado) and Nicolas Beaudin (Chicago) in the league. I take a lot of pride in my defensive game, honestly. I know I can be a pest to play against, especially for the top players on the other side. I Judging by his upward trajectory, Groulx is closer than ever. Anaheim think it starts right on the faceoff dot. If I can win a lot of faceoffs, if I can made the 6-foot-2, 194-pound center a second-round pick in the 2018 disturb their focus a little bit – all the good centermen on the other side – draft after his second season with the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec I think it all starts there. After that, if I can hit them or just take away a Major Junior Hockey League. Groulx improved his offensive numbers puck and make some plays offensively, it frustrates them. I take a lot of with Halifax over his first three seasons and captained the Mooseheads pride in that. Coach (Kevin) Dineen this year (put) me in those situations before a midseason trade to the Moncton Wildcats in his final season. all year long and I think that was my role too back in juniors. I was The COVID-19 pandemic ended any opportunity to compete in the producing a lot, but I was also shutting the top line down on the other QMJHL playoffs with the Wildcats, but Groulx had 29 goals and 78 points side. I think it’s always been a big part of my game and it always (will) be. in 55 games with Halifax and Moncton. Last season was a graduation to The “Q” is not a league known for its defense? the pro level and his debut was anything but a disappointment. Groulx shook off a slow start and finished with 10 goals and 19 assists in 42 (Interjects, chuckling). Not at all. games with the American Hockey League’s San Diego Gulls.