You don't see a lot of french-sounding name thrown around in the SHL or the SMJHL. The Québec born players are a rare sighting in this league, but Pierre Laroche-Durocher has managed to overcome the oppression of the Rest of Canada to make a place for himself amongst the square-heads. The young man, whose name can literaly be traducted to "Rock TheStone-OfTheBoulder" (and yet is only a surprising amalgam of one very common first name and two common last names in Québec), can definitely compete with anyone who speaks Shakespeare's tongue instead of Molière's. But he wants more than competing, he wants to beat'em.

It's his defensive game that will allow him to be known around the hockey world. A pure stay-at-home defenseman, he'll defend his goal teeth and nail, just as the irreductible french-speakers in America: any english-speaking player will be given a hard time when trying to step into his territory.