Obviously my cousin (Julien) is more like a power forward. I just want to keep that advantage for myself and just keep working around that game. "I kind of realized in my first game with contact that maybe I had that aspect in me, that advantage on other guys. "Obviously I always wanted to be like that as well. I grew up watching his tribute videos of him just hitting people," Ethan said, getting a laugh from the assembled media. "Obviously, my dad was a defenseman, but maybe I took that physicality from him. But that doesn't stop him from playing the game with his old man's bulldog mentality. He's the son of Denis Gauthier - a hard-nosed defenseman who played 10 seasons in the NHL from 1997-2009 - and the cousin of Ottawa Senators winger Julien Gauthier.Įthan, a winger listed at 5-11, 183 pounds, lacks the size of his 6-foot-2, 225-pound father and his 6-foot-4, 224-pound cousin. Ethan Gauthier skating during a practice for the CHL Top Prospects Game / Dennis Pajot / Getty Images Sport / GettyĮthan Gauthier, like Bonk, is another projected first-round pick. A 6-foot-2 right-handed defenseman, he has a strong chance of being selected in the first round of the NHL draft on June 28.Īnd he's one of a number of players in the 2023 class with rich NHL bloodlines. He was my coach growing up but he's not my coach anymore, so a lot of emotional support, a lot of good pointers."īonk, born in Ottawa, spent this past season with the OHL's London Knights.
"He's been a big mentor for me," Oliver said. But Oliver does have fond memories of watching Radek's career end in the Czech league from 2009-14. Oliver was born in 2005, so he's too young to remember the last few years of Radek's NHL life, which wrapped in 2009. "I came home and he was like, 'Oh my god, what did you do?' My mom wasn't very happy about it, either," Oliver said, laughing. Radek wasn't exactly pleased with his son's tribute, though. "Or go back to the mullet like my dad had, so I definitely wanted to pay homage to him." "It was either shave it all off and go to a fresh cut like you have right now," Bonk said, gesturing to my fade.
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