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Cameron Gaunce (D)

Texas Stars

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2011-12: Set professional career highs in goals (6), assists (21), points (27), and penalty minutes (90), while leading the Monsters with a +17 rating and finishing second on the club in power play assists with nine… Was +8 over a nine-game stretch from 11/3/11-11/30/11… Compiled five multi-point games in ’11-12, carried a three-game point streak from 1/14/12-1/19/12 in which he logged a goal and four assists over three games, and picked up an assist in three straight games from 2/18/12-2/23/12… Scored overtime winner in Lake Erie’s 2-1 home win over Charlotte, 3/4/12… 2010-11: Led Lake Erie defensemen in assists (20) and points (22)… Skated in 11 games with Colorado, registering his first NHL goal and collecting two fighting majors… Scored first NHL goal 2/16/11 @ PIT… Recalled by Colorado on three different occasions during the season… 2009-10: Earned OHL Second All-Star Team honors for second straight season, collecting 37 points in 55 games for Mississauga… Finished third in voting for Max Kaminsky Trophy as OHL’s top defenseman for second straight season… Served as Mississauga’s captain… Named to Eastern Conference squad for 2010 OHL All-Star Classic, serving as an alternate captain… Finished third in voting for “Smartest Player” in Eastern Conference coaches poll and tied for third for “Best Playmaker”… Served as alternate captain for Team OHL at ’09 Subway Super Series… Posted team-high 13 assists in 16 postseason contests for Mississauga… 2008-09: Named to OHL Second All-Star Team… Finished third in voting for the Max Kaminsky Trophy, awarded to OHL’s top defenseman… With 64 points, finished fifth in scoring among OHL defensemen… Earned Mississauga’s Team MVP and Tim Horton Defenseman of the Year awards… Led Mississauga in assists (47) and plus/minus (+28)… Tabbed by OHL coaches as league’s “Best Defensive Defenseman” and second-best “Offensive Defenseman”… Selected to Eastern Conference team at 2009 OHL All-Star Classic… Suited up for Team OHL at 2008 Canada-Russia Classic, picking up a pair of assists in two games… Signed entry-level contract with Colorado on 5/11/09… 2007-08: Named to OHL All-Rookie Team in first season in Mississauga, leading team defensemen with 40 points while receiving the team’s Tim Horton Defenseman of the Year Award… 2006-07: Named Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League Rookie of the Year with Markham Waxers… Spent 11 years with Waxers organization, where he was a teammate of fellow 2008 draftee Steven Stamkos, now of the Tampa Bay Lightning.