CALGARY -- As the youngest player at Canada's national junior team summer development camp, Julien Gauthier is out to prove age is but a number.
"It doesn't change anything, I think," the 17-year-old forward said at WinSport's Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park. "It's just that I'm the youngest guy on the team. All the guys are like, 'Oh wow! You're only a 2016 eligible draft? You're going to be good.' It's nice to hear that."
In his rookie season as a 16-year-old with Val-d'Or of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in 2013-14, Gauthier had eight goals and 29 points in 62 games.