Road to the NHL : David Desharnais

MONTREAL – You’ve likely been told that judging someone at first glance isn’t necessarily the best way to go about things. Everyone who crossed paths with David Desharnais on his road to NHL stardom surely understands that now.

At 5-foot-7, Desharnais has always been among the smaller players in the game. Nevertheless, whether it was in the NHL, the AHL, the ECHL, the Junior ranks, or elsewhere, the Laurier-Station native has always managed to make his mark, even if the odds were stacked squarely against him.

“At every level, everybody said that he was too small and that he wouldn’t be able to secure a spot. In Junior, he stood out by being the best. He went to the ECHL with much bigger guys,…