Goupil's Back

The Bucks have announced the re-signing of forward Alex Goupil for the upcoming season.

I know a lot of people will be very happy to see him return.

Goupil joined the Bucks in February and scored 11 goals with seven assists in only 16 regular season games. In the team's 11 playoff games, he had four goals and seven assists, averaging a point per game.

Though he is not quite 25, Goupil is closer to veteran status than many of the other players signed thus far, having played 262 professional regular season games between his time with the Bucks, the earlier part of the season with the Wichita Thunder and three seasons in the United Hockey League.

In those games, Goupil has 97 goals and 85 assists for a total of 182 career regular season points.

His CHL numbers are the most impressive, especially those he put up with the Bucks. You can get a better breakdown of those here. He had four game-winning goals during the regular season (one with the Bucks) and two in the playoffs.

The 5-foot-8, 205-pound "spark plug" definitely brought a lot to the Bucks last season, and I know head coach/general manager Terry Ruskowski was thrilled to get him when he did.

I got to talk to Alex, as well as coach, so I'll have some quotes from each in my story tomorrow.

Meanwhile, here is the little blurb we ran today about the preseason schedule.