“Kind of like him, they play the game the right way and with a great work ethic,” says Houle’s former head coach at Clarkson University.
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George Roll was an assistant coach at Clarkson University when he helped recruit Jean-François Houle to play for the school in Potsdam, N.Y.
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Houle was part of the Lac St. Louis Lions team that won the Air Canada Cup national midget championship in 1992. Houle posted 32-43-75 totals in 40 games that season before going to Northwood School in Lake Placid, N.Y., for one year and getting selected by the Canadiens in the fourth round (99th overall) of the 1993 NHL Draft.
Houle joined Clarkson for the 1993-94 season and spent four years at the university, majoring in business.
“J.F. was our captain, just a great leader,” Roll said about Houle, who had 49-81-130 totals in 143 games with Clarkson. “His work ethic was second-to-none. I’ve been in coaching for 30-some years … honestly, one of my favourite players to ever coach and just be around. His personality was infectious. Always had a smile on his face. He was an extremely hard worker. Not overly talented, but just willed himself to be a good player. I can’t say enough about him not only as a player but, more importantly, as a person.”
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After leaving Clarkson, Houle bounced around the minor leagues for five years, including one full season with the AHL’s…
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