Manitoba Assigns High-Scoring Forward Alexis D’Aoust to Icemen

JACKSONVILLE, FL – The Jacksonville Icemen, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets and AHL’s Manitoba Moose announced Tuesday that high-scoring forward Alexis D'Aoust has been assigned to the team by Manitoba of the AHL.   

D’Aoust, 22, returns to Jacksonville where he played a key role in the Icemen’s 5-0-0 start last season.  The 6-0, 201-pound winger recorded a whopping 12 points in five games played with Jacksonville last seaosn before earning a call-up to Manitoba.  D'Aoust later returned to Jacksonville in March and finished the season, with 15 points in 11 ECHL appearances.  In addition, D’Aoust also scored a goal in his lone playoff appearance with the Icemen before suffering an injury. 

D’Aoust (pronounced dah-OO) has 32 career points (17g, 16a) in two AHL seasons split between Manitoba and the Utica Comets. The Trois-Rivieres, Quebec native had a productive career in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) totaling 241 points in 299 games played with the Shawinigan Cataractes from 2012-2017.  D'Aoust is under an AHL contract with Manitoba for the 2019-20 season. 

---The Icemen open the 2019-2020 season at home on Saturday, October 12 against the Greenville Swamp Rabbits.  Flexible ticket packages are on sale now.  Contact 904-602-7825 for more information. 

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