Raoul Boilard will join Lake Superior State at the conclusion of his major junior career.
Coming to the end his final QMJHL season before becoming an overager, Cape Breton Eagles forward Raoul Boilard has announced the next destination in his hockey journey.
The New York Rangers draft pick will be heading off to the NCAA's Lake Superior State University following his QMJHL career.
Boilard, 20, is in his third QMJHL season, and the veteran is now playing on his fourth franchise in the league.
Raoul Boilard with the Cape Breton Eagles. (Photo: Shane Wilkie)After being named a fourth-round pick in the 2022 draft by Gatineau, he was moved to the Baie-Comeau Drakkar as a prospect. He played two seasons there before being shipped to Shawinigan this past summer.
Then, he was traded again in January, as the Cataractes sent him to the Eagles, where he's helping a Cape Breton team try and make a playoff run.
Boilard has 34 (13+21) points in 54 combined games this season between Cape Breton and Shawinigan, after posting 46 (12+34) in his final season with the Drakkar.
It's not yet confirmed exactly when the Sherbrooke-born forward will make the switch down south, but one can assume he'll forgo his overage year in the Q to enrol in school this fall.
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