LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

Maddox Dagenais, the No. 1 pick in the 2024 QMJHL draft, already has a knack for making history

BY WILL MACLAREN

FANS IN QUEBEC CITY are already learning Maddox Dagenais’ name. It certainly helps when it’s plastered on billboards around the city (“Bienvenue avec les Remparts,” the signs proclaim). But even before citizens of one of the QMJHL’s cornerstone cities were introduced from nearly 100 feet above to the teenager they hope will become the latest in a long line of legends, Dagenais had already reached new historical heights, starting with the way he entered the league. In June, the Remparts made the 16-year-old sniper the top pick of the 2024 QMJHL draft. Along with his father, Pierre, who was alongside him that day, the pair became the first father-son duo in league history to both be No. 1 draft picks. “It was amazing just being there with my parents and seeing…

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