The Ducks signed goaltender Marco Cousineau to a three-year entry level contract, the club announced Monday.
A third round pick in the 2008 draft, Cousineau, 20, is 12-15 with a 3.17 goals-against average and .906 save percentage with Prince Edward Island and Saint John of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League this season.
He spent the previous three seasons with Baie-Comeau and Drummondville of the QMJHL.
The Ducks assigned six players back to their junior teams Friday, including top draft pick Peter Holland.
Centers Holland (Guelph/OHL), Nicolas Deschamps (Chicoutimi/QMJHL), left wing Josh Brittain (Barrie/OHL), defensemen Matt Clark (Brampton/OHL) and Stefan Warg (Seattle/WHL) and goaltender Marco Cousineau (Drummondville/QMJHL) were assigned.
Fifteen rookies have been invited to Ducks training camp.
Forwards Matthew Beleskey, Josh Brittain, Nicolas Deschamps, Peter Holland, Maxime Macenauer, Logan MacMillan, Matt McCue, Brandon McMillan, MacGregor Sharp and Dan Sexton will participate along with defenseman Matt Clark, Mark Mitera and Stefan Warg.
Goaltenders Marco Cousineau and Timo Pielmeier are also invitees.
Alain Chainey didn’t sugar coat the performance of the Ducks’ rookies in Tuesday’s 5-0 loss to San Jose. 
Chainey, assistant director of amateur scouting, said the group was out of sync and looked tired.
“They’re young guys,” Chainey said by phone Wednesday before the team concluded rookie camp with the last of three games against San Jose’s rookies.
“It’s a big-time wake up call for them.”
Chainey, director of amateur scouting Martin Madden and the organization’s coaches will take away some positives, though.
The camp is intended for Ducks’ prospects to make an impression on coaches and management and get their feet wet in the organization’s system and philosophy.
General manager Bob Murray and David McNab, senior vice president of hockey operations, have watched some of the camp and will evaluate where to place players.
Some will be invited to the main camp that starts Sunday at Anaheim Ice. Most others will be sent back to their junior teams or placed in the minors.
Ducks prospects Logan MacMillan and Marco Cousineau could play against each other today in the Memorial Cup. 
MacMillan (right), the Ducks’ top pick in the 2007 draft, 19th overall, is playing for Rimouski Oceanic. Cousineau, a third-round pick, 83rd overall, in the 2008 draft, is a goaltender for the Drummondville Voltigeurs.
Rimouski and Drummondville play at 4 p.m.
MacMillan, who was traded to Rimouski after 15 games in the 2008-09 season with Halifax, has a goal in two games. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound left wing is thought to be close to breaking an NHL lineup soon, although TSN states that he will need a few years of development in the AHL.
The Ducks cut their training-camp roster to 45 players Thursday by assigning seven to their American League affiliate, the Iowa Chops, and returning three to junior hockey.
Of the players remaining in camp, four are injured, including journeyman left wing Josh Green, who is sidelined by a groin problem. Left wing T.J. Trevelyan remains on the shelf because of a concussion, while left wing Ryan Donally has a hip issue. Left wing Matt Beleskey, meanwhile, continues to recover from off-season shoulder surgery.
Center Maxime Macenauer was on the ice Thursday after having been idled earlier in camp by a bruised shoulder.
The roster also includes veteran defenseman Mathieu Schneider, who remains out of camp while awaiting a trade. The Ducks are attempting to move Schneider, and his $5.625 million salary-cap hit, in order to get beneath the NHL’s $56.7 million salary limit before their Oct. 9 regular-season opener against the San Jose Sharks. The Ducks are currently a shade more than $3 million above the ceiling. Read the rest of this entry »
Among the things that have struck Coach Randy Carlyle during the opening two days of Ducks training camp is the progression of some of the organization’s top prospects.
“People have made some inroads,” Carlyle said Sunday after players went through a 45-minute practice session, scrimmaged for 90 minutes and capped off their fun with a demanding conditioning skate at Anaheim Ice.
“It’s vital,” Carlyle said. “This is always about younger players at some point having to play for your group.” Read the rest of this entry »
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