CHL News: Top prospect Mikhail Grigorenko will join the QMJHL's Quebec Remparts

As I have said before, I will be covering the juniors and the NHL draft along with the New York Rangers and their prospects throughout the year, and here is my first CHL news story.

According to Russian hockey reporter Andrey Osadchenko, one of the top 2012 NHL draft prospects Mikhail Grigorenko will transfer to North America and spend the 2011-12 season with the QMJHL's Quebec Remparts.

Last season, Grigorenko, 17, scored 17 goals and 18 assists in 43 games with CSKA-Krasnaja of the Major Hockey League--a minor-hockey league in Russia.

Grigorenko played an additional 14 games with Team Russia's U-17, U-18 and U-19 teams, and he registered nine goals and 20 assists. The Russian forward is characterized as a power-forward, with size and speed. He skates at 6-foot-2, 185-pounds, and he uses his size to his advantage around the crease and while skating through defensemen.

The Remparts selected him second overall in the 2011 CHL import draft. Grigorenko is a potential 1st overall pick next summer, and a probable top-5 pick.

Here is a highlight-reel if you are interested in seeing some of his goals.

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