The Shawinigan Cataractes have made their dip into the trading period by acquiring defenceman Morgan Ellis from the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles.
Going to Cape Breton is 16-year-old Bronson Beaton, Shawinigan's second-round pick in 2012 as well as a first-round pick in 2013.
Beaton, a native of Springhill, N.S. was a second-round draft pick by the Cataractes in the 2011 QMJHL Entry Draft. He has one goal in 23 games.
Ellis, a native of Ellerslie, P.E.I., spent the last four seasons with the Screaming Eagles picking up 19 goals and 96 points in 210 games. Ellis was a fourth-round pick by the Montreal Canadiens in 2010.
The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles also sent goaltender Alexandre Veronneau to the Quebec Remparts for a seventh-round pick.
Blainville-Boisbriand trade Olivier Tremblay-Laliberte (1994-06-19) to Rouyn-Noranda for a ninth-round pick in 2012.
Val-d'Or acquired defenceman Richard Castonguay from Gatineay for a ninth-round pick in 2012.
