With training camp around the corner, the St. John’s Edge added another player to its roster Monday, giving the National Basketball League of Canada 12 players under contract.
The Edge signed 6-5, 205-pound Todd Brown of Canton, Ohio. Brown played NCAA Division I basketball for Wright State of Dayton, Ohio before heading overseas to Austria. Last season, he played in Argentina, averaging 14.5 points per game for Penerol.
St. John’s also signed Guillaume Boucard to a contract Monday, a week after trading for the Montreal native from the Sudbury Five for cash considerations.
Boucard played for the Niagara River Lions last season, scoring 14.1 points per game and pulling down 7.9 rebounds a game, sixth overall in the league.
“He was tough to play against,” English said. “I liked how he guarded me. I really like him. He’s Canadian, too, which makes it even better.”
NBL Canada teams must have five Canadians on their 12-man active rosters.
Interim general manager Carl English has said he intends to bring 15 players into training camp which opens Nov. 3 in Grand Falls-Windsor.
Players will be report to St. John’s to undergo medicals Oct. 28-29 at Mile One Centre before heading out to central Newfoundland.
