There are only a handful of people who have had the success in junior hockey that Owen Beck has had
After leaving AAA and the Quinte Red Devils program, where he won an OMHA title, Beck jumped into the OHL, averaging almost a point per game with the Mississauga Steelheads.
From there he was sent to the Peterborough Petes, where he won an OHL Championship. In the same 12-month window, Beck was also drafted into the NHL, where he played in his first NHL game for the Montreal Canadiens, while also winning a World Junior Hockey Championship Gold Medal (in Halifax).
Near this year’s trade deadline, the only award that was missing was the Memorial Cup.
“It’s the one thing at that point in junior hockey that I really hadn’t won. To be able have that support system from my family, pushing me in that direction and it all working out, it’s great to have a support group around me to help me make better decisions on top of the work I’m putting in to succeed.”
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Former Quinte Red Devil Owen Beck was the 2024 Stafford Smythe Trophy as Memorial Cup MVP (Photo: (Eric Young)
In the championship game against the London Knights, Beck would score twice and go on to capture the Most Valuable Player honours for the tournament.
He is also a smart cookie off the ice. Beck has been the OHL and CHL Scholastic Player of the Year (2021-22).
The focus now for Beck is professional hockey. He visited Quinte News, where he discussed the work he will be putting in day in and day out, training in Belleville.
“Definitely pro hockey, I’m definitely going to be playing against guys older than me, guys more physically developed and mature and you want to come in, you want to put on enough weight to go into the corners with guys like that and be able to manage yourself and be able to perform and produce for the that team you’re playing for. There’s also a lot of skills development and skating development.”
If Beck does not crack the lineup of the Montreal Canadiens, he will be off to Laval in the American Hockey League. That means games against the Belleville Senators, on the CAA Arena ice, where he won his OMHA Championship with the Quinte Red Devils.
“That’d be pretty cool. Just to be able to come back and maybe even see some people that I remember seeing around the rink in those Quinte days would be really, really cool. Whether I end up in the NHL or whether I end up in the AHL, there’s going to be very awesome experiences regardless.”