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Brandon Montour saw signs that Brock Boeser had something special when they were teammates three seasons ago.

Montour, a second-year Anaheim Ducks’ defenceman, and Vancouver Canucks’ rookie sniper Boeser both started the 2014-15 campaign as members of the Waterloo Black Hawks of the USHL, a 17-team Junior A loop based largely in the American Midwest.

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Boeser, then 17, was in his first full season of junior after starring with a high school team in Burnsville, Minn. Montour, then 20, was starting his second consecutive campaign with Waterloo.

Montour left just 17 games into the year, jumping to the NCAA ranks with UMass, but his stories about Boeser then mesh with what we seem to be seeing now.

“He definitely had that shooter’s mentality,” Montour, 23, said after the Ducks’ morning skate Tuesday at Rogers Arena, which was part of their preparation to play the Canucks that night. “He was talented offensively. And they did end up using him there in all situations.