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GANGNEUNG — Kevin Poulin is not the only Team Canada player who may garner NHL attention after the Olympic hockey tournament is over.

Defenceman Maxim Noreau, who has scored twice in Canada’s four games here, has the look of a significant player, especially while playing the point on the power play where he owns a big league slapshot.

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“He’s one of those players who is so close to a guy who could have been in the NHL, then he went a different path,” Team Canada general manager Sean Burke said. “He went over to Europe, made a very good living. You don’t know how (some) guys are going to perform on this big stage. I’m not surprised by the way he’s playing for us.

“He’s one of those guys who is very low maintenance. He comes to play every day. You put him in your lineup, you pencil him in and you don’t think about him again. He’s got a great shot and he’s a confident guy.”

Noreau, for his part, is more consumed with winning a gold medal anything else. He did play six games for the Minnesota Wild, with his last action coming at the end of the 2010-11 season.