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The Bruins drafted Dougie Hamilton ninth overall last June with designs on him developing into a franchise defenseman.

His rise to elite status continued this season with the Niagara IceDogs of the OHL, and today he was rewarded for his efforts. Hamilton was revealed as the winner of the Max Kaminsky Trophy, which goes to the OHL’s Most Outstanding Defenseman of the Year. Hamilton was third in the voting for the award last season.

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Team Canada was relegated to the bronze medal game after a semifinal loss to Russia last night at the 2012 World Junior Championship.

While that’s a bit of a disappointment, several of the top NHL prospects who were wearing the maple leaf this week impressed scouts. Among those that stood out were Bruins prospect Dougie Hamilton.

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BOSTON — The Bruins today moved to advance 2011 first-round pick Dougie Hamilton’s career by signing the defenseman to an entry-level contract.

Hamilton is skating for the Niagara IceDogs of the Ontario Hockey League and currently leads all OHL defensemen with 41 points.

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Two of the Bruins’ 2011 draft picks have been on fire seemingly since the first day of the 2011-12 season.

Both Dougie Hamilton and Brian Ferlin were rewarded for their efforts with grand recognition yesterday.

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If the Bruins had any questions about Dougie Hamilton’s offensive upside, the young defenseman is answering them all this season in the Ontario Hockey League.

Boston’s 2011 first-round pick has been on fire.

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By now we all know about Dougie Hamilton’s size, vision, passing ability and fluid skating.

What we found out Tuesday night in the Bruins’ Black an White Scrimmage down in Providence was that he also possess a solid helping of courage and determination.

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BOSTON — As expected, Bruins’ 2011 first-round pick skated a lot of practics drills these first three days of camp and some shifts in today’s scrimmage at TD Garden alongside captain Zdeno Chara.

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WILMINGTON, Mass. — Bruins first-round pick Dougie Hamilton was a popular topic of conversation today at Ristuccia Arena on the first day of rookie camp.

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Earlier this week, I blogged out the stiff competition Bruins 2011 first-round draft pick Dougie Hamilton faced this week in the defense corps at Team Canada’s World Junior Championship team evaluation camp.

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Hockey Canada is holding its national junior team evaluation camp through Sunday in Edmonton with intentions of getting a read on what players it wants to take to the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship in December.

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Bruins 2011 first-round pick Dougie Hamilton and second-round pick Alexander Khokhlachev — aka KoKo — highlight the 24-player lineup for the club’s development camp which will be held at the Ristuccia Arena practice facility July 7-11.

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No one can accuse Bruins first-round draft pick Dougie Hamilton of setting the bar low for his potential development into an NHL star.

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Here’s another video about Bruins first-round pick Dougie Hamilton — this one comes with a cute Canadian news reporter:

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Here’s the NHL-produced highlight reel for Bruins first-round draft pick Dougie Hamilton:

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By the time the Bruins picked at No. 9 tonight, Dougie Hamilton, Ryan Murphy and Nathan Beaulieu — three coveted defensemen — were still on the board.

So Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli had a difficult decision.

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