 Bégin played junior hockey in Quebec with the Val @-@ d 'Or Foreurs where he was a member of their Quebec Major Junior Hockey League ( QMJHL ) championship winning team in 1998 . He also led the Saint John Flames to the American Hockey League ( AHL ) ' s Calder Cup championship in 2001 and won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs . Bégin adopted a role as a defensive specialist and grinder in an NHL career where he has played over 500 games . 
