 Bégin played three years for the Val @-@ d 'Or Foreurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League ( QMJHL ) between 1995 and 1998 , where he scored 44 goals and recorded 117 points to go along with 520 penalty minutes in 157 games . The Calgary Flames selected him with their second round pick , 40th overall , in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft . Following the 1996 – 97 QMJHL season , the Flames assigned Bégin to their American Hockey League ( AHL ) affiliate , the Saint John Flames , with whom he recorded two assists in four playoff games . 
