Jack LaFontaine, who played two seasons with the University of Michigan, will be playing for the BCHL’s Penticton Vees this season.
The 20-year-old is from Mississauga, Ont., and is listed at 6-foot-3 and 197 pounds. He is a third-round NHL draft pick, having been selected 75th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in 2016.
LaFontaine said he’s in Penticton to win a national championship. He says Vees GM and head coach Fred Harbinson has assembled a team that can do just that.
LaFontaine said “if you surround yourself with good people, good things happen.”
In his first season with the University of Michigan, LaFontaine played 11 games, with a 1-7-1 record and a .911 save percentage. In his second season, he went 4-4-0 in 11 games with a .889 save percentage.
He also played one season with the Georgetown Raiders of the OJHL in 2014-15 (20-6-0, .923 save percentage) and one season with the Janesville Jets of the NAHL (24-8-7, .921 save percentage).