With the No. 26 aces of the 2012 NHL Draft, the Vancouver Canucks accept called Brendan Gaunce, a centerman from the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League.
A built-in of Sudbury, Ontario, Gaunce is ranked No. 13 a part of North American skaters by NHL Central Scouting. He was ranked No. 20 all-embracing by TSN. He was a point-per-game arena with Belleville during the 2011-12 OHL season, with 28 goals and 40 assists in 68 games, assuming off solid playmaking skills.
Gaunce has represented both Canada at the 2011 Under-18 Ivan Hnlinka Memorial Tournament and Team Ontario at the 2011 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, notching four credibility en avenue to a second-place finish. Gaunce's earlier brother, Cameron, is acreage of the Colorado Avalanche, seeing activity in 11 amateur with the big club in 2011 while currently logging his time with the team's American Hockey League affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters. He was called 50th all-embracing in in the 2008 draft.
A built-in of Sudbury, Ontario, Gaunce is ranked No. 13 a part of North American skaters by NHL Central Scouting. He was ranked No. 20 all-embracing by TSN. He was a point-per-game arena with Belleville during the 2011-12 OHL season, with 28 goals and 40 assists in 68 games, assuming off solid playmaking skills.
Gaunce has represented both Canada at the 2011 Under-18 Ivan Hnlinka Memorial Tournament and Team Ontario at the 2011 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, notching four credibility en avenue to a second-place finish. Gaunce's earlier brother, Cameron, is acreage of the Colorado Avalanche, seeing activity in 11 amateur with the big club in 2011 while currently logging his time with the team's American Hockey League affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters. He was called 50th all-embracing in in the 2008 draft.