21
Kane Lafranchise (D)
Houston Aeros
| Name: |
Kane Lafranchise |
| Number: |
21 |
| Pos.: |
D |
| Shoots: | L |
| Height: |
6-1 |
| Weight: |
200 |
| Birthdate: |
1988-05-27 |
| Birthplace: |
Edmonton, AB |
Biography
Season notes: Signed to a PTO by the Barons Jan. 2, 2013, after spending this season and much of the past 2 with Alaska of the ECHL...departed the ECHL this season with 4 goals, 17 assists and a +10 rating in 30 games.
Career notes: In third professional season...has spent his entire career with the Alaska Aces of the ECHL, first joining them for 22 games in 2010-11, during which he was +15...on the roster for Alaska's Kelly Cup championship in 2011, but did not appear in any playoff games...led the Aces in plus-minus last season in his first full professional campaign at +20, which was second among all ECHL defensemen...scored 3 goals and added 31 assists last season, finishing 14th among ECHL defenesemen in points...played 3 seasons at the University of Alaska-Anchorage, 2008-10, finishing his collegiate career with 9 goals and 24 assists in 97 games...member of the WCHA All-Academic team in 2008-09.
Played 2 seasons of Junior A with the Spruce Grove Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, where he was a teammate of Taylor Fedun in
2006-07.