Salmon Arm, B.C. — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks have acquired 20-year-old forward Lucas Breault from the St Michaels Buzzers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League in exchange for 18-year-old goaltender Dylan Kruss and future considerations.
Breault, a Toronto, Ont. native, has played the last season and a half at Union College in the NCAA, where he compiled six points in 31 combined games. In the 2017-18 season, he tallied 15 points in 59 games in the United State Hockey League, split between the Central Illinois Flying Aces and the Sioux Falls Stampede.
“We’re excited for Lucas to be joining our team,” Silverbacks general manager Brooks Christensen said. “He brings experience to our forward group and think he will be a key piece moving forward this season.”
As a 17-year-old, Breault posted 54 points in 47 games for the Buzzers, the third-most in the OJHL among U-18 players during the 2016-17 season. That season, he was named to the OJHL Second All-Prospect Team and the year before that he was named to the OJHL Second All-Rookie Team. In 2015, he won a Telus Cup midget championship with the Toronto Young Nationals.
Kruss, a 6-foot-3 rookie, started eight games this season for the Backs, compiling a 3-4-1 record with 3.49 G.A.A. and .879 SV%.
“With bringing in a good player, we had to give up a good player and Dylan fit what St. Michaels was looking for,” Christensen said. “Dylan is a great kid and wish him all the best with the Buzzers.”
The Silverbacks would like to thank Kruss for his dedication to the Silverbacks and wish him well with his new organization, as well as welcome Breault to the Shuswap.
A reminder that the Silverbacks have two big homes games this weekend, hosting the Langley Rivermen on Friday, Nov. 29 and then the Vernon Vipers on Saturday, Nov. 30. For tickets, click here.
