Zach Lansard’s season continuing with Team Canada
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While the Regina Pats season may have ended in the first round with a 4-1 series loss to top-ranked Medicine Hat, Zach Lansard’s season isn’t over yet.
Ste Anne’s Lansard, who is expected to be selected in this year’s NHL draft, will play with Team Canada, getting named to the pre-tournament roster for the upcoming U18 Men’s World Hockey Championships in Slovakia.
“Our group will continue to monitor the Canadian Hockey League playoffs, and we expect to add players prior to the start of the world championship,” U18 general manager Alan Millar, who selected the roster said in a Team Canada news release.
”At this time, we are pleased with the level of talent and international experience we have on our projected roster and are excited to gather in Slovakia in preparation to defend our gold medal.”
Canada will play pre-tournament games April 17 and April 19. The team’s games will be broadcast on TSN. Brandon’s Jaxon Jacobson is the only other Manitoban named to the pre-tournament roster.
Lansard is expected to be a mid-round selection at the NHL draft this year, getting ranked 62nd in the latest rankings from TSN’s Craig Button, who puts together a combined list of eligible prospects from around the world. The NHL draft is set to take place in Buffalo this June.
The NHL Central Scouting final rankings of the season are scheduled to be released April 16, the final day of the league’s regular season.
The 2008-born forward scored 56 points across 68 games this season for Regina in the WHL. He also nabbed three goals in five playoff games.