{"id":94316,"date":"2019-08-20T21:57:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T02:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=94316"},"modified":"2019-08-20T21:57:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T02:57:45","slug":"after-year-in-bchl-former-michigan-netminder-lafontaine-to-play-for-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2019\/08\/20\/after-year-in-bchl-former-michigan-netminder-lafontaine-to-play-for-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"After year in BCHL, former Michigan netminder LaFontaine to play for Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_94318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94318\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-94318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lafontaine_bchl-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-94318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goaltender Jack LaFontaine posted 30 wins, a .923 save percentage and a 2.19 GAA last season for the BCHL&#8217;s Penticton Vees (photo: Penticton Vees).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Minnesota announced Tuesday that goaltender Jack LaFontaine has been added to the roster for the 2019-20 season.<\/p>\n<p>The BCHL\u2019s top goaltender for the 2018-19 season with the Penticton Vees and a finalist for top goaltender in the Canadian Junior Hockey League, LaFontaine will be immediately eligible to play for the Gophers and will have two years of eligibility remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining the Vees, LaFontaine spent two seasons at Michigan, appearing in 22 games and helping the Wolverines reach the 2018 NCAA Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minn.<\/p>\n<p>The Carolina Hurricanes selected LaFontaine in the third round (75th overall) of the 2016 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota announced Tuesday that goaltender Jack LaFontaine has been added to the roster for the 2019-20 season (photo: Penticton Vees).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":94318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[812],"coauthors":[901],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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