Niagara IceDogs ahead Riley Patterson and Brampton Steelheads ahead Gabriel Chiarot have every signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Vancouver Canucks.
Acquired by Niagara from Barrie this previous offseason, Patterson is coming off of a 25-goal, 59-point season with the Colts. Over his two years with Barrie, Patterson has surpassed the 25-goal mark on each events and has totalled 121 factors in 132 video games. His 29 objectives in 2023-24 led all OHL rookies.
Vancouver chosen the Burlington, ON., native one hundred and twenty fifth general within the 2024 NHL Draft.
As for Chiarot, he had a profession excessive 21 objectives and 35 factors with the Steelheads a 12 months in the past. A seventh spherical choose within the 2022 OHL Draft, Chiarot has performed 114 video games for the Steelheads.
The Hamilton, ON., native was the a hundred and seventy fifth general choose within the 2025 NHL Draft.
