Last season, 20-year-old Jack Lafontaine was helping load and unload busses in Western Canada, and otherwise snoozing on the notoriously long rides.
The veteran didn’t have to be on those eight-hour bus rides. And even if he did, he didn’t have to be helping load and unload the bus.
But, Lafontaine was in Penticton, British Columbia. And so he did help load and unload the busses.
In 2016-17, Lafontaine walked into Michigan as an 18-year-old freshman. He had already spent a season in the OJHL and another season in the NAHL, where he posted a .