The Vancouver Giants have signed another member of their most recent bantam draft haul, inking defenceman Jacob Gendron to a standard Western Hockey League player agreement.

A sixth round pick (126th overall), the six-foot 170-pound 2002-born Gendron is the fourth member of the team鈥檚 draft class to sign.

鈥淛acob was a player that we really coveted heading into the draft,鈥� said Vancouver general manager Glen Hanlon. 鈥淗e got better each time he took the ice during training camp and competed very well against older competition.

鈥淗e鈥檚 going to play a big role for the Vancouver Giants in the seasons to come.鈥�

As a 15-year-old, Gendron can play in five games for the WHL club in 2017/18 until his season is over.

Last year, he played for the Prince George bantam tier 1 Cougars as well as five games as an under-ager in the BC Major Midget Hockey League with the Cariboo Cougars.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a huge honour for me to sign with the Vancouver Giants,鈥� Gendron said.

鈥淚 really enjoyed my training camp experience and I鈥檓 so proud to be a part of the Vancouver Giants family.

鈥淭his season I鈥檓 going to continue to work extremely hard to make sure that I鈥檓 ready to make the jump to the WHL as quickly as possible.鈥�