Two Giants have been drafted by NHL teams.

Zack Ostapchuk became the first ever Vancouver Giant to be drafted by the Ottawa Senators, selected in the second round (39th overall) of the 2021 NHL Draft.

鈥淚t hasn鈥檛 really sunk in yet,鈥� Ostapchuk commented.

鈥淚 wasn鈥檛 expecting to be quite that high.鈥�

He said the Senators, a young team, are a 鈥済ood fit鈥� for him, but he wasn鈥檛 expecting they would pick him.

鈥淗onestly not really, I didn鈥檛 have a whole ton of conversations with them. I knew that they liked me but they really weren鈥檛 on my radar.鈥�

It will be a confidence boost going into the next season with the 91原创-based Giants, Ostapchuk thinks, and he is looking forward to resuming play.

鈥淥ur confidence is high as a team and my confidence is high personally,鈥� he remarked, 鈥渟o I鈥檓 really excited for this year鈥�

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Ostapchuk, 18, checks in at 6鈥�3鈥� and 198 lbs. and was originally selected by the G-Men with the 12th overall pick in the 2017 WHL Prospects Draft.

Since then, the left-handed shooting forward has appeared in 72 career regular season games with the Giants where he鈥檚 recorded 12 goals and 12 assists for 24 points.

Giants General Manager Barclay Parneta said 鈥淶ack has worked hard and has overcome his share of adversity to get this point, and we couldn鈥檛 be happier for him and his family.鈥�

Vancouver Giants head coach Michael Dyck said Ostapchuk 鈥減lays an honest, hard, fast-style of game and we鈥檙e confident that the best is still yet to come from him. He鈥檒l be a great fit with the Ottawa Senators.鈥�

Giants 2003-born prospect forward Fabian Lysell was selected 21st overall by the Boston Bruins in the first-round of the 2021 NHL Draft.

Lysell, 18, stands 5鈥�10鈥� and 172 lbs. and was chosen by the Giants 30th overall in the 2020 CHL Import Draft.

Last season he appeared in 26 games with Lulea HF in the Swedish Hockey League and posted two goals and one assist. He added three goals and 10 assists for 13 points in 11 games with Frolunda HC鈥檚 J20 program.

Internationally, Lysell most recently represented Sweden in the World Under-18鈥檚 where he scored three goals and added six assists for nine points in seven games en route to a Bronze Medal. Since 2018-19 he鈥檚 appeared in 34 games internationally for Sweden.

Parneta predicted Lysell has 鈥渁 bright future in the game, and his skill-set will translate well to the Boston Bruins organization.鈥�

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