14 Facts About Bo Horvat

Bo Horvat was selected ninth overall in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Bo Horvat grew up in Rodney, Ontario, a 90-minute drive from Detroit, Michigan, and attended a number of Detroit Red Wings ice hockey games as a child.

Bo and his younger brother Cal would often practice playing hockey in the family basement throughout their childhoods, until Bo Horvat moved away at the age of 12 to live with a billet family and play with the Toronto Red Wings minor ice hockey team.

Bo Horvat used that cup of coffee stint with the Stars as a way of preparing for the impending jump from minor to junior ice hockey.

Bo Horvat received coaches' awards for the OHL Western Conference as the best face-off skater and shot blocker on the team.

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Bo Horvat credited this change to advice from his father to shoot the puck more often, in lieu of bull-rushing the net, in addition to increased chemistry with left-winger Sven Bartschi.

Bo Horvat ended his sophomore season with 16 goals and 40 points.

Bo Horvat was the youngest Canuck to be selected for an All-Star Game since Trevor Linden.

However, Bo Horvat still managed to set career highs in goals, assists, and points .

Bo Horvat is the Canucks' National Hockey League Players' Association representative.

Bo Horvat was a member of Team Ontario's under-16 team at the 2011 Canada Winter Games.

Bo Horvat scored four goals and seven points in six games, including a goal and an assist in the bronze medal game against Sweden.

Bo Horvat is second cousins with fellow NHL player Travis Konecny of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Bo Horvat chose jersey number 53 in tribute to fellow London Knights draftee, goalie Ian Jenkins, who wore number 35 and died in an automobile accident in May 2011, shortly before he and Bo Horvat were required to report to London's regular season training camp.