| Final Rank: | 13 | Midterm Rank: | 11 |
| Position: | Center | Shoots: | Left |
| Height: | 6' 2" | Weight: | 215 |
| Born: | March 25, 1994 | Hometown: | Markham, ON |
| Born in: | Sudbury, ON, CAN |
| Drafted: |
2012: VAN
(1st Round / 26th Overall)
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• He won gold with Canada at the 2011 Under-18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial and with Team Ontario at the 2011 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge where he finished the tournament with four points (3-1--4) in six games including a goal and an assist in the title game. Most recently, he won a bronze medal at the 2012 World Under-18 Championships.
• After being selected second overall in the 2010 OHL Priority draft Gaunce led Belleville in rookie scoring in 2010-11 finishing with 36 points (11-25--36) in 65 games.
• His older brother, Cameron, was selected 50th overall by Colorado in 2008 and is a defenseman for the Lake Erie Monsters in the American Hockey League -- he played 11 games with the Avalanche in 2011.
• Gaunce also laced up the cleats in high school, serving as the punter on Markham District High’s Metrobowl winning football team.
• A Markham minor hockey product, he was the highest scoring Minor Midget player in Ontario recording 55 goals and 93 assists in 86 games for the Waxers in 2009-10.
• His hockey hero growing up was Brendan Shanahan and the one thing most people don’t know about Gaunce is that he has done a bit of acting at school – most recently the play Hairspray in eighth grade.
FAVORITES
NHL team: Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL player: Steven Stamkos
Goal celebration: “Simple hands up”
Video game: Call of Duty
TV show: Dexter
Actor: Shia Labeouf
Cartoon character: TJ from Recess
Website: YouTube and Facebook
Restaurant: The Keg
Sport (other than hockey): Football
Breakfast food: Eggs
Place to visit: England
STATISTICS
| SEASON | TEAM | LEAGUE | GP | G | A | P | PIM |
|---|
| 2009-2010 | MARKHAM WAXERS | OMHA | 86 | 55 | 93 | 148 | |
| 2010-2011 | BELLEVILLE | OHL | 65 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 40 |
| 2011-2012 | BELLEVILLE | OHL | 68 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 68 |
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