• Known as a versatile defenseman, Pilon registered 12 points (1-11—12) in 19 playoff games to help Brandon reach the Western Hockey League Championship Series for the seventh time in franchise history before falling to Kelowna.

• During the 2014-15 regular season, Pilon collected 52 points (11-41—52) in 68 games to finish second in scoring among Wheat Kings blueliners behind defense partner Ivan Provorov (No. 7 NA Skater). Pilon and Provorov live in the same billet house during the season.

• Pilon recalls winning gold with Canada at the 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial as his most memorable hockey moment. He also won a bronze medal at the 2014 Under-18 World Junior Championship and captained Canada West at the 2013 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.

• Pilon grew up in Duck Lake, Sask., where he began skating on backyard rinks and played for the Blackhawks Minor Hockey Association. On living in a town of about 600 people: “There were plenty of backyard rinks and Duck Lake Rink, where I'd play with my family and cousins all the time."

• His uncle, Rich Pilon, played 631 regular season games over 14 NHL seasons with the New York Islanders, New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues.

NEWS

PILON HAS SEEN JUNIOR CAREER TAKE OFF WITH WHEAT KINGS (click here)

FAVORITES

NHL team: Calgary Flames
NHL player: Drew Doughty
Shootout move: "Forehand, backhand, top shelf"
Goal celebration: "Scrape the ice"
Video game: NHL 15
Movie: Miracle, American Sniper
TV show: Friday Night Lights
Actor: Bradley Cooper, Mark Wahlberg
Musician: Sam Hunt
Sport (other than hockey): Fastball
Athlete (non-hockey): LeBron James