Blain, Leier join K-Wings

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Kalamazoo Wings, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, announced the signing of forwards Luc-Olivier Blain and Boston Leier to the 2019-20 roster.

Blain spent the 2018-19 campaign as an alternate captain of his team in Anglet, France, where he put up eight points (2g-6a) in 18 games. The Longueuil, Quebec native previously played parts of three seasons with the Brampton Beast, compiling 80 points (26g-54a) in 174 games from 2015-18.

The 29-year-old has 14 career American Hockey League games under his belt, including 12 with the Laval Rocket in 2017-18, where he tallied four points (2g-2a). Prior to turning pro, Blain spent three seasons at the University of Ottawa.

Leier, 26, begins his second pro season in Kalamazoo after splitting his rookie year between Brampton and the AHL’s Belleville Senators in 2018-19. The Saskatoon, Saskatchewan native had six points (5g-1a) in 10 games for the Beast and posted six points (1g-5a) in 34 contests with the Senators.

After a four-year junior career, most of which was spent with the Western Hockey League’s Medicine Hat Tigers, Leier enjoyed a four-year college career at Acadia University 2014-18 where he posted 114 points (54g-60a) in 111 games.