Force Acquire Davidson from Central Illinois; Add Zabransky
January 18, 2019 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
Fargo Force News Release
FARGO, N.D. - The Force have traded defenseman Connor Mayer and forward Tyler Gratton to the Central Illinois Flying Aces in exchange for forward Jeremy Davidson. In a separate move, the Force have added defenseman Libor Zábransky to the roster from the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League.
Davidson, an 18-year-old from Schoolcraft, Mich., has scored 56 points (27 goals, 29 assists) in 93 career USHL games. He has 26 points (14 goals, 12 assists) in 33 games so far this season with Central Illinois.
A 5-foot-10, 170-pound forward, Davidson played for Honeybaked before moving to the Shattuck St. Mary's program in 2015. He scored 30 points (19 goals, 29 assists) in 53 games for the Sabres in 2016-17 before making his USHL debut last season.
Davidson will wear No. 8 for the Force. He is committed to the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Zábransky, a Brno, Czech Republic native, is in his second season of North American junior hockey after registering 19 points (2 goals, 19 assists) in 72 games with the Rockets in 2017-18. Zábransky scored 9 points (2 goals, 7 assists) in his 35 appearances for Kelowna this season. The product of HC Kometa Brno is no stranger to high level hockey - his father, also Libor Zábransky, played 40 games in the National Hockey League for the St. Louis Blues in the 1990s.
Zábransky will wear No. 24 for the Force.
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