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David Farrance

David Farrance was born on June 23, 1999 in Rochester, NY. He was drafted in the 2017 NHL draft in the 3rd round, 92nd overall by the Nashville Predators. He was also drafted in 2015 in round 6, 114th overall by the Guelph Storm in the OHL Priority Selection. He is currently planning on playing college hockey for the Boston University Terriers for the 2017-2018 season.

Early Life
Farrance spend his early days in Victor, NY where he grew up playing baseball and hockey.

Playing Career
Early in his hockey career, he showed signs of great talent playing for the Syracuse Stars 16U USPHL team during the 2013-2014 season as a freshman at Victor Senior High School. He also played for the Victor Blue Devils High School team recording 31 goals and 42 points leading all section V defense-men in both goals and points. The following season, he also played for both Victor and Syracuse winning both a NYSAHA youth tier 1 16U championship and a Section V class BB sectional championship in 2015 scoring 24 goals in the 2014-2015 regular season in only 14 games.Following the section V championship and the 16U state title, he and fellow Victor student Jacob Tortora decided to move to Ann Arbor Michigan to play on the United States National Team Development Program 17U team of the USHL. They both then played on the NTDP 18U team in the 2016-2017 season. Farrance recorded 7 goals and 30 assists in 64 games with NTDP. at the end of the 2017 season, the NTDP 18U program went to the IIHF World Junior Championship and winning gold in Slovakia. A day after Farrance's 18th birthday, he was selected 92nd overall in the 2017 NHL draft by the Nashville Predators along with fellow NTDP teammate Grant Mismash. Farrance was selected by fellow Rochesterian Scott Nichol who is currently the Head of Player Development with the Nashville Predators.