the Month for December. At the completion of the regular season, Gagnon was named to the WHL West First All-Star Team and was the Western Conference nomination for both the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as the WHL's MVP, and the Brad Hornung Trophy as the WHL's most sportsmanlike player of the year. For the second time in his WHL career, Gagnon lost out on an award to Kris Russell of the Medicine Hat Tigers, losing the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy; however, Gagnon did manage to win his first Brad Hornung Trophy. Professional Gagnon was drafted in the eighth round, 240th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. On February 2, 2007, Gagnon signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Dallas Stars. On July 1, 2011, Gagnon signed a one-year contract as a free agent with the Winnipeg Jets. In early August 2013, after spending his first five professional seasons in North America, Gagnon signed for two years with the Swedish Hockey League team HV71, joining Riley Holzapfel whom he played with in St. John's IceCaps. In the 2013–14 season, Gagnon appeared in only 9 games with HV71 before opting to transfer to the Finnish Liiga with Lukko Rauma. He stayed at Lukko until January 25, 2017, and then moved to SC Bern of the National League (NL), where he inked a deal for the remainder of the 2016-17 season. After three seasons with the SCL Tigers, he played his last professional season in 2020-21 with Swedish Allsvenskan club, Modo Hockey. International play On April 1, 2004, Gagnon was named to the Canadian roster for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships in Minsk, Belarus. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International Awards and honours References External links 1986 births Living people Arizona Coyotes draft picks Canadian ice hockey centres Cariboo people Dallas Stars players Grand Rapids Griffins players HV71 players Ice hockey people from British Columbia Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) players Iowa Stars players Lukko players Modo Hockey players Seattle Thunderbirds players SC Bern players SCL Tigers players St. John's IceCaps players Texas Stars players Winnipeg Jets players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Finland Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden