Axemen Welcome Zak Lavoie
Skilled Forward Commits to Acadia
The Acadia Axemen are proud to welcome forward Zak Lavoie to the hockey program. The 5’11” native of Ottawa, ON joins the Axemen after 4 major junior seasons in the OHL and finishing up last season in the QMJHL.
Lavoie is looking forward to his time at Acadia saying, “I felt a connection from my very first conversation with the staff. It’s a great fit for me as a student athlete.”
In 2020, he was picked in the first round, #7 overall by the Mississauga Steelheads in the OHL draft and after the cancelled 2020-21 season due to the pandemic, Lavoie broke into the OHL in 2021-22 with the Mississauga Steelheads where he scored an impressive 44 points in just 64 games, including 23 goals.
After a strong start to the 22-23 season, with 19 points in 28 games, Lavoie was traded to the Niagara Icedogs where he would continue his strong season adding 38 points in 41 games, for 57 points and 29 goals in 69 games overall.
Zak was named the IceDogs Captain in 23-24, and was moved to the Brantford Bulldogs midway through the season. Combined between the 2 teams he recorded 55 points and a career high 31 goals.
2024-25 saw Lavoie begin the season in Brantford for his overage season scoring 20 points in 35 games before moving to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada of the QMJHL where he would add 5 points in the final 11 games. For his CHL career, he notched 181 points in 246 regular season games.
Acadia Axemen Head Coach Darren Burns liked the addition of the skilled forward to the offence saying, “Zak has a passion for the game of hockey. He is a very intelligent player who wants to score goals and create offence. He’s a pure shooter who will always be an offensive threat inside the opponent’s blueline.
Lavoie summed up his game for Axemen fans saying, “I love to score goals and play with skill.”
Lavoie is the 2nd Axemen recruit named for the 2025-26 season joining defenceman Brayden Schmitt. Stay tuned in the coming weeks as we continue to introduce our new additions to the roster! #GoAcadiaGo
Story By Chris Richards