Fran Lara

An instant-impact talent with a hockey story like no other. The No. 3 overall pick chased the game across Canada and the US alongside his brother, goalie Mateo Lara, then came back to Verde firing — and in Jornada 2 he buried a second-period strike off an Adrián Contreras feed to help the upstart Verde hold the first-place Azul to a 3-3 tie. That puts him at 13 career points (7G, 6A), 21st all-time and 20th in goals, on a career-best five-game point streak. Verde sit winless but plucky, riding Emmanuel Santiago's elite crease and a perfect penalty kill that smothered all four Azul power plays — and the youth movement keeping them alive runs straight through Lara.