DALLAS - The Vancouver Canucks selected Quintin Hughes with the seventh pick in the first round of the NHL draft on Friday night.

The 18-year-old left-handed defenceman from Orlando, Fla., had five goals and 29 points in 37 games with the University of Michigan in 2017-18 and was named to the Big 10 all-rookie team, as well as a second-team all star.

Hughes, the No. 6-ranked North American skater by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau, also won a bronze medal in the 2018 world junior championships with the United States.

“I'm excited. I obviously knew Vancouver would be right around my spot,” said Hughes.

“It's a great hockey market and they've got a lot of young talent coming up.”

Before joining Michigan, Hughes played two seasons with the United States National Team Development Program.

The five-foot-10, 173-pound blueliner is the son of Jim Hughes, who was a Boston Bruins assistant coach from 2001 to 2003 before eventually taking various roles with the Toronto Maple Leafs organization between 2006 and 2015. His younger brother Jack is currently part of the USNTDP and is expected to go high in the 2019 NHL draft.