Green Bay adds OJHL forward Luciano Bruno to 2026-27 plans

Green Bay’s latest forward addition brings a different kind of resume to the 2026-27 picture. Luciano Bruno, 19, signed a standard player agreement on June 18 and is set to join the Gamblers after a strong season with the Toronto Patriots in the Ontario Junior Hockey League.

The Woodbridge, Ontario, product gives Green Bay a player whose recent production stands out even in a busy summer of roster building. Bruno posted 71 points in 38 regular-season games for Toronto in 2025-26, finishing with 27 goals and 44 assists. He then added 37 points in 20 playoff games, a run that underlined how much of the Patriots’ offense ran through him when the games tightened and the pace rose.

That profile helps explain why Green Bay pursued him outside its draft-linked pipeline. The Gamblers have spent the spring and summer adding younger players tied to draft rights, but Bruno fits a different lane. He is older than many of those incoming forwards, already has heavy junior minutes behind him and brings a more finished offensive track record from a Canadian junior program that asked him to carry responsibility every night.

At 5-foot-9 and 161 pounds, Bruno is not the biggest forward in the room, but his size has not limited his production. He shoots right, and his OJHL profile lists July 15, 2006, as his birthdate and Clarkson University in the school field. For Green Bay, those details point to a player who comes in with a clearer sense of role and pace than a raw, long-range project.

The signing also broadens the Gamblers’ recruiting reach. Green Bay has shown in June that it is not limiting its search to one lane, with Reece Gault and Ethan Sturgis added on June 17 and other returnees already in place earlier in the month. Bruno’s arrival adds another layer to that mix, blending age, recent scoring and Canadian junior experience with the club’s effort to build a deeper forward group for the coming season.

For a USHL roster that will have to sort out who can produce right away and who needs more time, Bruno looks positioned somewhere near the front of the line. His Toronto numbers suggest a player who can handle offense, and Green Bay’s decision to bring him in shows it is looking for contributors as much as prospects when it shapes the 2026-27 roster.