2016-17 National Men's Team

HOCKEY CANADA BACKGROUND

Won a gold medal with Canada at the 2015 IIHF World Championship in the Czech Republic … Won a silver medal with Canada’s National Junior Team at the 2011 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo, N.Y. … Played for Pacific at the 2008 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in London, Ont., finishing sixth

HOCKEY BACKGROUND

2016-17: His sixth NHL season, all with Colorado … Led Colorado defencemen in scoring … Played in his 300th NHL game on Dec. 31 vs. N.Y. Rangers … Led Colorado in average time on ice (23:18) … Set a franchise record for career game-winning goals (12) … 2015-16: Led Colorado defencemen in scoring … Led Colorado in power-play points (21) … Played in his 200th NHL game on Nov. 14 vs. Montreal … Set a career high with four points (2G 2A) on Jan. 4 vs. Los Angeles … 2014-15: Led Colorado defencemen in scoring … Became the fourth Colorado defenceman to reach 50 points in a season, joining Sandis Ozolinsh, Rob Blake and Ray Bourque … Recorded his 100th NHL point on Mar. 28 vs. Buffalo … 2013-14: Second among Colorado defencemen in scoring … Scored three overtime goals, and five game-winning goals … Third on the team with a +17 plus/minus rating … 2012-13: Led all Colorado defencemen in goals, assists and points … Fifth in scoring among NHL rookie defencemen … Scored his first NHL goal on Feb. 18 vs. Nashville … Recorded his first NHL point, an assist, on Feb. 14 at Minnesota … 2011-12: Made his NHL debut on Feb. 7 vs. Chicago … Amateur: Played with the WHL’s Kelowna Rockets from 2007-11 … Captain with Kelowna in 2010-11, and an alternate captain in 2009-10 … Named WHL Defenceman of the Year in 2009-10 … Won the WHL championship with Kelowna and reached the Memorial Cup final in 2009 … Played for Team WHL in the CHL Super Series in 2009 and 2010 … Kelowna’s first-round selection, 18th overall, in the 2006 WHL Bantam Draft … Minor Hockey: Started in Long Beach, Calif., but played most of his minor hockey in Victoria with the Juan de Fuca Grizzlies … Lists his father, Len, as his favourite minor hockey coach

PERSONAL

Son of Len and Kristy … Has one sister, Victoria … His father, Len, played almost 200 games in the NHL and was a co-owner of the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning … Favourite NHL player growing up: Scott Niedermayer