2016 World Cup of Hockey

HOCKEY CANADA BACKGROUND

Played for Team North America at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, finishing fifth … 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. … Won a gold medal with Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team at the 2009 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament in the Czech Republic and Slovakia … Played with Atlantic at the 2009 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Port Alberni, B.C., finishing ninth … Played with Atlantic at the 2008 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in London, Ont., finishing eighth

HOCKEY BACKGROUND

2016-17: His sixth NHL season, all with Philadelphia … Sixth in Philadelphia scoring … Led Philadelphia in plus/minus (+12) … 2015-16: Sixth in Philadelphia scoring … Recorded his 100th NHL assist on April 3 vs. Pittsburgh … 2014-15: Sixth in Philadelphia scoring … Recorded his 100th NHL point on Dec. 29 vs. Arizona …  2013-14: Led all NHL forwards in total shorthanded ice time (281:22), tied for the league lead among forwards in average shorthanded ice time per game (3:25) … Played a career-high 25:43 on Dec. 15 vs. Washington … 2012-13: Recorded his first hat trick on Apr. 13 vs. Pittsburgh in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Quarter-final … Appeared in his 100th NHL game on Mar. 7 vs. Pittsburgh … 2011-12: Scored his first NHL goal on Oct. 18 at Ottawa … Registered his first NHL point, an assist, on Oct. 11 vs. Vancouver … Made his NHL debut on Oct. 6 at Boston … Amateur: Played three seasons with the QMJHL’s Drummondville Voltigeurs … An alternate captain with Drummondville in 2010-11 … Won the Michael Bossy Trophy as the top professional prospect in the QMJHL in 2010-11 … Named to the QMJHL First All-Star Team in 2010-11 … Named to the QMJHL Second All-Star Team in 2009-10 … Won the QMJHL championship with Drummondville in 2009 … Played for the QMJHL in the CHL Super Series in 2009 and 2010 … Led the QMJHL in scoring in 2009-10 … Drummondville’s first-round selection, second overall, in the 2008 QMJHL Entry Draft … Minor Hockey: Lists Randy Doucet as his favourite minor hockey coach … Won the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League championship with the Notre Dame Hounds in 2008 … Began his minor hockey career in Germany

PERSONAL

Son of Sylvain and Isabelle … Has one brother, Charles  … His father, Sylvain, played 33 NHL games with Los Angeles from 1988-90 … Favourite NHL team growing up: Montreal Canadiens … Favourite player growing up: Evgeni Malkin