Corban Knight
| Corban Knight | |||
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| Born |
September 10, 1990 Oliver, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
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AHL team Former teams |
Lehigh Valley Phantoms Calgary Flames Florida Panthers |
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| NHL Draft | 135th overall, 2009 Florida Panthers |
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| Playing career | 2013–present | ||
Corban Knight (born September 10, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League (AHL). He was a fifth round selection, 135th overall, by the Florida Panthers in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, but was traded to the Calgary Flames after the Panthers were unable to sign him to a contract. Knight played four seasons of college hockey with the University of North Dakota and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award in 2012–13.
Knight was born in Oliver, British Columbia and moved to High River, Alberta at age 11. His parents are Jack and Laurie Knight; his father is a Baptist minister and is the chaplain for the Calgary Flames and Calgary Stampeders.
Playing midget hockey with the Strathmore UFA Bisons, Knight led the Alberta Midget Hockey League in scoring in 2007–08 with 65 points. He was also named the most valuable player of the 2007 Mac's Midget AAA World Invitational Tournament after leading the event in scoring. A late developer physically, he was not drafted to play junior hockey in the Western Hockey League, and opted to play Junior A with the Okotoks Oilers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL). He played a handful of games with the Oilers in 2007–08, then won the league's Rookie of the Year award in 2008–09 after finishing eighth overall in AJHL scoring with 72 points, including 34 goals.
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