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Justin Abdelkader

Justin Abdelkader
Justin Abdelkader's Stanley Cup2008.jpg
Born (1987-02-25) February 25, 1987 (age 30)
Muskegon, Michigan, U.S.
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 218 lb (99 kg; 15 st 8 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team Detroit Red Wings
National team  United States
NHL Draft 42nd overall, 2005
Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 2008–present
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Leksand

Justin Abdelkader (/ˈæbdəlkdər/; born February 25, 1987) is an American ice hockey left wing and alternate captain for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Abdelkader played for the junior ice hockey Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the United States Hockey League during his senior year of high school, scoring 27 goals and 52 points and helping the team win the 2004–05 Clark Cup Championship. He then began a three-year stint playing college ice hockey for the Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey team of what was then the Central Collegiate Hockey Association.

On April 7, 2007, Abdelkader scored the game-winning goal in the 2007 NCAA Championship Game against Boston College, securing the NCAA Division 1 National Championship for Michigan State University and earning him the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player. He scored the latest game-winning regulation goal ever scored in an NCAA Frozen Four championship game when he scored with just 18.9 seconds left.


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