Mark Scheifele
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Scheifele in October 2014
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March 15, 1993 Kitchener, Ontario |
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| NHL team | Winnipeg Jets | ||
| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 7th overall, 2011 Winnipeg Jets |
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| Playing career | 2011–present | ||
 Scheifele as a member of Team Canada at the 2012 World Junior Championships |
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| Representing Canada
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| Ice hockey | ||
| World Junior Championships | ||
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2012 Canada | |
| IIHF World Championship | ||
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2016 Russia | |
Mark Scheifele (born March 15, 1993) is a Canadian ice hockey centre who is currently playing and serving as an alternate captain for the Winnipeg Jets in the National Hockey League. He was selected in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft and was the first draft pick in the history of the new Winnipeg Jets after being relocated from Atlanta. Scheifele was also selected to play in the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships for Team Canada.
Mark is a Sport Ambassador for KidSport Winnipeg, a charity that aims to remove the financial barriers to playing sport, and runs an annual hockey camp for boys and girls on behalf of KidSport Winnipeg.
Scheifele grew up playing minor hockey in his hometown of Kitchener, Ontario playing for the Kitchener Jr. Rangers rep program in the Alliance Pavilion League. After his minor midget season in 2008–09, Scheifele was drafted by the Saginaw Spirit in the seventh round (134th overall) of the 2009 OHL Priority Selection.
The following season, Scheifele was assigned to his hometown Kitchener Dutchmen Jr.B. club for a year of seasoning in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (OHA). After the 2009–10 season, Scheifele's rights were traded by the Spirit with a second round choice in 2013 to the Barrie Colts in exchange for goalie Mavric Parks. The trade was made on August 16, 2010. Two weeks later, Scheifele signed with the Colts for the 2010–11 season.
Scheifele played major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the Barrie Colts. TSN mid-season ranking published in January 2011 projected Scheifele to go 21st overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, but in the June draft he was selected seventh overall by the Winnipeg Jets. Instead of a Winnipeg jersey however, Scheifele was given a black generic NHL jersey to wear on his draft day. He did so because the Winnipeg Jets did not have an official jersey at the time of the NHL entry draft.
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