Michael Cammalleri
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| Born |
June 8, 1982 Richmond Hill, Ontario |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
New Jersey Devils Los Angeles Kings Montreal Canadiens Calgary Flames |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 49th overall, 2001 Los Angeles Kings |
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| Playing career | 2002–present | ||
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| Representing Canada
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| Ice hockey | ||
| World Championships | ||
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2007 Moscow | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
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2002 Pardubice | |
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2001 Moscow | |
Michael Anthony "Mike" Cammalleri (born June 8, 1982) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player, who is an alternate captain of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a second round selection, 49th overall, of the Los Angeles Kings at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. He made his NHL debut with the Kings in 2002 and scored the first regular season goal ever scored in a game played in Europe in 2007. After playing with Calgary for one season in 2008–09, he moved on to the Montreal Canadiens, with whom he scored the 20,000th goal in franchise history in 2009 and tied a franchise record for goals in one playoff series in 2010. He returned to the Flames in 2012 following an unusual transaction in which he was traded in the middle of a game.
Representing Canada internationally on four occasions, Cammalleri won bronze and silver medals at the 2001 and 2002 World Junior Championships respectively. He was named the tournament's best forward in 2002. He won a gold medal at the 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. An all-star in college and the American Hockey League, Cammalleri played in the Cold War, an outdoor game that set a then world attendance record in 2001. He has also been recognized for his involvement in charitable efforts supporting children and the military.
Cammalleri was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario, and was raised there in a secular household (he described his upbringing as "non-denominational"). His father, Leo, is of Sicilian-Catholic descent, and his mother, Ruth, is Jewish. He has one sister, Melanie. His maternal grandparents, from Poland and Czechoslovakia, were Holocaust survivors. He said: "It's a family of deep-rooted closeness and unity coming from very desperate times. It is who I am as a person."
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