Milan Lucic
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June 7, 1988 Vancouver, British Columbia |
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 233 lb (106 kg; 16 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Edmonton Oilers Boston Bruins Los Angeles Kings |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 50th overall, 2006 Boston Bruins |
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| Playing career | 2007–present | ||
Milan Lucic (pronounced [mǐlan lûːt͡ʃit͡ɕ]; born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger and an alternate captain for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played major junior hockey with the Vancouver Giants in the Western Hockey League (WHL) for three seasons and captured a Memorial Cup, while being named tournament MVP in 2007. He was selected 50th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft and made the Boston Bruins' roster as a 19-year-old in 2007–08. Three years later, he won a Stanley Cup with the Bruins. He spent the first eight seasons of his NHL career with Boston prior to joining Los Angeles in June 2015.
Internationally, he captained the Canadian national junior team at the 2007 Super Series. Lucic plays physically in the style of a power forward.
Lucic was born in East Vancouver to Serbian couple Dobrivoje "Dobro" Lučić and Snežana Kesa. His father, a longshoreman, emigrated from Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) when he was 27, while his mother arrived from Yugoslavia (now Croatia) with her family at the age of two. He has a younger brother named Nikola and an older brother named Jovan. His maternal uncle, Dan Kesa, is a retired NHL right winger who played for the Vancouver Canucks, Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Dallas Stars.
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