Patrik Laine
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19 April 1998 Tampere, Finland |
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| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Winnipeg Jets Tappara |
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| National team |
 Finland
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| NHL Draft | 2nd overall, 2016 Winnipeg Jets |
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| Playing career | 2014–present | ||
 Laine (number 29) battling for the puck against Belarus at the 2016 IIHF World Championship |
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| Representing Finland
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
| IIHF World Championship | ||
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2016 Russia | |
| IIHF World U18 Championship | ||
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2015 Switzerland | |
| IIHF World U20 Championship | ||
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2016 Finland | |
Patrik Laine (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlɑine]; born 19 April 1998 in Tampere, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for the Winnipeg Jets in the National Hockey League (NHL). Laine formerly played in his native Finland with Tappara in the Finnish Liiga before he was taken with the second overall pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft by the Jets.
Laine began playing hockey at four years old and initially played every position. His primary position was goaltender which was his favourite position and his best at the time. Urged by his father, Laine permanently switched to forward when he was 12. Laine left school at 16 to focus full-time on hockey.
Patrik Laine started to play hockey in Ilves at the age of four, but soon changed to local competitor Tappara. Laine made his Liiga debut at the age of 16 with Tappara during the 2014–15 season, logging six games and scoring one point. He spent most of that season, however, on loan with LeKi of Mestis.
He began the 2015–16 season with Tappara, and over a span of 46 games with the club scored 17 goals and 16 assists for a total of 33 points.
Prior to the start of his NHL draft season, Laine was ranked in numerous hockey publications as the fourth-best prospect in the 2016 NHL Draft. Due to strong play with Tappara early in the season and an impressive showing at the 2015 IIHF World U18 Championships where he scored 8 goals in 7 games, Laine's ranking on most draft lists rose from the previous season, when he had been considered a mid-first-round prospect.
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