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Ryan Ellis

Ryan Ellis
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Born (1991-01-03) January 3, 1991 (age 26)
Freelton, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
NHL team Nashville Predators
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 11th overall, 2009
Nashville Predators
Playing career 2011–present
A teenage ice hockey player standing relaxed on the ice. He wears a green jersey with white trim and a black, visored helmet.
Ellis at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Saskatchewan
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing Canada Canada
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Russia
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Canada
Silver medal – second place 2010 Canada
Silver medal – second place 2011 United States
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2008 Czech Republic/Slovakia
IIHF World U18 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2008 Russia
Representing Canada Canada Ontario
World U-17 Hockey Challenge
Gold medal – first place 2008 Canada

Ryan Ellis (born January 3, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for and is an alternate captain of the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL).

After his second season in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Ellis was selected 11th overall by the Predators in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. During his junior career, he was key in guiding the Windsor Spitfires to back-to-back Memorial Cups as Canadian Hockey League (CHL) champions in 2009 and 2010. Individually, he was named to the CHL and OHL All-Rookie Teams in 2008, the First OHL All-Star Team in 2009 and 2011 and the Second OHL All-Star Team in 2010. He was awarded the OHL's Bobby Smith Trophy as the League's scholastic player of the year in 2008, the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the top defenceman in 2009 and 2011 and the Red Tilson Trophy as the most outstanding player in 2011. On a national basis, he was named CHL Defenceman and Player of the Year in 2011. Serving as the Spitfires' team captain in 2010–11, he became the franchise's all-time leading point-scorer among defencemen.


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