Ryan Ellis | |||
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Born |
Freelton, Ontario, Canada |
January 3, 1991 ||
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 |
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Playing career | 2011–present |
Ellis at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Saskatchewan |
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Medal record | ||
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Men's ice hockey | ||
Representing Canada | ||
World Championships | ||
2016 Russia | ||
World Junior Championships | ||
2009 Canada | ||
2010 Canada | ||
2011 United States | ||
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament | ||
2008 Czech Republic/Slovakia | ||
IIHF World U18 Championship | ||
2008 Russia | ||
Representing Canada Ontario | ||
World U-17 Hockey Challenge | ||
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.