Sam Gagner
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Sam Gagner pictured while with the Edmonton Oilers in 2012
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| Born |
August 10, 1989 London, Ontario, Canada |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 202 lb (92 kg; 14 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Columbus Blue Jackets Edmonton Oilers Arizona Coyotes Philadelphia Flyers |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 6th overall, 2007 Edmonton Oilers |
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| Playing career | 2007–present | ||
.jpg) Gagner with Canada at the 2007 Super Series |
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| Medal record | ||
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| Representing Canada
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| Ice hockey | ||
| World Championship | ||
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2008 Canada | |
| World Junior Championship | ||
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2007 Sweden | |
| Spengler Cup | ||
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2012 Davos | |
Sam William Gagner (born August 10, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round, sixth overall, of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, and played there for the first seven years of his NHL career. He also played one season for the Arizona Coyotes and another with the Philadelphia Flyers.
Gagner played midget hockey with the Toronto Marlboros of the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) in 2004–05. He scored 173 points and was awarded the Buck Houle Award, a Marlboros team award given for outstanding on ice performance and leadership. The same season, he made his junior debut, playing 13 games for the Milton Icehawks of the OPJHL, scoring 15 points.His dad was the coach of his minor hockey career. In 2005–06, he joined the Sioux City Musketeers of the United States Hockey League (USHL) and scored 46 points in 56 games, second in team scoring.
Gagner originally committed to play hockey at the collegiate level for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, but later decided to stay closer to home by playing for a Canadian major junior hockey team. Considered a first round talent, the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s London Knights selected him in the fourth round of the 2005 OHL Entry Draft on a flyer, as his commitment to play college hockey deterred many OHL teams from drafting him. Joined by future NHL stars Patrick Kane and Sergei Kostitsyn on the Knights' top line in 2006–07, Gagner scored 118 points in 53 games, fifth in OHL scoring. He also captained Team Burns/Bergeron (Red) in the 2007 CHL Top Prospects Game to a 5–3 victory over Team Bowman/Demers (White).
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