Travis Konecny
| Travis Konecny | |||
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| Born |
March 11, 1997 London, Ontario, Canada |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre / Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| NHL team | Philadelphia Flyers | ||
| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 24th overall, 2015 Philadelphia Flyers |
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| Playing career | 2016–present | ||
Travis Konecny (/koʊˈnɛkniː/ koh-NEK-nee; born March 11, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and is currently playing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Konecny was selected by the Flyers in the first round (24th overall) of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.
Konecny was born in London, Ontario, but grew up in Clachan, a small community in the township of West Elgin. He played youth hockey for the Chatham-Kent Cyclones before moving to the Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs of the Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario for his bantam and minor midget seasons. His minor midget coach Darren Kelly has said of him that, "When he was 10, we were in the Ontario finals in Oakville, and we were down 2–0 to the Toronto Marlies going into the third period ... Travis came out and scored four goals and an assist and we won 5–2. He was named the tournament MVP, and from that point on, his name was kind of on the radar." Konecny said at this point of his career that, "I feel I'm more of a playmaker and I try to win all my puck battles and races ... I find that an assist is just as good as a goal, and points don't matter to me as long as the team is winning."
The first scouting report from the team that would draft him into the OHL after his amateur career said of him: "Top-end forward with great hockey sense as well as skill. Moves the puck well at all times and competes in all situations." The assistant general manager that filed the report stated that over Konecny's time between that first report and his drafting he filed about 15 reports and stated of his consistency that "he never changed from first on my list 'til the day we drafted him". In his final season, Konecny had 53 goals and 61 assists in 54 games for the Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs.
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