| Milan Lucic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) Lucic with the Calgary Flames in 2021 | |||
| Born |
June 7, 1988 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 236 lb (107 kg; 16 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams |
Free agent Boston Bruins Los Angeles Kings Edmonton Oilers Calgary Flames | ||
| National team |
 Canada | ||
| NHL draft |
50th overall, 2006 Boston Bruins | ||
| Playing career | 2007–present | ||
Milan Lucic (Serbian pronunciation: [mǐlan lûːtʃitɕ]; born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played major junior hockey with the Vancouver Giants in the Western Hockey League (WHL) for three seasons and captured the Memorial Cup while being named tournament MVP in 2007. He was selected 50th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft[1] and made the Bruins’ roster as a 19-year-old in 2007–08. Three years later, he won a Stanley Cup with the Bruins. He spent the first eight seasons of his NHL career with Boston before being traded to the Los Angeles Kings in June 2015. After a single season in Los Angeles, Lucic signed as a free agent with the Edmonton Oilers in July 2016, playing three seasons for the Oilers before being traded to the Calgary Flames in July 2019.
Internationally, Lucic captained the Canadian national junior team at the 2007 Super Series. He plays physically in the style of a power forward.[2][3]
- ^ "Milan Lucic hockey statistics & profile". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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