Milan Lucic

Canadian professional ice hockey player

Milan Lucic (born June 7, 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is an Canadian professional ice hockey left winger. He currently plays for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Lucic played hockey in the WHL for 3 seasons with the Vancouver Giants. He has a banner in the Giants' Hall of Fame that hangs in the stands. He has been criticized for frequent unsportsmanlike conduct, most recently his "spearings" of Alexei Emelin in May[1] and Danny DeKeyser in April of 2014. Lucic responded to the criticism, "I’ve been in the league for seven years and I think I’ve only done that three times. I don’t know why I did it.”[2]

Milan Lucic
Lucic during his time with the Bruins
Born (1988-06-07) June 7, 1988 (age 35)
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
Calgary Flames
Boston Bruins
Los Angeles Kings
Edmonton Oilers
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 50th overall, 2006
Boston Bruins
Playing career 2007–present

Awards change

  • He won the President's Cup with the Vancouver Giants in 2006.
  • He won the Memorial Cup with the Vancouver Giants in 2007.
  • He won the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy in 2007
  • He was named to the Memorial Cup All-Star Team in 2007.
  • He was named to the NHL YoungStars Game in 2008.
  • He was chosen to play in the NHL YoungStars Game in 2009 but did not play due to an injury.

References change

  1. "Milan Lucic spears Alexei Emelin, calls him a chicken, denies spear despite video evidence". 25 March 2014.
  2. "Milan Lucic fined $5000 for groin spear, points out he only does this once every 2.3 years". sports.yahoo.com. 19 April 2014.

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