Alexis Lafrenière

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Alexis Lafrenière
File:Alexis Lafreniere.jpg
Lafrenière with the New York Rangers in 2021
Born (2001-10-11) October 11, 2001 (age 23)
Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 193 lb (88 kg; 13 st 11 lb)
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
NHL team New York Rangers
NHL Draft 1st overall, 2020
New York Rangers
Playing career 2021–present

Alexis Lafrenière (French pronunciation: ​[a.lɛk.si la.fʁə.njɛʁ], born October 11, 2001) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Selected first overall by the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) in 2017, he was awarded the QMJHL Rookie of the Year award and was named to the First All-Star team in his rookie season. He was selected first overall by the Rangers in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft and made his NHL debut with the team in 2021.

Lafrenière has represented Canada internationally at the 2018 IIHF World U18 Championships, 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, and the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. As the captain of the Canadian national junior team, Lafrenière led them to a gold medal at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

Playing career

QMJHL

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Lafrenière with the Rimouski Océanic in 2020

Lafrenière was selected first overall in the 2017 QMJHL entry draft by Rimouski Océanic. In his rookie season, he scored 42 goals, the most goals scored by a rookie since Sidney Crosby in 2004.[1] He was awarded the RDS Cup as QMJHL rookie of the year and was named to the First All-Star team.[2]

NHL

Following the shortened 2019–20 QMJHL season, Lafrenière was considered the consensus first overall pick for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft having led the league in scoring with 112 points. He was eventually drafted first overall by the New York Rangers on October 6, 2020, becoming their first-ever first overall pick in the entry draft era.[3][4] On October 12, Lafrenière signed an entry-level contract with the Rangers.[5]

On January 14, 2021, Lafrenière made his NHL debut with the New York Rangers, logging one shot on goal in the 4–0 loss to the New York Islanders.[6] On January 28, 2021, Lafrenière scored his first NHL goal in a 3–2 overtime win against the Buffalo Sabres.[7] He became the first Ranger to score his first career NHL goal in overtime since Mats Zuccarello did on January 5, 2011. Lafrenière also became the youngest player in NHL history to score their first career goal in overtime (19 years, 109 days old). The only other teenage player to do that was Cody Ceci (also 19) in 2013.[8]

On May 7, 2022, Lafreniére scored his first career playoff goal during the Game 4 of the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Pittsburgh Penguins. At 20 years and 208 days, he became the youngest Ranger with a playoff point since Steven Rice (19 years, 322 days) in 1991.[9]

International play

Medal record
Representing  Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Czech Republic
Hlinka Gretzky Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Edmonton/Red Deer

Lafrenière was the youngest player selected for Team Canada's U18 team at the 2018 IIHF World U18 Championships at the age of 16.[10] He later captained Team Canada at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup tournament, despite being the second youngest on the roster.[11] Lafreniere led the tournament with 11 points in five games, helping Canada win gold.[12]

In December 2018, Lafrenière was named to Team Canada's 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship roster.[13] He was the youngest member on the roster and the ninth-youngest forward ever to represent Canada in the World Juniors.[14] He scored his first, and only, goal of the tournament during Canada's 5–1 win over the Czech Republic.[14] Canada was later eliminated by Team Finland in the quarterfinals.[15]

In December 2019, he was named to Team Canada's 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships roster. After a four-point performance in the team's 6–4 win against the United States in the tournament opener, Lafrenière suffered a lower-body injury the following game after colliding with Russian goaltender Amir Miftakhov on a scoring chance in the second period.[16] He would miss two games, and came back strong, helping lead Canada to a gold medal. He was named one of the three best players on Team Canada, tournament MVP, and was named to the media all star team. He registered four goals and six assists for 10 points in five games.[17]

Personal life

Lafrenière was raised in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, the son of Hugo and Nathalie Lafrenière, a first grade teacher. He has one sister, Lori-Jane, who is three years older than him and plays soccer at the Université de Montréal. Alexis was also a talented baseball shortstop in his youth before deciding to focus on hockey. Despite being a Montreal Canadiens fan growing up, Lafrenière's favorite player was Patrick Kane.[18]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2017–18 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 60 42 38 80 54 7 4 3 7 12
2018–19 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 61 37 68 105 72 13 9 14 23 14
2019–20 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 52 35 77 112 50 — — — — —
2020–21 New York Rangers NHL 56 12 9 21 8 — — — — —
2021–22 New York Rangers NHL 79 19 12 31 37
NHL totals 135 31 21 52 45 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2017 Canada Red U17 2nd 6 3 3 6 0
2018 Canada U18 5th 5 4 2 6 2
2018 Canada HG18 1st 5 5 6 11 2
2019 Canada WJC 6th 5 1 0 1 2
2020 Canada WJC 1st 5 4 6 10 4
Junior totals 26 17 17 34 10

Awards and honours

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Lafreniere at the 2020 NHL Top Prospects Game in Hamilton, Ontario
Award Year Ref
QMJHL
QMJHL All-Rookie Team 2018 [19]
QMJHL First All-Star Team 2018, 2019, 2020
Rookie of the Year 2018
Michel Bergeron Trophy 2018 [20]
Michel Brière Memorial Trophy 2020 [21]
International
World Junior Championships – Tournament MVP 2020 [22]
World Junior Championships – Tournament All-Star Team 2020

References

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External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by NHL first overall draft pick
2020		 Succeeded by
Owen Power
Preceded by New York Rangers first round draft pick
2020		 Succeeded by
Braden Schneider
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