Ryan Getzlaf was born on May 10,1985 and is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
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44 Facts About Ryan Getzlaf
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Ryan Getzlaf was a member of the 2005 World Junior Championship squad considered the greatest in Canadian history, and won a silver medal at the 2008 IIHF World Championship.
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Ryan Getzlaf is the younger son of Steve and Susan Getzlaf, and has an older brother, Chris.
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Ryan Getzlaf played tailback in football, and represented Saskatchewan as a catcher in a national youth baseball tournament, but focused on his hockey career.
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Ryan Getzlaf's performance made him a top prospect for the 2003 National Hockey League Entry Draft; the NHL Central Scouting Bureau ranked Getzlaf as the fifth best North American skater in the draft and he was taken in the first round, 19th overall, by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
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Ryan Getzlaf recorded 75 points in just 49 games and was named to the WHL's first all-star team.
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Ryan Getzlaf was named team captain, but was briefly stripped of the title by the coaches after earning several misconduct penalties for arguing with the officials.
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Ryan Getzlaf finished the regular season with 54 points in 51 games, and after the Hitmen were eliminated from the WHL playoffs, was assigned to the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League for their own playoff run.
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Ryan Getzlaf appeared in 10 post-season games for Cincinnati in his professional debut.
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Ryan Getzlaf appeared in 17 games for the Pirates in which he scored 8 goals and added 25 assists.
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Ryan Getzlaf completed the season in the NHL, and finished with 14 goals and 39 points in 57 regular season games, then added seven points in 16 post-season contests.
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At the age of 22 years, Ryan Getzlaf joined with Corey Perry and Dustin Penner to form the Ducks' "kid line" which emerged as a top scoring unit during a 2007 playoff run to the Stanley Cup final.
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Ryan Getzlaf led the Ducks in post-season scoring with 17 points, at the time a franchise playoff record, as the Ducks defeated the Ottawa Senators in the final series.
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Ryan Getzlaf emerged as one of the NHL's top young stars as he played in his first All-Star Game in 2008, and led the Ducks in both assists and points.
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One of the League's leading scorers, Ryan Getzlaf again led the Ducks with a franchise-record 66 assists, and his 91 points was sixth-best in the NHL.
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Ryan Getzlaf appeared in his second All-Star Game after being voted into the starting line-up for the 2009 contest by the fans.
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Ryan Getzlaf still led the Ducks with 50 assists, and was second in team scoring with 69 points.
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Ryan Getzlaf finished the lock-out-shortened campaign as the team leader in assists and points, and tied for the team lead with 15 goals.
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Ryan Getzlaf was named to the second All-Star team and was a first-time finalist for the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player.
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Ryan Getzlaf returned for the second game of the series, but missed the following two games due an undisclosed "upper body injury".
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Ryan Getzlaf returned for the remainder of his team's playoff run, and recorded 15 points in 12 post-season games before the Ducks were eliminated in the second round by the Los Angeles Kings.
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In 2017, Ryan Getzlaf was named a finalist for the Mark Messier Leadership Award along with Calgary Flames defencemen Mark Giordano and Columbus Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno.
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On July 28,2021, Ryan Getzlaf signed a one-year, $3 million contract to remain with the Ducks, with performance bonuses of up to $1.
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Ryan Getzlaf ended his career with 282 goals, 737 assists and a total of 1,018 points.
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Ryan Getzlaf is the 35th player since 1980 to play his entire career with one NHL franchise and is only the 11th to play at least 17 seasons with the same team.
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Ryan Getzlaf is tied for 33rd overall in most games played by a single player for a single franchise.
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Ryan Getzlaf made his international debut as a member of the seventh-place Canada-West entry at the 2002 World U17 Hockey Challenge in Manitoba.
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In seven games at the tournament, Ryan Getzlaf recorded two goals and two assists as Canada, in its second appearance at the event, won the nation's first gold medal at the U18 level.
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Ryan Getzlaf recorded six points in six games for a Canadian squad that scored 25 goals in its four round-robin games and surrendered only four en route to a gold medal showdown with the United States.
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One of 12 players with previous experience at the tournament for Canada, Ryan Getzlaf was a leading player for what many observers have called the greatest team in the tournament's history.
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Ryan Getzlaf made his first appearance with the senior team at the 2008 World Championship.
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Ryan Getzlaf led the tournament with 11 assists and his 14 points was second overall to teammate Dany Heatley's 20.
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Ryan Getzlaf was named to the Canadian roster for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, however a sprained ankle suffered during the NHL season left his participation in doubt until just before Canada was required to confirm its roster.
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Two years later, Ryan Getzlaf served as Canada's captain at the 2012 World Championship.
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Ryan Getzlaf tied for second in team scoring with nine points in eight games.
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Ryan Getzlaf was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct late in the game for kneeing Juraj Mikus.
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Ryan Getzlaf is known as a power forward with excellent playmaking skills.
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The Hockey News describes Ryan Getzlaf as being "the complete package" and praises his all-round game.
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Ryan Getzlaf is credited as having both a powerful shot and willingness to engage in physical play, but criticized for taking poor penalties at times and occasionally passing despite being in a quality shooting location.
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One of the league's top passers, Ryan Getzlaf has led the Ducks in assists for ten consecutive seasons between 2008 and 2017; he has led the team in points seven times.
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Ryan Getzlaf was recognized for his leadership role with the Ducks in 2014 as he earned his first nomination for the Mark Messier Leadership Award, with a second nomination coming the following season.
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Ryan Getzlaf maintains a program with the Calgary Hitmen called "Getzlaf's Gamers", which allows underprivileged children to attend games.
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