Sam Gagner was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round, 6th overall, of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, and played there for the first seven years of his NHL career.
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22 Facts About Sam Gagner
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Sam Gagner played one season each for the Arizona Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets and the Vancouver Canucks before returning to Edmonton in 2019, he was then traded to the Detroit Red Wings in 2020.
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Sam Gagner scored 173 points and was awarded the Buck Houle Award, a Marlboros team award given for outstanding on ice performance and leadership.
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Along the way, Sam Gagner played with future NHLer John Tavares on the Marlboros and later the Icehawks.
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Sam Gagner originally committed to play hockey at the collegiate level for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, but later decided to stay closer to home by playing for a Canadian major junior hockey team.
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Sam Gagner was drafted in the first round, sixth overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
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Sam Gagner finished his sophomore season with 16 goals and 41 points in 76 games.
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On March 9,2011, Sam Gagner severed a tendon in his left hand while facing the Washington Capitals when teammate Ryan Jones caught him with a skate blade while jumping over the boards.
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Several months later, on February 2,2012, Sam Gagner scored four goals and four assists against the Chicago Blackhawks, tying the team record of eight points in a game, previously set by Wayne Gretzky and Paul Coffey.
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Two days later, Sam Gagner scored two goals and added an assist in the first period against the Detroit Red Wings, setting a new Oilers record with 11 consecutive points, previously held by Gretzky, who scored ten consecutive points twice his career.
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Sam Gagner finished the season with 47 points over 75 games, with nearly a quarter of his output having occurred in that two-game stretch.
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On June 27,2015, Sam Gagner was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers along with a conditional third or fourth round draft pick in return for Nicklas Grossmann and the contract of Chris Pronger.
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Sam Gagner cleared waivers the next day, and was loaned in order to be closer to his family to the Toronto Marlies, affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Sam Gagner scored 15 points in 15 games with the Marlies before he was recalled by the injury-struck Canucks on November 18,2018.
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Sam Gagner registered 1 goal and 3 points in 7 games before Vancouver returned to health and he was returned to the Marlies on December 4,2018.
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Sam Gagner was traded by the Canucks in a return to his original draft club, the Edmonton Oilers, in exchange for Ryan Spooner on February 16,2019.
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On February 24,2020, Sam Gagner was traded at the NHL trade deadline from the Oilers, along with second-round draft picks in 2020 and 2021, to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Andreas Athanasiou and Ryan Kuffner.
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Sam Gagner added one goal in 6 games with the Red Wings before their season was prematurely ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic suspending play.
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Later that year, upon being selected in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, Sam Gagner competed in the 2007 Super Series, an eight-game series between Canada's and Russia's national junior teams commemorating the 1972 Summit Series.
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Sam Gagner married longtime girlfriend Dr Rachel Linke in Muskoka, Ontario, on July 12,2014.
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