Jordan Eberle

At 34 years old, Jordan Eberle has this physical status:

Jordan Leslie Eberle (born May 15, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL).

He was selected in the first round (22nd overall) in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers. During his four-year junior career with the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League (WHL), he won the CHL Player of the Year Award in 2010, the Doc Seaman Trophy as the scholastic player of the year in 2008 and was a two-time First Team East All-Star in 2008 and 2010.

In his second season in the NHL, Eberle was named to the All-Star Game and led the Oilers in goal- and point-scoring. Internationally, Eberle has competed for Canada in two World Junior Championships, winning gold and silver in 2009 and 2010, respectively.

He was named Tournament MVP and Best Forward at the 2010 World Junior Championships and is tied with Brayden Schenn as Canada's second all-time leading scorer at the tournament with 26 points.

Both are 5 behind Eric Lindros' 31 points.

TSN named him the best Canadian World Junior Player ever, being the only player to have earned points in all 12 career games played, the longest career scoring streak in team history by five games.

Personal life

Eberle was born to Darren and Lisa Eberle in Regina, Saskatchewan. His dad coached him on his minor hockey teams growing up. He has two sisters, Ashley and Whitney, and a younger brother, Dustin. He attended high school at the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, before moving to Calgary, Alberta, at age 15 with his parents and three siblings. He returned to Regina to play junior hockey for the Regina Pats and attended Archbishop M.C. O'Neill High School during the hockey season. He went on to graduate from Bishop O'Byrne Senior High School in Calgary in June 2008.

Eberle has a cousin, Derek Eberle, who also played junior for the Pats from 1990 to 1993. His brother Dustin was drafted by the Pats in the 12th round, 248th overall, of the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft.

Eberle has been in a relationship with Lauren Rodych since high school. They became engaged in the summer of 2016. The couple got married on July 22, 2017, in Calgary, Alberta.

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Playing career

Eberle was a novice with Hockey Regina's tier-1 Kings and scored 216 goals in sixty games between 1999 and 2000. As a fourteen-year-old boy, he continued to play Bantam AAA for the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan. Eberle joined the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in the seventh round (126th overall) of the 2005 WHL Bantam Draft, his hometown major junior team (WHL). In the bronze-medal match against the Prince Albert Mintos, he earned a bronze medal with the Buffaloes at the 2006 Mac's Midget Hockey Tournament, scoring two goals. He helped his team qualify for the 2006 Telus Cup national midget championship, where the Buffaloes lost 5–4 overtime against the Mintos in the final. In the losing attempt, Eberle scored a goal and was given the Most Sportsmanlike Award for the tournament.

As a rookie, Eberle debuted with the Pats in 2006–07, scoring 55 points and a team-high 28 goals. In six games against the Swift Current Broncos in the first round of the 2007 WHL playoffs, he scored two goals and seven points but was forced to miss the remainder of the second round due to a virus. Eberle started his second major junior season by winning WHL Player of the Month awards for October 2007, totaling sixteen goals and 26 points in six games for the Pats. He had missed two games early in the season due to tonsillitis, before scoring a hat trick against the Moose Jaw Warriors on October 6, 2007. In the 2007 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge, Eberle later represented Team WHL against Russia. He was chosen to play in the 2008 CHL Top Prospects Game in Edmonton midway through the season.

With a team-high 42 goals and 75 points, Eberle finished 2007–08. His 42 goals contributed to one-fifth of his team's scoring, marking the first time a Pats player reached his 40 goals since Matt Hubbauer scored 48 in 2001-02. With Drayson Bowman of the Spokane Chiefs, it also tied for fourth in league scoring. He was named to the WHL East First All-Star Team and was named WHL Scholastic Player of the Year (beating out defenceman Jared Cowen of the Spokane Chiefs) and was given the Doc Seaman Trophy as the WHL Scholastic Player of the Year.

In the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's preliminary rankings for the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, Eberle had started his 2007–08 season ranked seventh among WHL skaters. He was ranked 24th among North American skaters at mid-season, but he dropped to 33rd in the NHL CSS' final rankings, then to 33rd. Eberle's forte, according to Eberle's manager, are his skating and stickhandling. The Edmonton Oilers selected him in the first round, placing him 22nd overall. Even after his family relocated to Calgary at fourteen years old, Eberle grew up in Regina. "If I had to pick one pick, [the Oilers] would have been it," he said in an interview.

In 2008, Eberle competed in his second ADT Canada–Russia Challenge for Team WHL. Eberle was contracted by the Oilers on March 23, 2009, after ending the 2008–09 WHL season with a team-leading 74 points in 61 games.

Eberle was one of the final cuts for the Oilers in the 2009 training camp and was competing for a roster spot. On September 27, 2009, he was back to the Pats after reeling off 25 points in a dozen games to be named WHL Player of the Month for September and October. He was voted an alternate captain to Pats teammate Colten Teubert for Game 5 and was part of Team WHL's (formerly known as the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge). Eberle was named second in league scoring in 57 games, one point behind Brandon Kozun of the Calgary Hitmen in eight fewer games) and was a unanimous selection for his second WHL East First All-Star Team in three years. During the 1997–98 season, he was the first Pats to score 50 goals and 100 points since Ronald Petrovick. With 155 and twelfth in points, Eberle ended his career with the Pats for the seventh time in franchise goal scoring with 310. After the 2009-2010 season, Eberle was named Most Sportsmanlike Player and Most Popular Player. Despite the Pats' rocky season as a team, Eberle was named as the winner of the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as the WHL Player of the Year, defeating Vancouver Giants Craig Cunningham. Tyler Seguin and Mike Hoffman, respectively, were later voted CHL Player of the Year after beating out Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) candidates. It was the third time a Pats player received the award, after Ed Staniowski in 1975 and Doug Wickenheiser in 1980.

The Pats renamed Eberle's number 7 on December 5, 2012, in honor of his outstanding junior hockey career.

Eberle was assigned to the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League (AHL), shortly after signing a professional deal with the Oilers in 2009. In his third game with the Falcons, a 4–3 loss to the Portland Pirates on March 29, 2009, he scored his first professional goal, marking his third game with the Falcons. In nine games, he had tally three goals and nine points. Since completing the 2009–10 season with the Pats, Eberle was back to the Falcons. In the Falcons' last 11 games of the regular season, he scored six goals and 14 points.

Eberle made his NHL debut with the Oilers against the Calgary Flames on October 7, 2010. On the penalty kill in the third period, he scored on a backhand deke over goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff for his first goal, on the penalty kill. Fans later voted Goal of the Year on the League's Facebook page, as well as Play of the Year on The Sports Network's website, as the NHL's Goal of the Year. He later assisted on the powerplay, firing a shot that bounced off teammate Shawn Horcoff's shinpads. The Oilers went on to win the game 4–0. Eberle was dubbed the first celebrity of the game. Eberle sustained a high ankle sprain when colliding with opposing forward Ale Kotalk during a game against the Flames on January 1, 2011. Though being sidelined by the injury, he underwent an unrelated emergency appendectomy four days later. He returned to action in early February after missing 13 games due to his ankle injury. Eberle was struck in the head by opposition forward Raffi Torres during a game against the Vancouver Canucks late in the season on April 5, which was later in the season. Although Eberle was not injured on the field, Torres was suspended for four games for the hit. Eberle led his team in scoring and finished fifth in the league rookie standings in 69 games last season, with 43 points (18 goals and 25 assists) in 69 games. Despite the fact that the Oilers had the worst record in the league in a second straight year, Eberle's aspirations as a rookie were matched by fellow first-year forwards Taylor Hall and Magnus Pääjärvi, as well as fellow first-year forwards Taylor Hall and Magnus Pääjärvi.

Eberle sustained a sprained knee injury while playing with Dallas Stars forward Jamie Benn during a game on January 7, 2012. Eberle was one of the league's best scorers and six points behind the league's leader at the time of the injury, with six points falling six points behind the league's leader. Despite his rise, he was left off the 2012 NHL All-Star Game roster, which was not announced until he was sidelined. Several members of the Oilers team were outspoken about the omission, including captain Shawn Horcoff and Head Coach Tom Renney, to whom the League said the Eberle would not have been selected if he had not been hurt. After missing four games, Eberle returned to the Oilers line-up in January 19. He was also named as an All-Star replacement for Mikko Koivu's injured Mikko Koivu five days later. In the squad's 12-9 victory over Team Alfredsson, Eberle was recruited to Team Chara as part of the All-Star Fantasy Draft and went on to have an assist. In a 6–1 victory over the Calgary Flames on February 21, 2012, Eberle scored his 100th NHL point in his career with a goal and two assists. With a team-leading 34 goals, 42 assists, and 76 points, he had a great second NHL season. He ranked 16th in goals and points among league scorers. The Oilers continued to fail as a team, finishing 14th in the Western Conference with 32 victories and 74 points, while the Oilers finished 14th.

Eberle, along with Florida Panthers Brian Campbell and Matt Moulson, were nominated for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy on April 23, 2012.

Eberle's contract extension with the Oilers was signed on August 30, 2012.

Eberle played for the Oklahoma City Barons of the AHL during the 2012-2013 lockout, and at the time that the lockout was ruled, he led the league with 25 goals and 51 points. For two months in a row, Eberle became the Month Player of the Month.

Eberle scored his first NHL hat-trick on February 11, 2016, in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Connor McDavid was able to assist all three goals. This was also the last hat-trick scored at Rexall Place.

For the first time since the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs were played ten years ago, well before Eberle was drafted. Though the Oilers advanced to the second round following a seven-game series against the San Jose Sharks, they were eliminated in six games against the Anaheim Ducks, and Eberle failed in six games throughout the tournament. He only had two assists in 13 playoff games, the first time he would qualify for the playoffs with Edmonton.

Following a poor showing in the 2017 playoffs, Eberle was traded to the New York Islanders in exchange for Ryan Strome.

Eberle, despite his playoff appearance in Edmonton, was a key contributor to the Islanders' win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the First Round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, scoring a goal in all four games and ending with nine points in eight postseason games. Eberle, the Islanders' inactive free agent, had opted to re-sign with the Islanders on June 14, 2019, ending his five-year contract.

In the 2020 Eastern Conference Final in double overtime, Eberle scored his first playoff victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, prompting a Game 6.

By the Seattle Kraken, Eberle was selected from the Islanders at the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft on July 21, 2021.

In a 5–2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on November 4, 2021, Eberle scored his first hat trick in Kraken history.

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