Cale Makar, born on October 30, 1998, is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain of the Colorado Avalanche in the National Hockey League. The Avalanche chose him fourth overall in the 2017 NHL entry draft, and after two seasons in the NCAA with the UMass Minutemen he debuted in the NHL during the 2019 playoffs. In his first full season, 2019 to 2020, he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year, and he has since won the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the league's best defenceman twice. In 2022 he won the Stanley Cup with Colorado and took the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player of those playoffs. Internationally he won gold at the 2018 World Junior Championships and, with the senior team, gold at the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off and silver at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
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Cale Douglas Makar (born October 30, 1998)
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He was selected with the fourth overall pick by the Avalanche in the 2017 NHL entry draft.
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won the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year. In his second professional season he was nominated for the James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the league's best defenceman, and won the Norris in the following 2022; he later won a second Norris in the 2025, in his fifth nomination. Makar won the Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 2022, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the 2022 playoffs
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Makar won the Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 2022
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is a Canadian professional ice hockey player
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professional ice hockey player
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alternate captain for the Colorado Avalanche
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of the National Hockey League (NHL)
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silver at the 2026 Winter Olympics
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