Eric Lindros

Eric Lindros, born on 28 February 1973, is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who led the Oshawa Generals to the 1990 Memorial Cup and was chosen first overall by the Quebec Nordiques in 1991. He refused to play for the Nordiques and was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in 1992 in a deal that included Peter Forsberg. A hard-nosed power forward who averaged more than a point per game but lost time to injuries and many concussions, he won the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award after the lockout-shortened 1994-95 season, and later played for the New York Rangers, the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Dallas Stars. For Canada he won World Junior gold in 1990 and 1991 and Olympic silver in 1992 and gold in 2002, and he entered the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2016.