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Leon Draisaitl

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Leon Draisaitl, born on 27 October 1995, is a German professional ice hockey forward and alternate captain of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League. The son of Peter Draisaitl, a Czech-born player who represented West Germany and Germany at three Olympic Winter Games, he was taken second overall in the 2012 CHL Import Draft by the Prince Albert Raiders and third overall by Edmonton in the 2014 NHL entry draft. In 2020 he became the first German to win the Art Ross Trophy as leading scorer, the Hart Memorial Trophy as most valuable player and the Ted Lindsay Award, and in 2025 he won the Maurice Richard Trophy as the league's top goal scorer, having been runner-up for it in 2019 and 2022.

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1995 1
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Male 1
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2-4 1
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is a German professional ice hockey player
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1. Leon Draisaitl (Wikipedia)
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    born 27 October 1995
  • Lead, pronoun
    Draisaitl is the son of former Czech born Germany national team player Peter Draisaitl
  • Lead, honours
    Draisaitl became the first German player to win the Art Ross Trophy as the leading point scorer in the NHL, the Hart Memorial Trophy as regular season MVP, and the Ted Lindsay Award
  • Lead, nationality
    is a German professional ice hockey player
  • Plays: Ice Hockey, Lead, discipline
    is a German professional ice hockey player
  • Competed In: National Hockey League, Lead, national-hockey-league
    of the National Hockey League (NHL)
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