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Sam William Gagner (born August 10, 1989) is a
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professional
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player who plays in the
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(NHL) for the
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. He was drafted by the
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in the first round, 6th overall, of the
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, and played there for the first seven years of his NHL career. He also played one season each for the
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,
Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. The Flyers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games in Wells ...
,
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and the
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before returning to Edmonton in 2019; he was then traded to the
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in 2020.


Playing career


Amateur

Gagner played midget hockey with the
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of the
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(GTHL) in 2004–05. He scored 173 points and was awarded the Buck Houle Award, a Marlboros team award given for outstanding on ice performance and leadership. The same season, he made his
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debut, playing 13 games for the
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of the
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, scoring 15 points. His dad was the coach of his minor hockey career. In 2005–06, he joined the
Sioux City Musketeers The Sioux City Musketeers are a junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL). The Musketeers' home ice is Tyson Events Center. The team was founded in 1972, and has won three Anderson Cups a ...
of the
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(USHL) and scored 46 points in 56 games, second in team scoring. Along the way, Gagner played with future NHLer
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on the Marlboros and later the Icehawks. As early as 2002, the pair also honed their skills and became friends on a backyard rink built by Sam's dad Dave in Oakville. Gagner originally committed to play hockey at the collegiate level for the
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, but later decided to stay closer to home by playing for a Canadian
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team. Considered a first round talent, the
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(OHL)'s
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selected him in the fourth round of the 2005 OHL Entry Draft on a flyer, as his commitment to play college hockey deterred many OHL teams from drafting him. Joined by future NHL stars Patrick Kane and
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on the Knights' top line in 2006–07, Gagner scored 118 points in 53 games, fifth in OHL scoring. He also captained Team Burns/Bergeron (Red) in the 2007
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to a 5–3 victory over Team Bowman/Demers (White).


Professional


Edmonton Oilers

Gagner was drafted in the first round, sixth overall by the
Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. They play their home games at Rogers Place, which ...
in the
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. On October 1, 2007, he was then signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Oilers. He played his first NHL game on October 4 in a 3–2 shootout victory over the
San Jose Sharks The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference, and are owned by San Jose Sports & Entertainm ...
and earned his first NHL point, assisting on a goal scored by defenceman Tom Gilbert. On October 20, Gagner scored his first career NHL goal against
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of the
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. As the NHL's youngest player in 2007–08, he tallied 49 points in 79 games playing between wingers and fellow rookies
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and
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on a combination dubbed the "Kid Line." During the season, Gagner participated in the 2008
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in
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as part of All-Star weekend and was also named the NHL Rookie of the Month for February. As part of a month-long scoring stretch in which he scored 13 points in 12 games, he also established an Oilers team record for the longest assists streak by a rookie with nine in eight straight games. The next season, 2008–09, he recorded his first career NHL
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and added an assist for a four-point game in an 8–1 win against the
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on March 19, 2009. He finished his sophomore season with 16 goals and 41 points in 76 games. In the following two campaigns, he posted 41- and 42-point efforts. On March 9, 2011, Gagner severed a tendon in his left hand while facing the
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when teammate
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caught him with a skate blade while jumping over the boards. Requiring surgery, Gagner was sidelined for the remainder of the 2010–11 season, as well as one month into the following campaign, making his return to the Oilers line-up on October 22, 2011. Several months later, on February 2, 2012, Gagner scored four goals and four assists against the
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, tying the team record of eight points in a game, previously set by
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and
Paul Coffey Paul Douglas Coffey (born June 1, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for nine teams over 21 seasons in the National Hockey League. Known for his speed and scoring prowess, Coffey ranks second all-time among ...
. The feat also made him the 13th NHL player of all time to score eight or more points in a single game, and the first since
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did it in 1989. Two days later, Gagner scored two goals and added an assist in the first period against the
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, setting a new Oilers record with 11 consecutive points, previously held by Gretzky, who scored ten consecutive points twice his career. Gagner finished the season with 47 points over 75 games, with nearly a quarter of his output having occurred in that two-game stretch. During the 2012–13 NHL lock-out, Gagner signed with Klagenfurter AC of the Eishockey Liga in
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. On July 22, 2013, shortly after the end of the 2012–13 season, the Oilers signed Gagner to a three-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $4.8 million.


Trade to Arizona

On June 29, 2014, the
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acquired Gagner in exchange for
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. Gagner, however, only spent an hour as a member of the Lightning before then being acquired by the
Arizona Coyotes The Arizona Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Coyotes compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference and currently play at the Mull ...
, along with B. J. Crombeen, in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. During the Coyotes' training camp ahead of the 2014–15 season, Arizona Head Coach
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experimented utilizing Gagner on the right wing instead of his natural centre position, where he played in a pre-season, 5–4 shootout victory over the
Los Angeles Kings The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference and was founded on June 5, 1967, after Jack Kent ...
. On December 23, 2014, Gagner scored two goals and two assists against his former team, the Oilers, in a 5–1 Arizona victory at
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in
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. With Arizona, Gagner found chemistry playing on a line with centre
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; the two combined for 16 points in just five games in December and January 2015.


Philadelphia Flyers/Columbus Blue Jackets

On June 27, 2015, Gagner was traded to the
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along with a conditional third (2017) or fourth (2016) round draft pick in return for
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and the contract of
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. Coyotes general manager
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explained the trade as being due to a belief in the organization that Gagner "couldn't play centre at the NHL level". On August 1, 2016, Gagner signed a one-year deal with the
Columbus Blue Jackets The Columbus Blue Jackets (often simply referred to as the Jackets) are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, ...
. Following a resurgent season with the Blue Jackets where he set a career high in points with 50, Gagner signed a 3-year $9.45 million contract with the
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.


Vancouver Canucks and return to Edmonton

Prior to the 2018–19 season, after attending the Canucks training camp and pre-season Gagner was placed on waivers by the Canucks on October 1, 2018. He cleared waivers the next day, and was loaned in order to be closer to his family to the
Toronto Marlies The Toronto Marlies are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a member of the North Division of the Eastern Conference. The Marlies is owned by Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment, a c ...
, affiliate of the
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. Gagner scored 15 points in 15 games with the Marlies before he was recalled by the injury-struck Canucks on November 18, 2018. He 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. Through 43 games with the Marlies, Gagner was among the team's top scorers with 37 points. He was traded by the Canucks in a return to his original draft club, the Edmonton Oilers, in exchange for
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on February 16, 2019. During the 2019–20 season, Gagner recorded five goals and seven assists in 36 games for the Oilers.


Detroit Red Wings

On February 24, 2020, Gagner was traded at the NHL trade deadline from the Oilers, along with second-round draft picks in
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and
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, to the
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in exchange for
Andreas Athanasiou Andreas Athanasiou (born August 6, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Athanasiou was drafted 110th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. Pla ...
and Ryan Kuffner. He added one goal in 6 games with the Red Wings before their season was prematurely ended due to the
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suspending play. On September 26, 2020, the Red Wings signed Gagner to a one-year, $850,000 contract extension. On July 28, 2021, the Red Wings signed Gagner to a one-year contract extension.


Winnipeg Jets

As a free agent from the Red Wings, Gagner continued his career by signing for his 16th season in the NHL in agreeing to a one-year, league minimum $750,000 contract with the Winnipeg Jets on September 2, 2022.


International play

Gagner competed for
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at the 2007 World Junior Championships in Sweden, playing in all six games as the youngest player on the team, helping Canada to their third of five-straight gold medals. Later that year, upon being selected in the
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, Gagner competed in the
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, an eight-game series between Canada's and Russia's national junior teams commemorating the 1972 Summit Series. He scored 15 points and was named series
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, as Canada defeated Russia 7–0–1 in the series. After Gagner's 2007–08 rookie season with the Oilers, he made his senior international debut with
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in the 2008 World Championships in Canada as a reserve. Gagner played in one preliminary game as Canada was defeated in the gold medal game by
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.


Personal life

In his rookie year, Gagner lived in a house provided by Oilers captain
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, along with teammates
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and Tom Gilbert. In the summer of 2009, Gilbert bought his own house while Gagner and Cogliano each got apartments in Edmonton in the same complex. During the off-season, Gagner goes back to his hometown of
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. Gagner is the son of former NHL player
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, who spent 15 seasons with the Rangers,
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,
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and
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. Due to his dad's career, Sam Gagner grew up in
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and Oakville. His sister, Jessica Gagner, played hockey for the
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program. Gagner married longtime girlfriend Dr. Rachel Linke in Muskoka, Ontario, on July 12, 2014. They have three children.


Career statistics


Regular season and playoffs


International


Awards and honours


Records

*Edmonton Oilers Most Points in a Single Game – 8 (shared with
Wayne Gretzky Wayne Douglas Gretzky ( ; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "the Great One ...
and
Paul Coffey Paul Douglas Coffey (born June 1, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for nine teams over 21 seasons in the National Hockey League. Known for his speed and scoring prowess, Coffey ranks second all-time among ...
)
*Edmonton Oilers Most Points in a Single Period – 5 (shared with
Jari Kurri Jari Pekka Kurri (; born May 18, 1960) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey winger and a five-time Stanley Cup champion. In 2001, he became the first Finnish player to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2017 Kurri was named one ...
)


References


External links

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