Edward Purcell (born September 8, 1985) is a
Canadian
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former professional
ice hockey
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right winger who played in the
National Hockey League
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(NHL) for the
Los Angeles Kings
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,
Tampa Bay Lightning
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,
Edmonton Oilers
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and
Florida Panthers
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. He was not drafted by any NHL team.
Playing career
Amateur
Purcell moved to the United States to study at and play hockey for
Lake Forest Academy, a
prep school north of
Chicago
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. He then played
junior hockey for the
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the
United States Hockey League
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(USHL), where he set the career scoring mark, scoring 138 points on 39 goals and 99 assists in two seasons. He was the team leader in scoring his first season with the RoughRiders, tallying 67 points. In his second season, he was outscored by teammate
Chad Costello by one point, scoring 71 points. Undrafted by an NHL team in his first year of draft eligibility, Purcell then played one season of
college hockey at the
University of Maine
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with the
Black Bears ice hockey team in 2006–07.
Professional

In
2007–08, his first professional season, Purcell played most of the year in the
American Hockey League
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(AHL) with the
Manchester Monarchs, but also played ten games in the NHL with the
Los Angeles Kings
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. On February 15, 2008, Purcell scored his first NHL goal against the
Calgary Flames
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'
Miikka Kiprusoff at
Staples Center
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in
Los Angeles
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. In the AHL, he was named to the
2008 AHL All-Star Classic and became the first rookie to score an All-Star Classic
hat-trick
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Origin
The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three Wick ...
. He also scored the decisive goal in the shootout to give the Canadian All Stars a 9–8 win over the PlanetUSA All-Stars. Purcell was named the game's MVP. Finishing his rookie AHL season with 83 points in 67 games, Purcell won the
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as the AHL's top rookie. In
2008–09, Purcell split the season between the Monarchs and Kings, playing 40 games in the NHL while scoring 4 goals and 12 assists for 16 points.
At the
NHL trade deadline in 2010, Purcell was traded (along with a third-round draft pick) to the
Tampa Bay Lightning
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in exchange for forward
Jeff Halpern. Purcell finished the
2009–10 season with 15 points. On July 6, 2010, new Lightning general manager
Steve Yzerman re-signed Purcell (along with another former University of Maine player,
Mike Lundin) to a one-year contract. Purcell then blossomed under new Lightning head coach
Guy Boucher. On February 23, 2011, Purcell scored his first NHL hat trick, against the
Phoenix Coyotes
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. He went on to finish with 51 points in the regular season, and 17 points in 18 games during the
2011 Stanley Cup playoffs.
On July 20, 2011, Purcell avoided arbitration by signing a two-year, $4.75 million contract extension with Tampa Bay just hours before his arbitration meeting. On April 7, 2012, in the Lightning's last game of the
2011–12 regular season, Purcell recorded his second career NHL hat trick, helping Tampa Bay win 4–3 in overtime. After a breakout season in which he scored 24 goals and 65 points, Purcell was named to
Canada
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's roster for the
2012 IIHF World Championship
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.
On July 10, 2012, Purcell signed a three-year contract extension with the Lightning to keep him with the club through to the
2015–16 season.
On June 29, 2014, Purcell was traded to the
Edmonton Oilers
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in exchange for
Sam Gagner, who was himself immediately traded to the Arizona Coyotes.
In his second season with the Oilers in
2015–16, with the club out of contention for the
Stanley Cup playoffs
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and in the last year of his contract, after scoring 32 points in 61 games, on February 27, 2016, Purcell was traded to the
Florida Panthers
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in exchange for a third-round pick in the
2016 NHL Entry Draft.
On July 1, 2016, Purcell as a free agent opted to return to his original club, the Los Angeles Kings, signing a one-year, $1.6 million contract. In the
2016–17 season, Purcell endured an unsuccessful reunion with the Kings, contributing with just 2 assists in 12 games before he was waived and reassigned to the club's AHL affiliate, the
Ontario Reign
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The fra ...
, for the remainder of the season. Purcell regained his offensive production with Ontario, collecting 38 points in as many games.
As a free agent from the Kings, and going unsigned over the summer, on September 14, 2017, it was announced Purcell had joined the
Boston Bruins
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on a professional try-out (PTO) contract to attend training camp. After completing the pre-season with the Bruins, Purcell was released from his PTO without a contract on October 2, 2017.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
Awards and honours
References
External links
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1985 births
Avangard Omsk players
Canadian ice hockey right wingers
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders players
Edmonton Oilers players
Florida Panthers players
Lake Forest Academy alumni
Living people
Los Angeles Kings players
Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey players
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Manchester Monarchs (AHL) players
Notre Dame Hounds players
Ontario Reign (AHL) players
Ice hockey people from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Tampa Bay Lightning players
Undrafted National Hockey League players
21st-century Canadian sportsmen