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1. My first NHL season, I missed half the season because of an injury but averaged over a point per game. My jersey number was one of the highest a player can wear when I played in Edmonton and also the same number I wore with the team I captained in the OHL.
2. I scored my first NHL goal on my first NHL shot and was the first player for the Montreal Canadiens to wear my jersey number.
3. I was a defenseman drafted first overall after an eight year drought and was awarded with an All Star Game selection and the Calder Memorial Trophy in my rookie season in 2014-15.
4. I am one of the tallest players to ever play in the NHL at 6'9" and won the Stanley Cup in 2011 with the team that I captained.
5. I was a defenseman for a team captained by my younger brother and I go by a shortened version of my middle name.
6. I was drafted second overall in 2011 and became the fourth captain of my team at 19. I won the Calder Memorial Trophy and played in my native Sweden during the 2012-13 lockout.
7. I had a long career with the Detroit Red Wings, 14 years, that was broken up by a year I played in Russia. I have earned multiple awards, All Star Game selections, and Stanley Cups over this time before I went back to play in Russia.
8. I became captain at age 20 and am known as "Captain Serious". After bringing home a Stanley Cup, I had a lake and community centre named after me.
9. My brother and I played together for five years with the Canadiens and won the Stanley Cup each of those seasons. We combined for 19 Stanley Cups: 11 by me and 8 by my brother.
10. I am a goalie who ended up with a nickname that puts "Big" before my name. I back stopped UMaine to the Frozen Four in 2006 and 2007 and was drafted by the team that played in the city where I grew up (although that's not where I became well-known).
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