Keith Tkachuk

Keith Tkachuk, a left winger, grew up in Malden, Massachusetts, playing in high school for Malden Catholic, before playing one year of college hockey at Boston University. Tkachuk played for the US at the World Junior Championships in 1991, his first of many international appearances for the US, including the 1992 World Juniors, the 1997 and 2005 World Cups, and four Winter Olympics – 1992, 1998, 2002, and 2006. Tkachuk was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in the first round of the 1990 NHL draft, and has played in the NHL since 1990. He started out with the Jets, and also played for several years with the St. Louis Blues, and Phoenix Coyotes, with one brief stint with the Atlanta Thrashers. Tkachuk has played in five NHL All-Star Games, and in 1995 and 1998, was named to the NHL All-Star second team. He led the NHL with 52 goals in the 1996-97 season, and also had 50 goals in 1995-96. In 2008 he became only the fourth American-born NHL player to tally 500 goals, and in November 2008, became the sixth US-born player to score 1,000 points.