Nazem Kadri

Nazem Samir Kadri (born October 6, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted by the Maple Leafs seventh overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, he played his junior career in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) with the Kitchener Rangers and London Knights, the former of which he won the J. Ross Robertson Cup with and represented in the 2008 Memorial Cup, ultimately losing in the final to the Spokane Chiefs.

Kadri has also represented Canada internationally at the 2010 World Junior Championships, where the team won the silver medal.

Hockey career

Minor

Kadri grew up playing minor hockey for the London Jr. Knights of the MHAO's AAA Pavilion League. He was a key member of MHAO championship teams at the Peewee, Bantam and Minor Midget levels before moving onto the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in 2006–07. He participated in the 2003 All-Ontario Peewee Championships in Markham, Ontario, as well as the 2005 All-Ontario Bantam Championships in Thunder Bay.