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Jeffrey Skinner (born May 16, 1992) is a
Canadian ice hockey player for the
Carolina Hurricanes of the
National Hockey League (NHL). Selected seventh overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the
2010 NHL Entry Draft,
[
1
] Skinner was the youngest player in the NHL during the
2010–11 season and is the youngest player ever to play in the NHL All Star Game. He is also the youngest player in the four major North American sports to ever play in an All-Star game.
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Early life
Skinner was born to
lawyers Andrew Skinner and Elisabeth Campin. He is the second-youngest of six siblings,
[
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] with four sisters, Jennifer (a former
Harvard Crimson forward), Andrea (a former
Cornell Big Red forward and lawyer at
Bay Street law firm
Aird & Berlis), Erica (current
Carleton Ravens defence
[
3
]) and Jillian (a high school student). He has one brother, Benjamin, who was in the
Kitchener Rangers system, but now plays for the Golden Hawks at
Wilfrid Laurier University in
Waterloo.
Skinner attended William Armstrong Public School and then
Markham District High School. Involved in both ice hockey and
figure skating growing up, he won a bronze medal in the juvenile division at the 2004 Canadian Junior National Figure Skating Championships.
[
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] Soon after, he made the decision to focus solely on hockey. Skinner played his minor hockey with the Toronto Jr. Canadians and Toronto Young Nationals of the
GTHL and the Markham Waxers of the
OMHA. He grew up cheering for the
Toronto Maple Leafs.
Playing career Junior

Skinner as a
Kitchener Ranger in September 2010
Skinner was drafted 20th overall in the 2008 OHL Draft by the Kitchener Rangers from the Toronto Young Nationals, where he played on the
wing with future Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog . After leading the Rangers in goal scoring in his rookie season, Skinner participated in the
2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, scoring 6 goals for 6 points, while winning the gold medal with Team Canada. In his
second OHL season, Skinner scored 50 goals and led all CHL draft-eligible forwards in goal scoring. He became the first Ranger in 23 years to reach the 50-goal milestone.
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Despite leading the league in goals at the time,
Central Scouting ranked Skinner as the 47th best North American skater during their midterm rankings, and only 34th during the final rankings. This contrasted ratings from other organizations such as ISS and
TSN's Bob McKenzie who had him much higher. During the
2010 NHL Draft, he was taken 7th overall by the
Carolina Hurricanes.
Professional
During his first NHL training camp, he signed a three-year, entry level contract with the Hurricanes on September 21, 2010, worth $2.7 million.
[
2
] On October 7, Skinner made his NHL debut with the opening roster in the Hurricanes 4-3 win against the
Minnesota Wild during the NHL Premiere Series in
Helsinki,
Finland. In sixteen minutes of ice time, he had two shots.
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] The following day, Skinner recorded his first career NHL point with an assist on
Tuomo Ruutu's goal. He also scored the game winning shootout goal to become the 3rd youngest player in NHL history to score a shootout goal. On October 20, Skinner scored his first NHL career goal against
Jonathan Bernier of the
Los Angeles Kings in his fifth game of the season.
Midway through the campaign, Skinner was named to the
2011 All-Star Game roster as an injury replacement for
Sidney Crosby, making him the first member of the 2010 draft class to be named to the All-Star Game, and the first 18-year old NHL All-Star since
Steve Yzerman. He was later named January 2011's NHL Rookie of the Month.
Skinner was suspended for 2 games after kicking Scott Nickel of the
St. Louis Blues.
At the NHL Awards on June 22, 2011 in
Las Vegas Nevada, Skinner was awarded the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie, beating out fellow rookies
Logan Couture of the
San Jose Sharks and
Michael Grabner of the
New York Islanders.
On August 7th 2012, The
Carolina Hurricanes extended his contract to a 6 year for about $34.4 million USD
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