Jonathan Toews OM | |||
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![]() Toews with the Chicago Blackhawks in December 2014 | |||
Born |
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | April 29, 1988||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
team Former teams |
Free agent Chicago Blackhawks | ||
National team |
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NHL draft |
3rd overall, 2006 Chicago Blackhawks | ||
Playing career | 2007–present |
Jonathan Bryan Toews[1] OM[2] (/ˈteɪvz/ TAYVZ born April 29, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who is an unrestricted free agent. Toews most recently played for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL), where he served as the team's captain between 2008 and 2023. Nicknamed "Captain Serious", Toews was selected by the Blackhawks with the third overall pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. He joined the team in 2007–08 and was nominated for the Calder Memorial Trophy as NHL Rookie of the Year. The following season he was named team captain, becoming the second-youngest captain in NHL history (after Sidney Crosby) at the time. Toews won the Stanley Cup in 2010, along with the Conn Smythe Trophy for the most valuable player in the playoffs. After winning the Cup, Toews passed Peter Forsberg as the youngest player to join the Triple Gold Club. He won the Stanley Cup again in 2013 and 2015.
Toews competes internationally for Canada national teams and has won gold medals at the 2005 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, 2006 and 2007 World Junior Championships, 2007 World Championships, 2010 (a tournament in which he was named best forward) and 2014 Winter Olympics. In 2017, he was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players.