Zack Kassian

Zack Adam Kassian (born January 24, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger currently with the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). During his junior career, he won a Memorial Cup with the Windsor Spitfires in 2010. Selected 13th overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, he began his career within the Buffalo Sabres organization before being traded to the Canucks in 2012. He played parts of four seasons with the Canucks before they traded him to the Montreal Canadiens in 2015. Kassian never played for the Canadiens as he was suspended for substance abuse issues, and was traded to the Oilers a few months later.\n', ' Internationally, he competed with Canada\'s under-20 team at the 2011 World Junior Championships and won a silver medal. Listed at 6-foot-3 and 214 pounds, Kassian plays in the style of a power forward and is known for playing with aggression and physicality.\n', ' Kassian was born in Windsor, Ontario, to parents Mike and Shirley Kassian. Kassian is of Armenian descent. He has two older sisters and an older brother, Mike Jr. When he was eight, his father died of a heart attack. Kassian has recalled his father\'s role as having been filled by Mike Jr., who was nineteen at the time, while he grew up. He first began playing organized hockey at the age of eight with the Kingsville Kings. Growing up, he was a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, though he has listed his favorite players as Boston Bruins defenceman Bobby Orr and Todd Bertuzzi, a fellow power forward who was starring with the Vancouver Canucks during Kassian\'s youth.\n', '