page_title: Yannick Weber
section_title: Early career
hierarchical_section_title: Yannick Weber / Playing career / Early career
caption_attribution_description: English: Montreal Canadiens defenceman Yannick Weber during warm-up prior to a National Hockey League game against the Calgary Flames, in Calgary.
context_page_description: Yannick Cyril Weber is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League. He was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 3rd round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, and was the first player in Canadiens history to wear jersey number 68.
context_section_description: As a youth, Weber played in the 2002 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Central Switzerland.
  Weber began his professional hockey career in his native Switzerland playing for SC Langenthal of the National League B, the second-highest tier of Swiss hockey. However, he moved to Canada in 2006 to develop his game with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League. In two seasons with the Rangers, Weber scored 96 points and added 26 more in the playoffs. In 2007–08, his last season with the Rangers, he helped the team to their fourth J. Ross Robertson Cup championship and to the final of the Memorial Cup championship.
  The Canadiens signed Weber to a three-year entry-level contract in the summer of 2008. He spent the majority of the next two seasons with the Hamilton Bulldogs, the Canadiens' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, with his strong play earning him limited action with Montreal and a spot in the 2009 AHL All-Star Game.
caption: Weber with the Canadiens
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