Jordan Eberle Jordan Ryan Eberle ( born May 15 , 1990 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . He was selected in the first round , 22nd overall , in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft . During his four - year Western Hockey League ( WHL ) career with the Regina Pats , he won the CHL Player of the Year Award in 2010 , the Doc Seaman Trophy as the scholastic player of the year in 2008 and was a two - time First Team East All - Star in 2008 and 2010 . Internationally , he has competed for Canada in two World Junior Championships , winning gold and silver in 2009 and 2010 , respectively . He was named Tournament MVP and Best Forward at the 2010 World Junior Championships and is Canada ' s all - time leading goal - scorer at the tournament . Hockey career . Minor . Eberle played novice with Hockey Regina ' s tier - 1 Kings and amassed 216 goals over sixty games in 1999 – 00 . He went on to play Bantam AAA for the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox , Saskatchewan , as a fourteen - year - old . After being selected by his hometown major junior team , the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League ( WHL ) , in the seventh round , 126th overall , of the 2005 WHL Bantam Draft , Eberle joined the midget ranks with the Calgary Buffaloes of the Alberta Midget Hockey League ( AMHL ) . He won a bronze medal with the Buffaloes at the 2006 Mac ' s Midget Hockey Tournament , scoring two goals in the bronze medal game against the Prince Albert Mintos . He helped his team qualify for the 2006 Telus Cup national midget championship , where the Buffaloes lost a 5 – 4 triple overtime game in the final against the Mintos . Eberle scored a goal in the losing effort and was awarded the Most Sportsmanlike Award for the tournament . Junior . Eberle debuted with the Pats in 2006 – 07 , scoring 55 points and a team - high 28 goals as a rookie . He added two goals and seven points in six games against the Swift Current Broncos in the opening round of the 2007 WHL playoffs , but was sidelined for the entirety of the second round against the Medicine Hat Tigers with a virus . Eberle started his second major junior season by earning WHL Player of the Month honours for October 2007 , totaling sixteen goals and 26 points over sixteen games for the Pats . He had missed two games early in the season with tonsillitis , before scoring a hat trick in his return on October 6 , 2007 , against the Moose Jaw Warriors . Eberle later represented Team WHL against Russia in the 2007 ADT Canada - Russia Challenge in late - November . Midway through the season , he was chosen to compete in the 2008 CHL Top Prospects Game in Edmonton . Eberle finished 2007 – 08 with a team - high 42 goals and 75 points . His 42 goals accounted for one - fifth of his team ' s scoring and marked the first time a Pats player hit the forty - goal mark since Matt Hubbauer scored 48 in 2001 – 02 . It also tied for fourth in league scoring with Drayson Bowman of the Spokane Chiefs . He was selected to the WHL East First All - Star Team and received the Doc Seaman Trophy as WHL scholastic player of the year ( beating out defenceman Jared Cowen of the Spokane Chiefs ) . Eberle had started the 2007 – 08 season ranked seventh among WHL skaters in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau ' s preliminary rankings for the 2008 NHL Entry Draft . At mid - season , he was ranked 24th among North America n skaters , then dropped to 33rd in the NHL CSS ' s final rankings . Director of NHL Central Scouting , E . J . McGuire , described Eberle as a scorer whose strengths are his skating and stickhandling . He was selected in the first round , 22nd overall , by the Edmonton Oilers . Having grown up in Regina , Eberle was a childhood fan of the Oilers , even after his family moved to Calgary at fourteen - years - old . After being selected , he commented in an interview , " If I had to pick one pick , [ the Oilers ] would have been it . " Eberle competed in his second ADT Canada - Russia Challenge for Team WHL in 2008 . After completing the 2008 – 09 WHL season with a team - leading 74 points in 61 games , Eberle was signed to a three - year , entry - level contract by the Oilers on March 23 , 2009 . Competing for a roster spot with the Oilers in the 2009 training camp , Eberle was one of the final cuts . He was returned to the Pats on September 27 , 2009 , and reeled off 25 points in twelve games to be named WHL Player of the Month for September and October . He was named to Team WHL for the 2009 Subway Super Series ( renamed from the ADT Canada - Russia Challenge ) and was selected as an alternate captain to Pats teammate Colten Teubert for Game 5 . Eberle finished the 2009 – 10 WHL season second in league scoring with 106 points in 57 games ( one point behind Brandon Kozun of the Calgary Hitmen in eight fewer games ) and was a unanimous selection to his second WHL East First All - Star Team in three years . He was the first member of the Pats to score fifty goals and record 100 points since Ronald Petrovicky during the 1997 – 98 season . Eberle finished his career with the Pats seventh all - time in franchise goal scoring with 155 and twelfth in points with 310 . Eberle was named the Regina Pats Player of the Year , Most Sportsmanlike Player and the Most Popular player after the 2009 – 10 season . Despite the Pats disappointing season as a team , Eberle was selected as the winner of the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as WHL Player of the Year , defeating Western Conference nominee Craig Cunningham of the Vancouver Giants . He was later named CHL Player of the Year , beating out the Ontario Hockey League ( OHL ) and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League ( QMJHL ) nominees Tyler Seguin and Mike Hoffman , respectively . It marked the third time a Pats player won the award , after Ed Staniowski in 1975 and Doug Wickenheiser in 1980 . Professional . Soon after signing a professional contract with the Oilers in 2009 , he was assigned to the teams ' minor league affiliate , the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League ( AHL ) for the remainder of the 2008 – 09 AHL season . He scored his first professional goal in his third game with the Falcons , a 4 – 3 loss to the Portland Pirates on March 29 , 2009 . He went on to tally three goals and nine points in nine games . Eberle was again assigned to the Falcons after finishing the 2009 – 10 season with the Pats . He notched six goals and fourteen points in the Falcons last eleven games of the regular season . Eberle made his NHL debut with the Oilers on October 7 , 2010 , against the Calgary Flames . He recorded his first goal , on the penalty kill in the third period , deking past defenceman Ian White on a two - on - one before scoring on a backhand deke past goaltender Miika Kiprusoff . The goal was later voted by fans as the NHL ' s Goal of the Year on the league ' s Facebook page , as well as Play of the Year on The Sports Network ' s website . He later added an assist on the powerplay , taking a shot that deflected off teammate Shawn Horcoff ' s shinpads . The Oilers went on to win the game 4 – 0 . Eberle was named the first star of the game . Later in the season , Eberle suffered a high ankle sprain after colliding with opposing forward Ales Kotalik during a game against the Flames on January 1 , 2011 . While sidelined with the injury , he underwent an unrelated emergency appendectomy four days later . Missing 13 games with his ankle injury , he returned to action in early - February . During a game against the Vancouver Canucks late in the season , on April 5 , Eberle received a hit to the head from opposing forward Raffi Torres . While Eberle was not injured on the play , Torres received a four - game suspension for the hit . He finished the season with 43 points ( 18 goals and 25 assists ) in 69 games , leading his team in scoring and ranking sixth among league rookies . Though the Oilers finished with the worst record in the NHL for the second straight year , expectations remained high in Edmonton for the future of the team , as Eberle ' s success as a rookie was matched by the performance of fellow first - year forwards Taylor Hall and Magnus Paajarvi ( both of whom were also former first - round draft picks ) . International play . Eberle represented Alberta at the 2007 Canada Games in Whitehorse , Yukon . He notched two goals and an assist in the bronze medal game against British Columbia in Alberta ' s 4 – 3 win . He finished the tournament with six goals and five assists in five games played to place eighth in tournament scoring . Several months later , Eberle played for Team Canada ' s under - 18 team at the 2007 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament , but failed to register a point as Canada was kept from a medal . He continued with the national under - 18 team the following year at the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships in Russia . He began the tournament by earning player of the game honours with a two - goal effort in the first round - robin game against Germany — a 9 – 2 win for Canada . He later notched two goals and an assist in an 8 – 0 gold medal game win to help Canada to their first tournament championship in five years . Eberle finished the tournament with ten points in seven games , second in team scoring to Cody Hodgson . In his third WHL season , Eberle was selected to the Team Canada ' s under - 20 team for the 2009 World Junior Championships in Ottawa . In the semi - finals , on January 3 , 2009 , Eberle was named player of the game after scoring two goals and the shootout - winner against Russia in a 6 – 5 win . Eberle dramatically scored his second goal of the night with just 5 . 4 seconds left in regulation to force extra time and the eventual shootout , in which he shot first and scored . Defeating Sweden 5 – 1 in the final , Eberle helped Canada to a record - tying fifth straight gold medal and was named by the coaching staff as one of the team ' s best three players . At the conclusion of the tournament , Eberle was third in tournament scoring with thirteen points ( six goals , seven assists ) . The following year , Eberle was named to his second national junior team for the 2010 World Junior Championships in his hometown Regina , Saskatchewan . He was selected as an alternate captain to Patrice Cormier along with fellow returnees Colten Teubert , Alex Pietrangelo and Stefan Della Rovere . He was named player of the game against Switzerland in the second game of the round - robin — a 6 – 0 win — with a five - point game ( one goal , four assists ) . Two games later , he notched two goals in regulation ( one of which began a two - goal comeback late in the third period ) and one in the shootout against the United States in the final game of the round - robin to earn his second player of the game honour of the tournament . Canada later met the United States again in the gold medal game . Down 5 – 3 with three minutes to go in regulation , Eberle scored twice to force overtime . His tying goal with 1 : 35 left made him Canada ' s all - time leading goal scorer in the tournament with fourteen , passing John Tavares ' mark set the previous year . Canada eventually lost in overtime , earning silver and ending their five - year gold medal streak . At the conclusion of the tournament , Eberle finished tied for the tournament lead in goals with André Petersson of Sweden and was second in points to Derek Stepan of the United States . He was voted as the Most Valuable Player and Top Forward . He was also named to the tournament All - Star Team by the media and named one of Canada ' s top three players by the coaches . Three days after the gold medal game , Regina mayor Pat Fiacco proclaimed January 8 , 2010 as " Jordan Eberle and Colten Teubert Day " in the city for their efforts in the tournament . On April 16 , 2010 , Eberle was named to Team Canada as an alternate for the 2010 IIHF World Championship in Germany . After injuries to Ryan Smyth and Steve Stamkos in the preliminary round , he debuted with Canada ' s men ' s team on May 14 , 2010 , versus Norway . Eberle scored a goal and assisted on three others to earn the Player of the Game Award in a 12 – 1 Team Canada victory . He played in three more games without any points as Canada finished in seventh place with a loss to Russia in the quarterfinal . Following his NHL rookie season , Eberle joined the Canadian men ' s team for the second consecutive year for the 2011 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia . During the preliminary round , Eberle scored a goal in a contest against Switzerland to be named player of the game . In a game against the United States during the qualifying round , Eberle scored in a shootout , helping Canada to a 4 – 3 win , while also temporarily tying them for the lead in their pool . Canada went on to top their pool , but lost 2 – 1 in the quarterfinal against Russia for the second consecutive year . Scoring four times over seven tournament games ( no assists ) , Eberle tied for second in team goal - scoring , behind John Tavares . Personal life . Eberle was born to Darren and Lisa Eberle in Regina , Saskatchewan . His dad coached him on his minor hockey teams growing up . He has two sisters , Ashley and Whitney , and a younger brother , Dustin . He attended high school at the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox , Saskatchewan , before moving to Calgary , Alberta at fourteen - years - old with his parents and three siblings . He returned to Regina to play junior hockey for the Regina Pats and attended Archbishop M . C . O ' Neill High School during the hockey season . He went on to graduate from Bishop O ' Byrne High School in Calgary in June 2008 . Eberle has a cousin , Derek Eberle , who also played junior for the Pats from 1990 to 1993 . His brother , Dustin , was drafted by the Pats in the 12th round ( 248th overall ) of the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft .