Logan Couture Logan Couture ( born March 28 , 1989 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . He was drafted by the Sharks ninth overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft . Playing career . Although he was born in Guelph , Ontario , Couture spent most of his life growing up near the hamlet of Birr , near London , Ontario . He started playing minor hockey with the Lucan Irish ( DD ) of the OMHA ' s Southwestern Ontario League . Couture led his Lucan Irish Novice team to the OMHA ' s Red Lobster Cup for a SW Ontario title in 1998 and an OMHA All - Ontario DD title in 1999 . His Irish Atom team also won the OMHA Ontario DD title in 2001 . Both of those teams also won the International Silver Stick ' C ' championships . He then played three years with the ' AAA ' London Junior Knights of the Minor Hockey Alliance League and was a teammate of Los Angeles Kings ' afenseman Drew Doughty . After his Bantam year with the Jr . Knights , Couture signed with the Junior B St . Thomas Stars . In May 2005 , Couture was drafted by the Ottawa 67 ' s 12th overall in the 2005 OHL Priority Draft . Couture went on to score at a point - per - game pace as a rookie with 64 points in 65 games in 2005 – 06 , third in league rookie scoring behind John Tavares and Sergei Kostitsyn . The next season , in 2005 – 06 , Couture was adad to the OHL roster for the 2006 ADT Canada - Russia Challenge , replacing Jordan Staal , who was retained by Pittsburgh Penguins . He was also selected to play for the Eastern Conference in the 2007 OHL All - Star Game , winning the shooting accuracy competition . After completing his second OHL season improving to 78 points in 54 games , Couture was drafted 9th overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft . Returning to the 67 ' s in 2007 – 08 , Couture ' s production dipped to 58 points in 51 games , his lowest major junior total . He had also been named to the 2008 OHL All - Star Game , but was replaced by Michael Swift of the Niagara IceDogs due to injury . Next season , the 2008 – 09 season he finished in 9th place in league scoring with 39 goals and 48 assists for 87 points in 62 games . He also appeared in the 2009 OHL All - Star Game . Near the end of the season , he was named OHL Player of the Week on March 16 , 2009 , following an 8 - point performance in 3 games . On October 25 , 2009 , Couture made his NHL debut against the Philadelphia Flyers . He scored his first NHL goal on November 5 , 2009 against Chris Osgood of the Detroit Red Wings . On April 22 , 2010 Couture scored his first two playoff goals against the Colorado Avalanche in game 5 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs . He got the game tying goal in game 3 in the second round against the Red Wings . Couture was also an integral part of the success of the 2009 - 10 AHL Worcester Sharks as he played 42 games scoring 20 goals and 33 assists for 53 points . He was a league - leader with 9 game winning goals and was named to the AHL all - rookie team . He was voted onto the AHL all - star starting line - up for AHL Team Canada , and finished the game with a goal and two assists as well as scoring a shoot - out goal . Couture played his first full season with the Sharks in 2010 - 11 NHL season and finished with 32 goals ( second among rookies ) and 56 points ( also second ) . He earned a nomination for the Calder Memorial Trophy for these achievements . On August 26th , 2011 , Logan Couture signed a 2 year , $ 5 . 75 million dollar extension through the 2013 - 2014 season . Personal life . Couture was born in Guelph , Ontario , to Chet and Lori . At birth there was a NHL - future omen : The delivery - room nurse Bernadette Devorski is the mother of NHL referee Paul & NHL linesman Greg Devorski . He has a younger brother by two years , Judson . Logan attended Lucas Secondary School . Coming from an athletic family , his father , Chet Couture , is a firefighter who played OHA senior hockey for 13 years and is a veteran National Lacrosse League ( NLL ) referee , while his mother , Lori Couture , a graduate of Brock University , is a physical education teacher at Lucas Secondary School . Logan ' s grandfather on his mother ' s side , the late Cy Lemon , is a Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee . His uncle Brian Lemon is a former 9 - year veteran MILL [ Major Indoor Lacrosse League ] pro lacrosse & OLA lacrosse player , and is the current NLL vice - president of operations ] . On his father ' s side , his grandfather , Bob Couture was a softball pitcher and a guitar player , naming his son Chet after the legendary Chet Atkins . Growing up , Logan was a Buffalo Sabres and a Dominik Hašek fan . Logan was an exceptional athlete excelling specifically in lacrosse & in baseball where he was a two - time Honda Canada / Toronto Bluejays " hit - run - throw " contest Canadian national champion in his age group . Logan decided at age 13 to drop the pursuit of baseball for the game of hockey .