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Gabriel Landeskog (pronounced [ˈɡɑ̂ːbrɪɛl ˈlânːdɛˌskuːɡ]; born 23 November 1992) is a Swedish professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected second overall in the 2011 NHL entry draft by Colorado. On 4 September 2012, Landeskog was named the fourth ...
Erik Robert Johnson (born March 21, 1988) is an American ice hockey defenseman for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed the "Condor", Johnson previously played for the St. Louis Blues, who selected him with the first overall pick in the 2006 NHL entry draft, as well as the Colorado Avalanche and the Buffalo Sabres.
Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog attended team meetings Tuesday and watched practice from the bench. The 31-year-old Landeskog had cartilage replacement surgery on his right knee last ...
On March 1, 2000, [5] following his sophomore season, he was named captain, becoming the youngest captain in NHL history at 19 years and 314 days (since surpassed by Sidney Crosby in May 2007, Gabriel Landeskog in September 2012, and Connor McDavid in October 2016).
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Landeskog hasn’t played since helping the Avalanche to the 2022 Stanley Cup title. The 31-year-old was around the team, at times skating with them, but wasn't all that close to a return in the playoffs. He's more than a year removed from cartilage replacement surgery on his right knee. Landeskog has five seasons left on a $56 million, eight ...
On September 4, 2012, the Avalanche named Gabriel Landeskog as the fourth team captain in Avalanche history, after Milan Hejduk resigned from the role. Landeskog became the youngest captain in NHL history, being 11 days younger than Sidney Crosby was when Crosby was named captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2007.
At 19 years and 4 months, Bellows became captain at an earlier age than Connor McDavid, Gabriel Landeskog and Sidney Crosby. However, because Bellows was an interim captain, McDavid is still considered the youngest captain in history. [2] [3] On August 31, 1992, Bellows was traded to the Montreal Canadiens for Russ Courtnall. [4]