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Ryan Getzlaf (born May 10, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Born and raised in Regina, Getzlaf started skating at the age of four and grew up playing numerous sports with his older brother Chris, who is currently a slotback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). While hockey was his main focus as a young athlete, Getzlaf also played organized volleyball, football and baseball. As a football player, Getzlaf played tailback. As a catcher playing baseball, he represented Saskatchewan at the 1998 peewee baseball nationals and earned several game MVP awards.




Trending Topics: The Phoenix Coyotes and the making of a villain (Puck Daddy)

By: View from Section 317

18May2012

Trending Topics is a column that looks at the week in hockey, occasionally according to Twitter. If you're only going to comment to say how stupid Twitter is, why not just go have a good cry for the slow, sad death of your dear internet instead? Th...

Getzlaf lifts Canada past Switzerland, 3-2 (The Associated Press)

By: View from Section 317

9May2012

HELSINKI (AP) Anaheim star Ryan Getzlaf broke a tie midway through the third period to help Canada beat Switzerland 3-2 on Wednesday night in the world hockey championships.

Ducks Captain Ryan Getzlaf Apparently Challenged A Nightclub Full Of Finns To A Fight [Hockey]

By: Dead Spin

7May2012

Reasonable hockey fans have spent much of the past week sticking up for Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn of the Nashville Predators. Barry Trotz benched both forwards for game three of the Western Conference semifinals after they missed curfew,...

Puck Previews: Sabres look to make history; Sharks look to avoid collapse ()

By: View from Section 317

12Mar2012

Erik Komatsu baseball's St Louis Cardinals accommodates the autograph request of, presumably, a lost Blues fan. Preview: Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres, 7 p.m. ET It's pretty impressive to consider where the Sabres were the last time they p...

Sabres Need Superstar To Have Chance At Cup

By: Sabre Noise

23Feb2012

Mandatory Credit: Jason O. Watson-US PRESSWIRE Recently The Hockey News had a poll, asking readers who the best player in the NHL is. Now, while it’s no surprise that no Buffalo Sabres players were on that list, it did get me thinking of the pa...

Hot Ducks are making GM rethink trade plans (Yahoo! Sports)

By: View from Section 317

20Feb2012

Many were planning for the Anaheim Ducks to conduct a fire sale when they plummeted to the depths of the Western Conference and the NHL as the calendar flipped over to 2012. The Ducks remain in 13th place in the West, but the thought of players like...

Panthers Need To Get Stronger Up The Middle

By: The Rat Trick

19Feb2012

 Panthers Need To Get Stronger Up The Middle - The Rat Trick - The Rat Trick - A Florida Panthers Blog...

Game Day Preview: Ducks Vs. Panthers. Time For Us To Fly

By: The Rat Trick

19Feb2012

Game Day Preview: Ducks Vs. Panthers. Time For Us To Fly - The Rat Trick - The Rat Trick - A Florida Panthers Blog...

Penguins Fall 2-1 in Battle of the Birds

By: Penguin Poop

16Feb2012

It’s hard to imagine that a team blessed with elite players such as Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, and Bobby Ryan could be on the outside of the NHL playoff picture looking in. Yet despite a recent 13-2-3 hot streak the Anaheim Ducks entered Wednesday...

Why The Florida Panthers Need To Be Buyers & Who’s On My List

By: The Rat Trick

6Feb2012

Ryan Suter Image Credit: Rob Grabowski-US PRESSWIRE For the first time in quite awhile the Florida Panthers are having a sniff at a playoff birth that would end their drought which goes all the way back to the Clinton Administration.  That certainly...

Myers For Getzlaf?

By: Sabre Noise

13Jan2012

From Paul Hamilton of WGR550: If the Sabres want Ryan Getzlaf, they will have to fork over Tyler Myers. “Here’s the asking price as of now, it’s Tyler Myers. If Darcy parts with his prized defenseman Getzlaf can be in a Sabres uniform by &#...

Is Darcy Regier Bluffing, Or Just Simply Incapable?

By: Sabre Noise

8Jan2012

In a well-publicized Buffalo News report on Friday evening following the Buffalo Sabres lost 4-2 to the Carolina Hurricanes, Sabres’ General Manager Darcy Regier said that the team isn’t in need of a “shake-up”.   “...

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