Nazem Samir Kadri (born October 6, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who currently plays Centre for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the third Muslim to ever play in the NHL, having been drafted by the Maple Leafs seventh overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, which made him the first to be drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs. He played his junior career in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) with first the Kitchener Rangers and then the London Knights, the former of which he won the J. Ross Robertson Cup with and represented in the 2008 Memorial Cup, ultimately losing in the final to the Spokane Chiefs. Kadri has also represented Canada internationally at the 2010 World Junior Championships, where the team won the silver medal.
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