Boyd Devereaux

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Centre
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 195
team = Toronto Maple Leafs
league = NHL
nationality = Canada
birth_date = Birth date and age|1978|4|16|mf=y
birth_place = Seaforth, ON, CAN
career_start = 1997
draft = 6th overall
draft_year = 1996
draft_team = Edmonton Oilers


image_size = 230px
nickname =
former_teams = Phoenix Coyotes
Edmonton Oilers
Detroit Red Wings

Boyd Devereaux (born 16 April, 1978 in Seaforth, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

Boyd spent his junior hockey career playing for the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League. Devereaux was drafted 6th overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. Devereaux has played 604 career NHL games, scoring 61 goals and 107 assists for 168 points. In the summer of 2000, he signed a deal with the Detroit Red Wings, where he later won the Stanley Cup in 2002 while playing on the famed "Two Kids and an Old Goat Line" with Brett Hull and Pavel Datsyuk. In 2004 he signed with the Phoenix Coyotes, where he played for one season. In October 2006, after failing to make the Red Wings roster on a tryout basis, the Toronto Maple Leafs signed him. He began the season in the American Hockey League with the Toronto Marlies, but later worked his way back to the NHL. After a season and a half with the Maple Leafs, Devereaux cleared waivers and was sent back to the Marlies for the 2008-09 season.

Career statistics

International play

Devereaux was named to the 1997 World Junior team representing Canada. He scored four goals during the tournament including one during the semi finals where Canada beat Russia 3–2 and one during the gold medal game against the United States. They then went on to win 2–0 against the United States and winning Canada's fifth straight gold medal at the tournament.

Awards & Achievements

* 1997 Gold Medalist World Junior Hockey Championship Team Canada
*2002 Stanley Cup Championship (Detroit)

External links

*hockeydb|20198