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Kris Draper

1971 - Today

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Kristopher Bruce "Kris" Draper (born May 24, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current director of amateur scouting and assistant general manager for the Detroit Red Wings, the team which he played 17 seasons for during his 20-year National Hockey League (NHL) playing career. Draper is a four-time Stanley Cup champion (all with Detroit), a Frank J. Selke Trophy winner and has scored over 100 goals in his NHL career with the Red Wings. Draper was a member of the famous "Grind Line" in Detroit, consisting of himself, Kirk Maltby and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty. His 222 playoff games ranked him tenth of most career playoff games played. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Kris Draper is the 564th most popular hockey player (down from 509th in 2024), the 1,451st most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,389th in 2019) and the 97th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Kris Draper ranks 564 out of 676. Before him are Rostislav Olesz, Jakub Kovář, Jakob Silfverberg, Nikita Gusev, Oskar Osala, and Sebastian Aho. After him are Juraj Slafkovský, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Johnny Oduya, Jonathan Ericsson, Janne Niskala, and Atte Ohtamaa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Kris Draper ranks 1,258. Before him are Tim Austin, Peter Billingsley, Khalid Khannouchi, Guivi Sissaouri, Rebecca Creskoff, and Leanne Wood. After him are Katie Finneran, Alexander Chaplin, Craig MacLean, Craig Burley, Graham Alexander, and Bent Høie.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Kris Draper ranks 1,452 out of 1,622. Before him are Matt Lam (1989), Joel Anthony (1982), Kaetlyn Osmond (1995), Anna Hopkins (1987), David Lemieux (1988), and Eric Bauza (1979). After him are Aaron Abrams (1978), James Crawford (1997), Sara Renner (1976), Andrea Libman (1984), Robert Wickens (1989), and David Calder (1978).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Kris Draper ranks 96. Before him are Simon Gagné (1980), Paul Stastny (1985), Shea Weber (1985), Shane Doan (1976), and Trevor Linden (1970). After him are Brad Richards (1980), Ed Jovanovski (1976), Greg Johnson (1971), Claude Giroux (1988), Brent Burns (1985), Marc-Édouard Vlasic (1987), and Jason Spezza (1983).

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