#15 Joffrey Lupul /forward

AGE: 19    HT: 6'1"    WT: 194    SHOT: right    BORN: September 23, 1983   HOMETOWN: Edmonton, AB

2002-03 team: Medicine Hat, WHL

Pro Status: NHL Draft Ottawa Senators 2001 (6, 193)

 

International background: Selected to attend Canada’s National Junior Team Development Camp in August 2002, but was unable to attend due to an injury

 

Hockey background: In his third season with the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers ... Named to the WHL East All-Star Team for the 2002 Hershey Cup but was unable to play due to an injury ... Played at the 2002 CHL Top Prospects Game in Saskatoon, scoring two goals for Team Hrudey … Named Team Hrudey's Player-ofthe- Game … In 2001 2002, recorded two four-goal games, including a six-point game on March 5 vs. Lethbridge (4-2-6) … Posted a 12-game scoring streak from Dec. 1-Jan. 1, 2002 (14-9-23) and posted the WHL's longest goal-scoring streak of the season with 13 goals in nine games from Jan. 20- Feb. 12, 2002 … Named WHL Player-of-the- Week for Feb. 4-10 (3-7-10 in 3GP) and March 4-10 (5-4-9 in 2GP) … Named WHL Eastern Conference Player of-the-Month for March 2002 … Led the WHL in goals, finishing second in the overall scoring race … Named to the WHL Eastern Conference First All-Star Team … Named Medicine Hat's Rookie-of-the-Year for 2000 2001 … Was not selected in a WHL bantam draft … Spent the 1999-00 season with the Ft. Saskatchewan midget AAA team, leading the team in scoring … Helped Ft. Saskatchewan capture the Pacific championship, earning a berth in the 2000 Air Canada Cup

Profile: A natural goal-scorer, Lupul led the WHL in scoring last season with 56 goals. Listed as a centre/right winger, his size and speed will likely earn him a spot on the wing. Named after his father's favourite poet. Drafted seventh overall in 2002 by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.

Personal: Nickname: Loops … Son of Craig and Carmen … Favorite NHL players: Mike Modano, Jay Bouwmeester … Started playing hockey at the age of 3 in his family's backyard rink in Edmonton