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Prabhraj "Prab" Rai (born November 22, 1989) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in 2008 as a fast-skating prospect and signed a three-year entry-level contract. Rai played in the minor leagues but never made it to the National Hockey League in part due to injury from a car accident. ==Early life== Rai is a Canadian of Sikh descent. He was born in Surrey, British Columbia in 1989, five years after his father, Harbhajan Rai (Bubby) represented Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics in field hockey.〔 Rai began playing in the Surrey Minor Hockey Association at age 6〔 〕 although he had never skated on ice before and had to use second-hand skates from his 10 year older cousin that were much larger than his feet. He developed and later tallied 96 points in bantam. His hockey hero was Pavel Bure, the 'Russian Rocket' and Rai's nickname was the 'Chocolate Rocket.'〔 At age 13, Rai spent a year with the famed Notre Dame Hounds in Saskatchewan before returning to British Columbia to play alongside his brother Jas with the Junior B team Ridge Meadows Flames.〔 Rai graduated from North Surrey Secondary School 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prab Rai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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