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William Reid Mitchell (born April 23, 1977) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently serves as captain of the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is known primarily as a physical defensive defenceman.〔 Mitchell played Junior A in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) and Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) before joining the college ranks with the Clarkson Knights of ECAC Hockey in 1997. He won an ECAC championship with Clarkson in 1999, while also earning playoff MVP and ECAC First Team All-Star honours. Selected by the New Jersey Devils in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, he played two seasons with the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League (AHL) while earning limited playing time with the Devils over two seasons. In 2001, he was traded to the Minnesota Wild where he played four seasons before a brief stint with the Dallas Stars. He signed with the Vancouver Canucks in the 2006 off-season and was named the team's top defenceman twice, in 2008 and 2009. After four seasons in Vancouver, Mitchell signed with the Los Angeles Kings in August 2010. While with Los Angeles, Mitchell won two Stanley Cups (2012 and 2014) before signing with the Florida Panthers in the 2014 off-season. Internationally, he has represented Team Canada once at the 2004 World Championships, capturing a gold medal. ==Early life== Mitchell was born on April 23, 1977, to Reid and Nadija Mitchell. He has a sister named Chantal.〔 His father works as a heavy-duty mechanic with Western Forest Products, while his mother is a Croatian-born immigrant who works as a terminal service agent for B.C. Ferries.〔〔(Večernji list: Medveščak već počeo tražiti potencijalna pojačanja za KHL )〕 Mitchell's grandfather, Les Mitchell, played amateur senior hockey and once earned a tryout with the New York Rangers during the Original Six-era.〔〔 Mitchell was born and raised in Port McNeill, British Columbia, a small logging town on Vancouver Island.〔 He grew up working on the docks in his hometown unloading fish and cleaning equipment.〔 He first began skating at the age of four and took figure skating.〔 Growing up as a Vancouver Canucks fan, his father would take him across to the mainland to see games at the Pacific Coliseum.〔 He played minor hockey as a winger with the North Island Eagles and won back-to-back double-A provincial titles in pee wee and bantam with the club.〔 At the age of 15, he left home after being recruited to play for Athol Murray College of Notre Dame, a high school in Wilcox, Saskatchewan.〔〔 It was there that he switched from wing to defence.〔 He played with the Notre Dame Hounds' midget team of the Saskatchewan Midget Hockey League (SMHL) and recorded 15 points over 31 games in 1993–94.〔 From there, he earned an athletic scholarship with Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York.〔 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「Willie Mitchell (ice hockey)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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