John Pohl

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Center
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 196
team = Toronto Maple Leafs
league = NHL
nationality = USA
birth_date = Birth date and age|1979|6|29|mf=y
birth_place = Rochester, MN, USA
career_start = 2003
draft = 255th overall
draft_year = 1998
draft_team = St. Louis Blues


former_teams = St. Louis Blues

John Pohl (born June 29, 1979 in Rochester, Minnesota) is an American professional ice hockey center. He has signed with HC Lugano for the 2008–09 season.

Playing career

Pohl played for the University of Minnesota where he helped lead the team to the 2002 NCAA National Championship. He also was a standout player at Red Wing High School in Red Wing, Minnesota, where he grew up; during his senior year there he was voted Minnesota's 1998 "Mr. Hockey." Pohl played one game with the St. Louis Blues during the 2003–04 NHL season. He was drafted by the Blues 255th overall in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. During the 2005–06 NHL season, Pohl played seven games for the Leafs and chipped in with three goals and one assist. His first goal in the NHL was scored in a 6–3 Maple Leafs victory against the New Jersey Devils on December 31, 2005. On February 17, 2007, Pohl recorded his first career two-goal effort against the Edmonton Oilers.

His wife is Krissy Wendell, captain of the American national women's hockey team.

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External links

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