- Blake Geoffrion
Blake Geoffrion (born
February 3 ,1988 in Plantation,Florida ) is an Americanice hockey player of quebecois descent. Geoffrion was selected 56th Overall in the second round of the2006 NHL Entry Draft by theNashville Predators . He currently is a left wing for theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison .If Geoffrion makes it to the NHL he will be the fourth generation of his family to play in the league. His great-grandfather,
Howie Morenz is a legend of the sport and one of the first members of theHockey Hall of Fame . Geoffrion's grandfather, Bernie "Boom-Boom" Geoffrion was also an excellent player and a Hall of Famer. Blake's father,Dan Geoffrion while not having the success of Howie or Bernie did play three seasons in the NHL.Blake grew up in the
Nashville, Tennessee area and started playing competitive hockey in the Nashville youth hockey system. As such he is the first hometown player drafted by the Predators and the first Nashville trained player ever to be drafted by an NHL team.
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