Collect this Tampa Bay Lightning jersey signed by #27 Ryan McDonagh!
McDonagh made a big impact with his all-around game long before he reached the NHL, and he's continued to make an impact with the New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning. The Montreal Canadiens selected McDonagh with the No. 12 pick in the 2007 NHL Draft before he headed to the University of Wisconsin. As a freshman, McDonagh was named to the 2008 Western Collegiate Hockey Association All-Rookie Team, and in 2009 he was named to the Academic All-Big Ten and WCHA All-Academic teams. Between his sophomore and junior seasons, McDonagh was traded to the Rangers on June 30, 2009. As a junior, McDonagh scored four goals and 18 points to help the Badgers reach the 2010 NCAA Frozen Four championship game, where they lost to Boston College.
McDonagh left Wisconsin after that season, signed an entry-level contract with the Rangers on July 6, 2010, and was assigned to Connecticut of the American Hockey League. After 38 games, one goal and eight points, McDonagh was called up and made his NHL debut on Jan. 7, 2011, against the Dallas Stars. He remained with the Rangers for the rest of the season, appearing in 40 games and scoring his first NHL goal in the regular-season finale on April 9, 2011, a 5-2 victory against the New Jersey Devils. In his second season, McDonagh was a mainstay on the New York defense, scoring seven goals and 32 points and averaging 24:44 of ice time in 82 games.
During the Rangers' run to the 2014 Stanley Cup Final, McDonagh set a franchise record in the Eastern Conference Final when he became the first defenseman to have eight assists in a playoff series and the second to score 10 points in one playoff series, accomplished first by Leetch (11 points) in the 1994 Stanley Cup Final. His four points in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final matched a Rangers single-game playoff record for a defenseman, accomplished twice by Leetch and once by Dave Maloney and Brad Park. On Oct. 6, 2014, he was named the 27th captain (and fourth-youngest) in Rangers history. He remained captain until Feb. 26, 2018, when he was traded to the Lightning, who signed him to a six-year contract on July 1, 2018.
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