Gabriel Landeskog Becomes the Youngest Captain in NHL History

September 4th, 2012 by Joey Suyeishi Leave a reply »
Less than two weeks before the current collective bargaining agreement expires on September 15th, and with the dark prospect of another NHL lockout looming, Colorado Avalanche fans got some surprising news today.

Milan Hejduk has reportedly relinquished his role as Colorado Avalanche captain and management has subsequently named incumbent Calder Trophy winner Gabriel Landeskog the team's new captain.

Hejduk spent less than a full season as captain, being named on November 14th of last year.  No real reason has been given for Hejduk's decision to step down from the role, but he did experience career lows in goals and points last year and it's certainly reasonable to surmise that Hejduk wanted to get back to just focusing on hockey at this point of his career and not have the added pressure of being the team's leader.

He along with Paul Stastny will remain alternate captains for the Avs.

Landeskog is now the youngest captain in NHL history.  At 19 years, 286 days, he is 11 days younger than Sidney Crosby, who was 19 years, 297 days when he was named captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins on May 31, 2007.  Not bad for Landy to be ...

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