Dion Phaneuf Biography
Comments (0) Dion Phaneuf was born on 10th of April in the year 1985. He plays professional ice hockey for the national ice hockey team of Canada. He plays the role of the defenseman in the team. In National Hockey League, Dion plays particularly for the Toronto Maple Leafs and presently he is the captain of this team. In the year 2003, this particular ice hockey player was drafted by the Calgary Flames. He made his debut in professional hockey in the year 2005. Before that he had to spend his junior ice hockey career in the Western Hockey League for the Red Deer Rebels team.
In his junior level of play he was successful in becoming the Defenseman of the year for two times while he was in the Red Deer Rebels. Dion was included in the all star team of National Hockey League for two times. He once became the finalist particularly for James Norris Memorial Trophy for being the top defenseman. But finally he failed to achieve the award. In his ice hockey career, Dion Phaneuf has played for the National Canadian Ice Hockey team for three times.
In these three years of international career, he was quite successful in winning gold and silver medals at the World Championship that took place in the year 2005 and 2004 respectively. In the World Men’s Ice Hockey Championships that took place in the year 2007, Dion was successful in winning the gold medal for the ice hockey team of Canada.
Dion Phaneuf is well known for his good technique of defending. When he is on the field, the opponent players find it very difficult to score goals. He acts as a tough wall that restricts the opponent strikers from scoring goals. He has got a unique style of physical play. His name is among the top list of hitters in the National Hockey League. He has injured many opponent players in order to defend the striker form scoring goals. He had a personal relation with the popular actress Elisha Cuthert. This particular stuff created lots of controversies among the media world. Dion Phaneuf maintains social activities very well. He goes in various awareness campaigns to promote various valuable stuffs and also raises funds for charity purposes. He is the ambassador of the Alberta Children’s Hospital. In this particular hospital he has involved himself in various activities that have helped the injured and sick kids while he was in Calgary.
