About Luca Sbisa
Luca Sbisa (born 30 January 1990) is an Italian-born Swiss professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the development coach for the San Jose Sharks. He played as a defenceman for the Philadelphia Flyers, Anaheim Ducks, Vancouver Canucks, Vegas Golden Knights, New York Islanders, Winnipeg Jets and Nashville Predators. Sbisa played major junior hockey in Canada with the Lethbridge Hurricanes and Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League (WHL) before being selected by the Flyers in the first round of the 2008 NHL entry draft. He made his NHL debut that year before returning to Lethbridge. Sbisa has also played for Switzerland in multiple international tournaments, including several International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Ice Hockey World Championships as well as the 2010 Winter Olympics. At the 2009 NHL entry draft, on 26 June 2009, Sbisa was traded, along with Joffrey Lupul and Philadelphia's 2009 and 2010 first-round picks, to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Chris Pronger and Ryan Dingle. On 27 June 2014, Sbisa was traded to the Vancouver Canucks, along with teammate Nick Bonino and a first- and third-round pick in 2014, in exchange for Ryan Kesler and a third-round pick in 2015. Later, on 21 November 2019, Sbisa scored his first goal as a Winnipeg Jet (which was his first goal since he was still a member of the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017–18 season) in a 5-3 road loss to the Dallas Stars.
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