About Ryan McDonagh
Ryan Patrick McDonagh is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman and alternate captain for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted in the first round, 12th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in 2007, he played college ice hockey for the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He also played for the New York Rangers, for whom he served as team captain from October 2014 until being traded to the Lightning in 2018. McDonagh won back-to-back Stanley Cups with the Lightning in 2020 and 2021, before spending two seasons with the Nashville Predators. McDonagh attended Cretin-Derham Hall High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where as a junior, he helped lead his team to the school's first state hockey championship. McDonagh was then drafted in the first round, 12th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens on June 22, 2007, in the 2007 NHL entry draft.
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