Jonathan Taves (also known as Captain Seriousness) is a Canadian professional hockey player at the Chicago Blackhawks Center Club of the National Hockey League. He is the captain of the team. At the 2006 draft, he was selected to the Chicago team under the third number. In his debut season, he was nominated for the Calder Trophy for “Blackbirds” (awarded annually to the best newcomer to the National Hockey League). The following season, he was appointed team captain, recording his name in the history of the NHL as one of the youngest captains. The growth of the hockey player is 188 centimeters, weight - about 95 kg. It has a left grip.
Canadian Team Achievements
Since 2007, playing for the national team of Canada - participated in several world championships, as well as at the Winter Olympics. In 2007, as part of a national team, he became the world champion, defeating Finland with a score of 4-2 (the match was held in Russia). In 2008, the same tournament was marked by the winning of silver medals of the Canadian national team in their own homeland, then the Russian team won the gold, winning the final with a score of 5-4.
Jonathan Taves also took an active part in the 2010 Winter Olympics (Vancouver) and 2014 (Sochi). Both forums were won, so Captain Seriousness is also a two-time Olympic champion. In 2016, D. Taves also became the owner of the World Cup.
Club Achievements
In the history of performances for the Chicago Blackhawks, Jonathan Taves repeatedly won big cups and trophies. The Canadian is a three-time winner of the Stanley Cup - the most desirable title of all hockey players in the world. Thanks to this merit, Jonathan is included in the list of the “Triple Golden Club”, this is the name of hockey players who managed to raise the Stanley Cup over their heads three or more times.
Biography and career in the National Hockey League
Jonathan Taves was born on April 29, 1988 in Winnipeg, Canada. In May 2007, he signed his first professional contract with Chicago Blackhawks. Taves threw his first puck on October 10 at the gate of the San Jose Sharks. In the first season, Jonathan demonstrated excellent playing skills, providing all this with a stable result. There was another young and promising guy in the team - Patrick Kane, who competed with Teyvza in the fight for the title of the best rookie of the season. High-quality play and an irresistible desire to be the best led to the fact that Jonathan was nominated for the Calder Trophy, but the aforementioned Patrick Kane received the award.
Popularity and authority
In December 2007, Jonathan Taves was elected captain of the Thrush team, thereby becoming one of the youngest captains in the history of the National Hockey League.
The 2007/08 season was marked for Teyves with an invitation to the match of all NHL stars. The professional growth of the young hockey player was noticeable with the naked eye. Many leading NHL clubs wanted to get a talented center, offering multi-million dollar contracts, but the Canadian remained faithful to Chicago. In February 2009, he designed his first hat-trick in his professional career - goals came at the gates of the Pittsburgh Penguins. In total, for the 2008/09 season, Jonathan scored 69 points in 82 meetings.
Three-time Stanley Cup winner, signing an eight-year $ 84 million contract
In June 2010, the Canadian became the owner of the Stanley Cup, defeating the Philadelphia Flyers team in the final. In subsequent years, the title was subjugated by Teyves twice more.
In the summer transfer period of 2014, Jonathan Teyves extended the contract with thrushes for $ 84 million. The agreement is valid until 2022.
