Chapters: Patrick Thoresen, Jean-Francois Jacques, Pascal Pelletier, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Joel Perrault, Francois Bouchard, Maxime Fortunus, Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond, Jean-Francois David, Yanick Lehoux, Bruno St. Jacques, Olivier Michaud. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Patrick Thoresen (born November 7, 1983) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey left winger who plays for Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He resides in Hamar, Norway, where he grew up, during the off season. He has a younger brother, Steffen who's also an ice hockey player. His father Petter was one of Norway's most notable players who played at five Olympic Winter Games (1980-1994). Thoresen would follow in his father's footsteps and play in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver 2010. Thoresen started his career with his hometown Storhamar Dragons before he shifted to Canada and played junior hockey for two teams in the QMJHL; the Moncton Wildcats, and the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. In the 200203 season, while a member of the Drakkar, he had 108 points in 71 games played, good enough for second in team scoring. His 75 assists that season were best in the QMJHL. This was a vast improvement from his first year of junior in which he compiled 73 points in 60 games played. His first year of pro hockey in the Elitserien was a learning year for him in which most of his time was spent with the Division 2 team, Morrums GoIS IK. He worked hard down there and put up 41 points in 38 games and eventually found himself back among the Swedish elite. He then spent the next 2 years playing for Djurgarden full time, playing a total of 80 games and obtaining 53 points, 27 of them being goals. On May 31, 2006, Thoresen signed a contract with the Oilers as a free agent. He was...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=711677