Drew Stafford


Drew Stafford is an American professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League . He started his professional career with the American Hockey League s Rochester Americans before being called up to the NHL on November 5, 2006, with the Buffalo Sabres, the team that drafted him in the first round, 13th overall, at 2004 NHL Entry Draft. He played nine seasons with Buffalo before being traded to the Winnipeg Jets in on February 11, 2015.

Stafford was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but grew up in Faribault, Minnesota. As a teenager, he played AAA hockey with the Milwaukee Jr Admirals. His father, Gordie, played professional hockey in the International Hockey League and is the head coach of the girls hockey team at ShattuckSaint Marys in Faribault, where Drew also played high school hockey. Staffords uncle, Barrie Stafford, was the head equipment manager for the Edmonton Oilers foryears before retiring in 2012.

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