Name: James Wisniewski

Position: Defender

Sport: Ice Hockey

Height: 5-11

Weight: 203

DOB: 2/21/1984

Birthplace: Farmington, Mich.

Hometown: Canton, Mich.

High School: Canton High School (Canton, Mich.)

Team/Club: EC Kassel Huskies (DEL2)

Olympic Experience

• Olympian (2018)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2008 – 6th
• Years of Participation: 2008
• Top Finish: 6th – 2008

Other Career Highlights

• Helped HC Lugano earn the Spengler Cup in the 2016-17 season
• Awarded the Max Kaminsky Trophy in 2004 as the most outstanding defenseman in the OHL
• 2004 IIHF World Junior Championship, gold

Personal: Son of Jim and Sharon Wisniewski...Has two older sisters, Nikki and Richelle...Has two daughters, Jamie and Sadie, with wife Nicole...Drafted in the fifth round by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2002 NHL Draft...Was also named the CHL Defenseman of the Year that same season...Enjoys playing golf and is passionate about animal rights.

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