A iranian in the NHL.

[Shamim]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Rahimi
Daniel Rahimi is swedish born iranian who was drafted by the vancouver Canucks in 2007, he plays now with the Manitoba Moose he prospect club of the Canucks, he is now 22 years old, he is earning experience right now, next year he will surely have a try in the NHL, even if he never played in NHL he is the first iranian to have been drafted in the greatest Hockey League.

[Karimi 8]

really?!!! sweet i was just thinking about hwo cool it would be to have a persian palying today

[The-Iron-Ghost]

there is also Mark Ardelan & Rhett Rakhshani who are of Iranian decent, prospect player.

[JMU]

ZOMG!! Hockey??!! .....dont really care. its such a useless sport. Its like boxing on ice.

[Mr.Click]

I was gonna open a thread on him, did a search and sure enough Shamim jan has already opened one...






Daniel Rahimi

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Position Defence Shoots Left Height
Weight 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
213 lb (97 kg; 15 st 3 lb) NHL team
F. teams San Jose Sharks
Nationality Sweden Born April 28, 1987 (1987-04-28) (age 22),
, Sweden NHL Draft 82nd overall, 2006
Vancouver Canucks Pro career 2007present Daniel Rahimi (Persian: دانیال رحيمي, born 28 April 1987 in , Sweden) is a Swedish-Iranian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is a prospect for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League.
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• 1 Playing career
• 2 Personal life
• 3 Career statistics
• 4 International play
  • 4.1 International statistics
• 5 References
• 6 External links

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[edit] Playing career

After playing with the junior and senior teams of in Sweden, Rahimi was selected 82nd Overall in the third round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks. Rahimi was scouted as a stay-at-home defenceman, drafted on the recommendation of the Canucks Swedish scout and former player Thomas Gradin.[1]Manitoba Moose, the Canucks' AHL affiliate, for the playoffs once his season in HockeyAllsvenskan had finished. In , he split the season between the Moose and the Victoria Salmon Kings, the Canucks' ECHL affiliate. On August 28, 2009, he along with fellow prospect Patrick White were traded to the San Jose Sharks for Christian Ehrhoff and Brad Lukowich.

[edit] Personal life

Daniel Rahimi was born in , Sweden to an Iranian father and a Swedish mother. He grew up a fan of countryman .[1]

[edit] Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIMJ20SEL-1 Manitoba Moose AHL 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 Victoria Salmon Kings ECHL[edit] International play

Rahimi has played for Sweden in the following competitions:

• 2006 World Junior Championships
• 2007 World Junior Championships

[edit] International statistics

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2006 Sweden WJC 5 1 1 2 18 2007 Sweden WJC 7 0 0 0 18 Junior int'l totals 13 1 1 2 36

[persiangodfather]

go leafs go

i shudda been the first iranian in the nhl, i am awesome but just not big enuff lol

[K.C.I.N.]

what a lame fight that was...

but wish him best of luck!