Thomas Hickey (born February 8, 1989 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian major junior ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League (AHL). He is a prospect for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).

[edit] Playing career

Hickey joined the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in 2004–05 in a limited role for 5 games. The following season, in 2005–06, he tallied 28 points as a rookie. In his draft year, in 2006–07, Hickey improved to 9 goals and 50 points. He was then drafted in the off-season by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1st round, 4th overall, in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. On July 17, 2007, he signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Kings. Attending the Kings' training camp, he was returned to the Thunderbirds on September 21, 2007, for a third junior season.

[edit] International play

Medal record
Competitor for  Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Gold	2008 Czech Republic
Gold	2009 Ottawa, Canada

During his third year of major junior, Hickey was chosen to represent Team Canada for the 2008 World Junior Championships in the Czech Republic where he helped Canada to a fourth consecutive gold medal. He was selected the next year for the 2009 World Junior Championships in Ottawa as the team captain, returning with John Tavares, P. K. Subban and Zach Boychuk from the previous year's team. In the third game of preliminaries, he was chosen as Team Canada's player of the game in a 5–1 win against Germany. ^[1] Canada went on to beat Sweden in the finals for the third straight year to capture its fifth consecutive WJHC gold medal.

[edit] Awards

• Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2008 World Junior Championships.
• Was named Player of the Game in the preliminaires against Germany in the 2009 World Junior Championships.
• Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2009 World Junior Championships.

[edit] Personal life

Hickey is a high school graduate of the Edge School in Calgary, Alberta.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] References

1. ^ "IIHF World U20 Championships - Best Players Per Game" (PDF). IIHF. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/172/IHM172000_85K_7_0.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 

[edit] External links

• Thomas Hickey's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

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