WINNIPEG JETS

– CAROL SCHRAM

> KEVIN HE IS a typical Toronto high-end hockey kid – coming up with North York Rangers before being drafted by the OHL’s Niagara IceDogs in 2022 – but with one small exception: his birthplace. When Winnipeg drafted He in the fourth round (109th overall) this summer, the Beijing native became the highest-drafted Chinese-born pick in NHL history. Kevin’s father, Jason, caught the hockey bug while attending university in New Brunswick. After returning to China, Jason put Kevin and younger brother Eric on rollerblades, took them to ice rinks in shopping malls and fed them endless YouTube highlights of his favorite player, Pavel Bure. When Kevin was five, the family moved to Montreal. He quickly discovered that his speed and explosiveness were more than enough to keep pace. Six years later, the He…

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