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Keegan Lowe
Keegan Lowe
Hurricanes - Defenseman
NUMBER: 45
HEIGHT: 6' 2"
WEIGHT: 189
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHDATE: 03/29/1993
AGE: 20
BIRTHPLACE: Greenwich, CT, USA
DRAFTED: CAR: 2011-73 overall
2011-12 SEASON
Had career highs in goals (3) and penalty minutes (139), totaling 23 points (3g, 20a) during his third season of junior hockey with Edmonton (WHL)… Had a plus-17 rating, helping the Oil Kings win 50 games and capture the regular season conference title… Led the team in penalty minutes (139) and was fifth among team defensemen in points (23)… Earned his first point of the season with an assist at Moose Jaw (10/7)… Netted his first goal of the season vs. Everett (10/26)… Scored a shorthanded goal at Kamloops (11/12)… Earned a pair of assists vs. Saskatoon (12/4)… Had three-game assist and point streaks from 1/20-1/25 (0g, 3a)… Had a season-high three assists at Prince George (2/11)… Played in all 20 of the Oil Kings’ WHL playoff games, totaling seven points (3g, 4a) and 44 penalty minutes… Edmonton finished the regular season on an 11-game winning streak, and carried the streak through its first 14 playoff games, ultimately topping Portland in seven games to win the WHL championship… Scored the game-winning goal in Game 2 vs. Kootenay (3/25)… Had his only multi-point game of the WHL playoffs with a goal and an assist in Game 4 at Kootenay (3/28)… Scored one goal in four games during the 2012 Memorial Cup, as Edmonton beat host and eventual champion Shawinigan before dropping three consecutive games.

CAREER
Had totaled 61 (7g, 54a) points and 322 penalty minutes in 212 career games with Edmonton in the Western Hockey League (WHL) entering the 2012-13 season… Participated in the 2010 NHL Research, Development and Orientation Camp in Toronto… Represented the United States at the 2010 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, appearing in five games… His father, Kevin, played 19 NHL seasons as a defenseman with the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers, and was a six-time Stanley Cup champion and seven-time NHL All-Star… Kevin currently serves as President of Hockey Operations for the Oilers… Keegan’s mother, Karen Percy, was a two-time bronze-medalist in Alpine skiing for Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary… Played two seasons of prep hockey at Shattuck-St. Mary’s prior to beginning his major junior career with Edmonton (WHL)… Totaled 14 points (2g, 12a) in 69 games during his rookie season with the Oil Kings… Made his WHL debut vs. Calgay (9/19/09)… Earned his first WHL point with an assist at Kootenay (9/23/09) and his first WHL goal at Brandon (12/12/09)… Was third among Edmonton Oil Kings defensemen in scoring with 24 points (2g, 22a) in 71 games during his second WHL season in 2010-11… Led all Oil Kings skaters and was ninth among WHL defensemen in plus/minus (+33) in 2010-11… Scored one goal in four playoff games as Edmonton was swept by Red Deer in the first round of the 2011 playoffs.