PLAYER PROFILE: KEEGAN LOWE

KEEGAN LOWE

2016-17: Charlotte (AHL): 49 GP, 3g-9a-12pts
St. John’s (AHL): 22 GP, 3g-3a-6pts

2017-18: Signed a one-year NHL contract with the Oilers in the offseason

 

GET TO KNOW KEEGAN WITH THESE FIVE FAST FACTS:

  1. Enters his fifth professional in 2017-18 with the first three seasons mostly spent in the Carolina organization; the Hurricanes drafted him in the third round (#73) of the 2011 NHL draft
  2. Fought Vincent Lecavalier twice in his NHL debut with Carolina in April 2015
  3. Was a member of the 2011-12 Edmonton Oil Kings who won the Western Hockey League title and advanced to the Memorial Cup; teammate of former Condors Laurent Brossoit, Griffin Reinhart, and Mitch Moroz that season
  4. Formerly competed in alpine skiing; his mother Karen was a two-time bronze medalist in Alpine skiing for Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary
  5. Father is Kevin Lowe, who won six Stanley Cups as a member of the Oilers and New York Rangers and is currently Vice Chair and Alternate Governor with Edmonton

HIGHLIGHT

Keegan Lowe fights Vincent Lecavalier twice in his NHL debut on April 9, 2015

PICTURE 

Keegan and father, Kevin after Keegan was drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2011 NHL Draft 

ST PAUL, MN – JUNE 25: President of Hockey Operations Kevin Lowe of the Edmonton Oilers and son 73rd overall pick Keegan Lowe by the Carolina Hurricanes look on during day two of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft at Xcel Energy Center on June 25, 2011 in St Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)