[Stein]_Meier : 28 est devenu « mon numéro porte-bonheur »

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1. Devil_Dane 1 an ago

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   __ Wearing 96 went back to Meier’s days playing in Switzerland when he first signed on to a pro team and was a part of their A-League squad. He was the youngest player on the team, he got to pick his number last.

   “I thought it looked cool,” he laughed, “and it was my birth year.”

   And when he left home to play in Canada in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League he continued to wear the cool 96 with the Halifax Mooseheads.

   His first foray into wearing 28 was again the victim of being one of the youngest players on a team. As an 18-year-old at the World Juniors in 2015, 28 was the number he ended up with.

   “I was the youngest (on the team),” he shared of how he ended up with 28, “I took 28 and like how it looked and that’s how it started. And I thought it fit me well.”

   Apparently, San Jose did too.

   It was at this tournament that the Sharks began to zero in on Meier and they went on to select him 9th overall in 2015.

   So, to the Sharks, he was 28.

   “They thought it looked great on me,” he shared. “So, they wanted me in that number. And then when I went to San Jose, they gave it to me and at first I was like, I kind of want my 96 number, but then I had the 28 and so I started to like it and just kind of went with it.” __

2. powatwain 1 an ago

   Funny- that’s exactly the amount of goals that he’s going to score on opening night

   What a coincidence!