Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Ryan McDonagh was born June 13, 1989 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is a defenseman in the National Hockey League.

Drafted in the first round, 12th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in 2007, he played college hockey for the Badgers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He also played for the New York Rangers, for whom he served as team captain from October 2014 until being traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2018. McDonagh won back-to-back Stanley Cups with the Lightning in 2020 and 2021. McDonagh also competes internationally for the United States and was a member of the men's ice hockey team at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. On July 3, 2022, McDonagh was traded to the Nashville Predators.