Logan Couture

[2] The next season, in 2006–07, Couture was added to the OHL roster for the 2006 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge, replacing Jordan Staal, who was retained by the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins.

[3] Couture was also selected to play for the Eastern Conference in the 2007 OHL All-Star Game, winning the shooting accuracy competition.

He had also been named to the 2008 OHL All-Star Game, but was replaced by Michael Swift of the Niagara IceDogs due to injury.

[6] On October 25, 2009, Couture made his NHL debut for the San Jose Sharks against the Philadelphia Flyers.

[8] Couture was also an integral part of the success of the 2009–10 American Hockey League (AHL)'s Worcester Sharks, as he played 42 games and scored 20 goals and 33 assists for 53 points.

He earned a nomination for the Calder Memorial Trophy for these achievements, along with the New York Islanders' Michael Grabner and the Carolina Hurricanes' Jeff Skinner, the latter of which who won the award.

However, he bolstered the San Jose Sharks line-up upon his return and helped lead the team all the way to the Stanley Cup finals, where they lost in six games to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Sharks advanced as far as the 3rd round in the 2018–19 playoffs, losing to the eventual Stanley-Cup champion St. Louis Blues in 6 games.

[27] Couture was born in Guelph, Ontario to firefighter and former police officer Chet and his mother Lori.

His father played OHA senior hockey for 13 years and was a veteran Ontario Lacrosse League (OLA) and National Lacrosse League (NLL) referee, while his mother, Lori, a graduate of Brock University, was a physical education teacher at Lucas Secondary School.

[29] Logan's grandfather on his mother's side, the late Cy Lemon, is a Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee.

On his father's side, his late grandfather, Bob Couture, was a skilled softball pitcher and guitar player.

Growing up, Couture was an exceptional athlete excelling specifically in hockey, lacrosse and baseball, where he was a two-time Honda Canada/Toronto Blue Jays "hit-run-throw" contest Canadian national champion in his age group.

Couture with the Sharks during a preseason game, September 2009. He made his NHL debut with the team several weeks later.