More people have questioned the educational journey of Keith Yandle severally, here is the full detail. For Yandle’s education, he attended Milton High School and Cushing Academy during his childhood, where he played hockey. After that, he enrolled at the University of New Hampshire. However, he chose to let go of the idea of going to college and instead went to play for the Moncton Wildcats. Keith Yandle | Early Career & Amateur Years Based on the little trails we got about Keith, he has played ice hockey since he was a kid. Hence, from childhood, Yandle had wanted to pursue a professional career. Likewise, as a youth, Keith played in the 2000 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from the South Shore. He continued playing ice hockey in his high school and college years too. Not to mention, Yandle attended the University of New Hampshire, where his older brother, Brian, played from 2002 to 2006. Later in his career, Yandle forgoes his academics and instead played for the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League(QMJHL). From 2005 to 2006, Keith played in 66 games where he recorded 25 goals and 59 assists for 84 points during his amateur years. Similarly, the Wildcats won the QMJHL championship. At that time, Yandle got the QMJHL’s Emile Bouchard Trophy for the best defenseman and Telus Trophy for defensive player of the year. Keith Yandle | Professional NHL Years Finally, in the 2005 NHL draft, the Phoenix Coyotes picked him in the fourth round, 105th. And Yandle made his debut on October 11, 2006, against the Detroit Red Wings, where he played for the entire 20 minutes. Likely, Yandle participated in the American Hockey League All-Star Game as a PlanetUSA team member in the following season. Then straight to 2010, Keith got took part in his first Stanley Cup playoff game. There he scored his first goal for Phoenix against Detroit and eventually a tie. Later he would assist a goal and be named one of the game’s three stars. In 2011, NHL All-Star Game named him a replacement for the Atlanta Thrasher’s Tobias Enstrom. That same year in July, he began as a free agent and soon enough signed a five-year contract extension with the Coyotes worth $26.25 million. Moreover, in the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs, Yandle proved to be an integral part of the game against the Los Angeles Kings. Held at the Western Conference Final, he contributed nine points during their run. Likewise, on November 14, 2014, Keith played his 400th consecutive game with the team. As a matter of fact, he is the second all-time on the franchise’s most extended consecutive games list, right after Dale Hawerchuk. The following year, Keith was then traded to the New York Rangers in exchange for defenseman John Moore. After a year, he was again traded by the Rangers to the Florida Panthers in exchange for a conditional 2017 fourth-round draft pick and a 2016 sixth-round draft pick. Thereafter, the Panthers signed Keith signed for a seven-year contract worth $44 million, just three days after the trade. He continued to wear jersey number 3 for the Florida team. Two years into the team, Panthers moved Yandle into the leader position for most consecutive games, 676 at that time. The change happened slightly after Anaheim Ducks forward Andrew Cogliano was suspended after playing 830 consecutive games back in 2018. For publication please kindly contact us on +233256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com