The Winnipeg Jets selected left winger Kevin He with the 109th overall pick in Round 4 of the 2024 NHL Draft. He was acquired after the Jets traded their 123rd and 219th picks. Kevin He, who played for Niagara in the OHL, scored 31 goals and 22 assists for 53 points in 64 games last season. At 5-foot-11 and 182 pounds, He becomes the highest-ever drafted Chinese-born player in NHL history, surpassing Andong Song, who was selected 172nd in 2015. Born in Beijing, He moved to Montreal at age five and later to Toronto at age twelve. He expressed that being drafted is a huge honor for him.
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Kevin He, taken 109th by Winnipeg, is the earliest taken Chinese-born draft pick in NHL history. His family moved to Montreal when he was five and Toronto when he was 12. "It's a huge honour," he says. https://t.co/BmFAURh8K0
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Winnipeg's 109th overall pick, Kevin He, becomes the highest-ever drafted China-born player in NHL history. Previously, Andong Song, the first China-born player ever drafted, went 172nd in 2015. He was born in Beijing and moved to Montreal at age six. #NHLJets
By being selected No. 109 by the @NHLJets, Kevin He (@OHLIceDogs) becomes the highest-drafted player born in China in @NHL history. He also becomes the second Chinese-born player to be selected in an #NHLDraft (after Andong Song went 172nd overall in the 2015 NHL Draft to the… https://t.co/ziKpYRwDsO
The #NHLJets' pick at 109 is Kevin He, who scored 31 goals and 22 assists for 53 points in 64 OHL games last season. He's listed at 5-foot-11, 182 pounds. https://t.co/omf51GAcIz
#NHLJets take LW Kevin He with the 109th pick.
#NHLJets are on the clock after acquiring the 109th overall pick for the 123rd and 219th picks in 2024. They've selected F Kevin He from Niagara of the #OHL