Adam Henrique

Adam Henrique (born February 6, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

He played in the 2003 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Brantford 99ers.

He then graduated to the AAA Brantford 99ers of the Pavilion League where he played until Minor Midget in the 2005–06 season.

In May 2006, Henrique was selected by the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in the second round, 24th overall of the 2006 OHL Priority Selection Draft.

In his OHL rookie season, Henrique was a member of the gold medal-winning Team Ontario U-17 team at the Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon, in February 2007.

He was selected 82nd overall at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils.

Henrique previously played for the Devils and Anaheim Ducks.

Henrique was selected by the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the third round, 82nd overall, of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

He played his Major Junior hockey for the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) where he was a member of the team that won back-to-back Memorial Cups in 2009 and 2010.

Henrique was born in Brantford, Ontario, to Joe and Teresa Henrique, the second-oldest of four brothers.

His father is Portuguese and his mother is Polish.

His paternal grandparents speak Portuguese; his father also speaks some Portuguese, while his mother speaks Polish.

Joe Henrique farms 50 acre of tobacco and ginseng in Burford, Ontario, about 90 minutes southwest of Toronto.

Henrique grew up in the small rural town of Burford, Ontario, playing minor ice hockey for the Burford Coyotes of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) Southern Counties League.

He then went on to win the Memorial Cup with Windsor in both 2009 and in 2010.

He was also named played in the 2010 OHL All-Star Game.

During the 2010–11 season, Henrique played with the Devils' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Albany Devils.

He finished the season as the team's second leading scorer.

Henrique was recalled by the Devils and on April 11, 2011, Henrique made his NHL debut for the Devils in a game against the Boston Bruins.

The following season he scored his first career NHL goal on November 3, 2011, against Sergei Bobrovsky of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Two nights later, Henrique scored two breakaway goals against the Winnipeg Jets, the second goal being the game winner in overtime.

With the absence of centre Travis Zajac due to injury, Henrique was matched up with wingers Zach Parise and Ilya Kovalchuk on the team's first line for a short time.

He was named the NHL's Rookie of the Month for December 2011.

Henrique recorded his first career NHL fight on January 10, 2012, against the Calgary Flames.

The same night, he also secured his first Gordie Howe hat trick (a goal, an assist and a fight in the same game).

He fought Flames' captain Jarome Iginla in the first period and went on to record an assist and score a shorthanded goal in the second period.

Iginla also recorded a Gordie Howe hat trick in the game, with a goal and two assists in addition to his fight against Henrique.

Henrique was selected to compete in the NHL All-Star Rookie SuperSkills Competition in Ottawa on January 28, 2012.

However, he did not participate due to a groin injury he received in a game against the Edmonton Oilers on January 11.

He missed two games due to the injury and returned in a game against the Buffalo Sabres; he "tweaked" his groin again that night, initially causing him to withdraw from the competition.

Rookie teammate Adam Larsson also pulled out of the game due to wrist soreness.

Henrique was replaced by New York Rangers left winger Carl Hagelin, while Larsson with Montreal Canadiens defenceman Raphael Diaz.

He finished his rookie season with 16 goals and 51 points in 74 games.

In the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs, in Game 7 against the Florida Panthers, Henrique scored two goals, the latter being the double-overtime winner sending the Devils to the Conference Semifinals.

In doing so, he became just the second rookie in League history to score an overtime-winning goal in a Game 7.

On May 25, Henrique scored 1:03 into overtime to eliminate the New York Rangers and send the Devils to the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals.

This made him the first rookie to score two series-clinching overtime goals in the same playoffs.

In the finals against the Los Angeles Kings, he scored the game winner for the Devils in Game 4.

However, the Kings would prevail and win the Stanley Cup.

In 2014, his jersey number 14 was retired by the Spitfires.