• Yogan had 25 goals and 55 points in 63 games this season before a broken foot, suffered blocking a shot, ended his season in early March.

• Selected by the Windsor Spitfires in 2007, he played his rookie season with Windsor before heading to Erie in a trade.

• A Boca Raton native, Yogan was originally interested in karate, but got his start in hockey at the age of seven when a friend asked him to come out and skate. He played his minor hockey for the Florida Junior Panthers and his first team was the Coral Springs Coyotes. He also played a year of minor hockey for former Detroit Red Wings defenseman, Uwe Krupp, who influenced his career and helped him make it to the OHL.

• His father, Mark, is a pilot and they travelled thousands of miles in minor hockey playing in several tournaments around North America – one of his favourite memories was winning the MVP award at the Boston Junior Chowder Cup.

FAVORITES

NHL team: Florida Panthers
NHL player: Joe Thornton
Shootout move: “Fake forehand, backhand, forehand, low blocker”
Goal celebration: “Fist pump”
Video game: Call of Duty
Movie: Wedding Crashers
TV show: Nitro Circus
Actor: Will Ferrell
Music artist: Lil Wayne
Website: facebook.com
Book: Davinci Code
Pump-up song: New noise by Refused
Home-cooked meal: Salmon, Fettuccini Alfredo
Activity away from the rink: Beach