North American Skater
ZAYDE
WISDOM
POSITION: RW
SHOOTS: Right
HEIGHT: 5' 10"
Weight: 195
Born: 07/07/2002
Mid Term Rank: 90
Nationality: Canadian
Club: Kingston
League: OHL

• Ranked second on the Kingston Frontenacs in goals (29), assists (30) and points (59) in 62 games during the 2019-20 season

• Wisdom’s 2019-20 totals marked a huge leap in production over his rookie campaign in 2018-19, including a 26-goal and 49-point improvement over his first-year totals (3-7—10 in 60 GP in 2018-19)

• Credits the guidance of trainer Derrell Levy, who started In-Tech High Performance Training and works with several NHL clients including Akil Thomas and Givanni and Gemel Smith, as well as minor hockey coach Jason Payne (now an assistant coach in the ECHL), with helping him develop as a young hockey player

• Looks up to Wayne Simmonds and was a regular participant in the annual Wayne’s Road Hockey Warriors charity ball hockey tournament for underprivileged children

• Wisdom was raised by his mother, Mairri, and his grandmother, Kitty. His mother worked multiple jobs so that he could play house league hockey.

• His brother, Zaccharya, was a sixth-round pick of the OHL’s Niagara IceDogs in 2020 (102nd overall) after skating for the Mississauga Senators Under-16 team in the Greater Toronto Hockey League in 2019-20.