Bo Horvat is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who plays as the centre for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Bo Horvat was born to Tim and Cindy Horvat on April 5, 1995, in London, Ontario. He grew up in Rodney, Ontario, about a 90-minute drive from Detroit, Michigan, and as a child, he attended several Detroit Red Wings ice hockey games.
Throughout their childhoods, Bo and his younger brother Cal would frequently practise hockey in the family basement, until Horvat moved away at the age of 12 to live with a billet family and play for the Toronto Red Wings minor ice hockey team.
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In 2008, Horvat scored 10 goals and led the Red Wings to a round-robin victory over the London Jr. Knights in the All-Toronto Peewee AAA hockey tournament, leading the team with 16 points.
Bo Horvat was selected ninth overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, where he served as captain from 2019 until his trade to the Islanders (captain) in 2023.
During his junior career in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), he won the Wayne Gretzky 99 Award as playoff MVP in 2013, as well as two J. Ross Robertson Cup titles with the London Knights.
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