"Edmonton Oilers" Taylor Hall Hand Signed Jersey Todd Mueller COA

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"Edmonton Oilers" Taylor Hall Hand Signed Jersey. This item is certified authentic by Todd Mueller Auctions and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.
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Taylor Strba Hall
(born November 14, 1991) is a Canadian professional
ice hockey
left winger
for the
Arizona Coyotes
of the
National Hockey League
(NHL). He was the first overall pick in the
2010 NHL Entry Draft
selected by the
Edmonton Oilers
. Hall had a highly successful junior career, helping the
Ontario Hockey League
(OHL)'s
Windsor Spitfires
to two consecutive
Memorial Cup
championships in
2009
and
2010
. He was named
most valuable player
of the Memorial Cup tournament both years. Hall was named to the
NHL All-Star Game
in 2011, 2016 and 2018. In 2016, he was traded to the
New Jersey Devils
in exchange for
Adam Larsson
. In his
second season
with the Devils, Hall won the
Hart Memorial Trophy
as the NHL’s
most valuable player
, becoming the first Devils player in franchise history to win the award. In 2019, Hall was traded to the
Arizona Coyotes
in exchange for several players and draft picks. Hall was born in
Calgary
,
Alberta
, the only child of
Steve Hall
and Kim Strba. His father was a former
Canadian Football League
(CFL) player for the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
,
Toronto Argonauts
and
Ottawa Rough Riders
in the mid-1980s, after which he was a member of the Canadian national
bobsleigh
team.
His mother introduced him to organized hockey at age five while his father maintained a backyard rink every winter which Hall and his friends practiced on relentlessly.
His family moved to
Kingston, Ontario
, in 2005, where he attended high school at
Frontenac Secondary School
[5]
and St. Anne Catholic High School.
Shortly after being selected first overall by the
Edmonton Oilers
in the
2010 NHL Entry Draft
, Hall signed his first professional contract. The contract paid Hall the entry level maximum of 0,000 with the potential of an additional .85 million in performance bonuses. This was the second-most lucrative rookie contract in Oilers history.
Hall was given permission to wear the jersey number 4, which had belonged to former Oilers' player
Kevin Lowe
, who was then serving as the Oilers' president of hockey operations and who had been the only Oiler to wear the number 4 in its NHL history, despite the fact that Lowe's number 4 was not retired by the Oilers. Hall made his NHL debut on October 7, 2010, as the Oilers defeated their rivals, the
Calgary Flames
, at
Rexall Place
. Hall's first NHL point, an assist, came in his second game, against the
Florida Panthers
on October 10;
Shawn Horcoff
redirected Hall's shot in front of the net. Hall's first NHL goal came on October 28 against
Steve Mason
of the
Columbus Blue Jackets
; Hall's former head coach with the Windsor Spitfires,
Bob Boughner
, was an assistant coach with Columbus at the time. Hall was named to the
2011 NHL All-Star Game
as a rookie; a newly-introduced format for the 2011 All-Star Game selected 12 rookies specifically to participate in the
NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition
. Hall came in second place to
Michael Grabner
in the
fastest skater SuperSkills Competition
.
Hall scored his first career NHL hat-trick (and natural hat-trick) against the
Atlanta Thrashers
on February 19, 2011: with the Oilers behind by two goals, Hall scored three consecutive power play goals in a span of 12:53 as the Oilers eventually won the game 5–3.
On March 3, 2011, in a 4–2 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Hall recorded his first career
Gordie Howe hat-trick
: Hall scored a goal against Steve Mason, assisted a goal scored by
Jordan Eberle
and fought
Derek Dorsett
. However, the fight with Dorsett ended Hall's rookie season early as he suffered a high ankle sprain at the end of the fight. Hall finished his rookie season scoring 22 goals and 20 assists in 65 games.
On January 17, 2012, Hall was cut by teammate
Corey Potter
's skate before a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets during warmup, resulting in a deep cut to his face that required 30 stitches to close.
It was announced that Hall would need major shoulder surgery and would need five-to-six months to recover, ending his successful sophomore year. Despite missing 21 games, Hall was still tied for fifth for power play goals. On August 21, 2012, Hall signed a new seven-year,  million contract with the Oilers worth an annual average value of  million.
On January 26, 2013, Hall recorded his 100th career point with two assists in a 4–3 loss against the Calgary Flames. On February 22, 2013, he was given a two-game suspension by the NHL after a collision with
Minnesota Wilds
forward
Cal Clutterbuck
.
On March 30, 2013, in a game against the
Vancouver Canucks
, Hall set a new franchise record by scoring a hat-trick just 7:53 into the game.
[35]
Hall finished the
lockout
-shortened
2012–13 season
ninth in NHL regular season scoring, also recording a career-high of 34 assists, sufficient for eighth in the NHL. On October 17, 2013, Hall broke
Wayne Gretzky
's previous record of two goals in nine seconds by scoring two in eight. Gretzky congratulated him shortly after. On December 5, 2013, in a 9–2 win over the
Chicago Blackhawks
, Hall recorded his second career NHL hat-trick,
having previously gone nine games without a goal. In 2016, Hall was named to his first
NHL All-Star Game
as a member of the
Pacific Division
team.