James F. Van Riemsdyk

James "JVR" van Riemsdyk (born May 4, 1989) is an American professional ice hockey left winger who plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). James Frederick van Riemsdyk attended Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, New Jersey before transferring to Ann Arbor, Michigan for his sophomore year to play for the U.S. National Team Development Program. Prior to that, he played from Mite to first year of Midgets for the Brick Hockey Club in Brick, New Jersey. As a youth in the greater New York area, van Riemsdyk was an avid New York Rangers fan. Van Riemsdyk was drafted second overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft - following fellow American Patrick Kane, marking the first time in league history that Americans were chosen first and second overall in the same draft. On April 1, 2009, the Philadelphia Flyers announced that van Riemsdyk would forgo his final two years of college eligibility at the University of New Hampshire to sign an en