Rexall was a chain of North American drugstores, and the name of their store-branded products. The stores, having roots in the federation of United Drug Stores starting in 1902, licensed the Rexall brand name to as many as 12,000 drug stores across the United States from 1920 to 1977. (The "Rex" in the name came from the common Rx abbreviation for drug prescriptions.)

Since 1985, it has been the name of over-the-counter drugs and drugstores in Canada operated by the Katz Group of Companies, and of health supplements in the United States.

Founding[link]

In 1902, Louis K. Liggett persuaded 40 independent drug stores to invest $4,000 in a retailers' cooperative called United Drug Stores, which sold products under the Rexall name. After World War I, the cooperative established a franchise arrangement whereby independently owned retail outlets adopted the Rexall trade name and sold Rexall products. The company was based in Boston, in an area now occupied by Northeastern University.

Rexall Train[link]

The Rexall Train of March to November 1936 toured the United States and Canada to promote Rexall drug store products, and to provide the equivalent of a national convention for local Rexall druggists without the cost of travel. Free tickets for locals to see displays of Rexall products were available at local Rexall drug stores. The 29,000 mile tour went to 47 of the 48 contiguous states (missing Nevada) and to parts of Canada. The blue and white train of 12 air-conditioned Pullman cars with displays in 4 cars, convention facilities in 4 cars and a dining car was hauled by a streamlined 4-8-2 Mohawk locomotive, No 2783 from the New York Central Railroad. It was the million dollar brainchild of Louis Liggett, who travelled in the rear observation car.

Growth[link]

Justin Whitlock Dart, formerly of the Walgreens drugstore chain, took control of Boston-based United Drug Company in 1943. The chain operated under the Liggett, Owl, Sonta, and Rexall brands, which Dart rebranded under the Rexall name.

Rexall gained national exposure through its sponsorship of two famous classic American radio programs of the 1940s and 1950s: Amos and Andy and The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show. Both shows were often opened by an advertisement from an actor (Griff Barnett) portraying "your Rexall family druggist", and included the catch phrase "Good health to all from Rexall." They also sponsored the Jimmy Durante Show and there are references by the character Mr. Peavey in some of The Great Gildersleeve radio shows. Rexall also sponsored "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" starring Dick Powell from April 1950 until Camel replaced Rexall as the sponsor after the December 6, 1950 broadcast.

In 1946, United-Rexall Drug Inc. purchased the Renfro chain in Texas. It also launched the Owl Superstores chain. In 1947, the company held a gala opening for their new headquarters and first store in Los Angeles, California. The new Hollywood Owl was reported in Life Magazine as 'the World's Biggest Drugstore'.^[1] In 1958, the Rexall Drug Company was the largest U.S. drug store franchise, with 11,158 stores (for comparison, there are fewer than 12,000 McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. today). Time Magazine noted that 2/3 of its stores were in areas where 1/3 of the population lived. However, this comprised more than 20% of all drug stores in the United States.

Dart sold his stake in Rexall in 1978. Dart had acquired stakes in West Bend, Duracell, Hobart Corporation, Tupperware, Ralph Wilson Plastics, and Archer Glass, which were collectively known as Dart Industries.

Decline[link]

By the late 1950s, Rexall's business model of unitary franchised stores, with each store owned independently by the local pharmacist, was already coming under attack by the discount chains, such as Thrifty Drug and Eckerd. These well-financed corporate entities were able to drive down costs by means of block purchasing, and were focused on growth. By 1977, the value of the Rexall business had deteriorated to the point that it was sold to private investors for $16 million. The investors divested the company owned stores, though existing franchise retailers were able to keep the Rexall name. However, these tended to be weaker stores, and very few kept the name as time progressed. The company did continue to distribute vitamins, health foods, and plastic items.

Across the United States there remain some franchise retailers still using the Rexall name.^[2]

In the early 1980s, Rexall, headed by Howard K. Vander Linden, a third-generation Rexall employee, was the subject of a hostile takeover by an organization headed by Larry Brown.^{[citation needed]} The company almost immediately slid into decline.

Rexall-Sundown[link]

Sundown, a maker of sunscreens, acquired the Rexall trademark in 1985 and continued to produce nutritional supplements and remedies under the new name Rexall-Sundown, with no relationship to the remaining chain of Rexall drugstores, nor to the Canadian maker of medicines and sundries. Numico acquired Rexall Sundown in 2000.Numico split up the Rexall divisions and divested them in 2003, selling the name Rexall-Sundown to NBTY, a US vitamin company, and the Unicity Network division was to be sold to Activated Holdings^[3], a privately held company. The deal fell through and Unicity Network was sold to its management.

Dollar General and Rexall[link]

In March 2010 Dollar General announced that it would be one of the exclusive retailers for Rexall-branded products. Customers can find various Rexall products in several of the retailer's categories, including over-the-counter medication, dental care, vitamins and supplements, foot care and first aid.

Sports venues[link]

Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, in Canada is the home of both the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League, and the Edmonton Rush of the National Lacrosse League. The Katz Group of Companies, which operates Rexall and Rexall PharmaPLus pharmacies and sells Rexall products in Canada, purchased the naming rights to the arena. Daryl Katz, head of the Katz Group, is the owner of the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club. The Rexall Centre tennis courts are in Toronto, Ontario also in Canada. Rexall is also the title sponsor of the Rexall Edmonton Indy IndyCar race at Edmonton City Centre Airport.

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• The Rexall Story: A History of Genius and Neglect by Mickey C. Smith ISBN 0-7890-2472-1

External links[link]

• rexall.com
• The Rexall Train; article, photos and map at ThemeTrains.com
• 1958 Time Magazine article
• 1946 Time Magazine article
• 1949 Time Magazine article
• Rexall-Sundown history
• The Rexall Tradition
• Katz Group launches nationwide integration, branding campaign - PharmAssist - Drug Store News
• Rexall family of pharmacies
• Rexall Brand
• Meditrust Pharmacy
• The United Drug Company records, n.d. are located in the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department, Boston, MA.
• The Rexall Train at Fez City, Toronto (article and photo)

Dave Navarro
Dave Navarro attending the AVN Awards Show at the Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada on January 9, 2010
Background information
Birth name	David Michael Navarro
Born	(1967-06-07) June 7, 1967 (age 45) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock, alternative metal, funk rock
Instruments	Guitar, vocals, piano, keyboards, bass guitar
Years active	1986-present
Labels	Warner, Capitol
Associated acts	Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Deconstruction, The Panic Channel, Camp Freddy, Spirits in the Sky, Marilyn Manson, Guns N' Roses, Nine Inch Nails
Website	www.6767.com
Notable instruments
PRS Guitars Fender Stratocaster Ibanez RG

David Michael Navarro (born June 7, 1967) is an American guitarist who plays in the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction and cover band Camp Freddy. He has also played with Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Panic Channel, and many others.

Early life[link]

Navarro was born in Santa Monica, California, to James Raul Navarro and Constance Colleen Hopkins. Dave spent a lot of time with his brother Joe Navarro, who currently resides in Fort Wayne, Indiana.^{[citation needed]} Navarro's paternal grandparents were Mexican immigrants.^[1] His mother Constance worked as a model, appearing on the television show Let's Make a Deal. Navarro was the only person in his paternal family who did not speak Spanish. This was a result of James and Constance's divorce when Navarro was 7, and he spent the majority of his time with his mother. He attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, CA. He later transferred to University High School in Los Angeles, CA.

Constance Navarro was murdered by her boyfriend, John Riccardi, eight years after the divorce. Her killer was arrested in 1991,^[2] thanks to a viewer tip after Navarro appeared on the television series, America's Most Wanted. After his mother's death, he moved in with his father.^{[citation needed]}

Professional career[link]

Early influence[link]

On his Instructional Guitar DVD Navarro tells how he started playing guitar at the age of 7 after hearing a Jimi Hendrix song at a skate park.

1986-1993[link]

Navarro joined the band Jane's Addiction in 1986 as the lead guitarist after he was recommended to vocalist Perry Farrell by drummer Stephen Perkins, who was a childhood friend of Navarro's. The band became successful and was popular in the alternative-rock music scene. Personal tensions, however, led to their breakup in 1991. The Lollapalooza festival was created by Farrell as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction.

After the departure of Guns N' Roses' original rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin in August 1991, Navarro was the first choice of lead singer Axl Rose to replace Stradlin. However, despite four attempts to have him come in and play with Slash, he never showed up. However, he later went on to play on the 1999 Guns N' Roses song "Oh My God", which was featured on the End of Days soundtrack. In 1993, Navarro formed Deconstruction with Jane's Addiction's Eric Avery on vocals and bass and Michael Murphy on drums, and the band put out one self-titled album in 1994. Rick Rubin was involved in the production and Butthole Surfers singer Gibby Haynes makes a guest appearance. They did not tour due to Avery's exhaustion after Jane's Addiction.

1993-1998[link]

Navarro joined Red Hot Chili Peppers in September 1993. His first large-scale performance with the band was at Woodstock '94. The only album in which Navarro played with Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute - was released in 1995. The album was seen as a commercial disappointment (even though it sold over 8 million copies worldwide). They also recorded a cover of the Ohio Players' song "Love Rollercoaster" for the Beavis and Butthead Do America soundtrack, the John Lennon song "I Found Out" for Working Class Hero a Tribute to John Lennon, and an original song called "Melancholy Mechanics" for the Twister soundtrack. Many fans preferred former guitarist John Frusciante's guitar style over Navarro's. The album received mixed reviews despite producing three hit singles. Navarro toured with Jane's Addiction for their 1997 Relapse tour with Flea on bass. After two years of touring on and off with Red Hot Chili Peppers, and his subsequent heroin relapse, Navarro was fired in 1998. John Frusciante rejoined Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1998.

2001-2005[link]

The album, Trust No One, marked his solo debut in the summer of 2001. In 2002, Jane’s Addiction reformed with bass player Chris Chaney, and started work on a new album. The band entered the studio with veteran rock producer, Bob Ezrin resulting in the album Strays and the Lollapalooza 2003 tour in support of the album. In 2002, Michael Jackson performed at the Apollo Theater, and Dave played guitar for his hit song "Black or White".

Navarro began working with Camp Freddy during this time. In 2003, Dave and his fiancée, Carmen Electra, agreed to have their wedding preparations filmed for an MTV show titled, Til Death Do Us Part. Camp Freddy played at the reception. The show was a great success and was released on DVD in the fall of 2005. Dave’s book, Don't Try This At Home, was released on October 5, 2004 with Regan books, and quickly became a Los Angeles Times bestseller.

On a lighter note, Navarro appeared in two tournaments on Celebrity Poker Showdown in 2004. In the third tournament of the series, he won his qualifying game and appeared in the championship round. In the fourth series, he appeared only in a qualifying round.^[3]

2006-2012[link]

Dave co-hosted with Brooke Burke, two seasons of the Mark Burnett television series: Rock Star: INXS and Rock Star: Supernova. Dave and his band, The Panic Channel, released their album One, in August 2006. They toured with Rock Star Supernova (the band formed from the series) in January/February 2007. During this time, Dave began his own internet radio station: SPREAD RADIO LIVE. He soon broadened his creativity with an internet talk show called: Dave Navarro’s SPREAD TV, which was broadcast on Maniatv.com and is currently available for download on iTunes. The show highlighted a myriad of avant-garde subjects, artistry, and the human condition. Videos from the series are also available on Navarro's YouTube channel.

Navarro in 2007

In 2007, Navarro also teamed with Teravision to direct his first adult movie, Broken starring Sasha Grey, in the first of a planned series of celebrity-directed adult movies.^[4] This effort won "Best High End All-Sex Release" at the 2008 AVN Awards.^[5] Navarro has also made appearances in Season 1 and Season 2 of Z Rock^[6] with Brooklyn-based band ZO2 on IFC.^[7]

Jane's Addiction reunited once more in 2008 with all of the original members. The notoriously tumultuous band's reunion was widely credited by NME magazine for choosing Jane's Addiction as the recipient of their "Godlike Genius Award for Services to Music". Soon after performing together for the first time in 17 years at the NME Award ceremony in Los Angeles, the band was contacted by Trent Reznor. Trent began working with Jane's Addiction in his studio; they recorded and released two songs ("Chip Away" and "Whores") online on the NINJA 2009 Tour Sampler. Both songs were previously released on their self-titled 1987 Live album. This time together in the studio led directly to the pairing of Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction for a worldwide tour in 2009. The tour was branded the NIN/JA tour by fans.

During August 2009, Navarro toured southern California as part of the Billy Corgan-led band Spirits in the Sky.

In 2011, Navarro appeared as the 'Director' of a Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp, playing a complicated passage for a 'camper' to emulate, in a commercial for Citibank.^[8][9]

Navarro featured on the track "Girls/Fast Cars" on the album The Wombats Proudly Present: This Modern Glitch. by indie rock band The Wombats.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers were named 2012 inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame although despite being in the band for five years and playing on one album, Navarro will not be inducted. When the announcement was made of the induction, Navarro said he was happy for the band but later said he had no plans to attend the ceremony which will be held in April 2012.^[10]Anthony Kiedis was asked why Navarro was not included in the induction and he responded by saying "He's in this other band, which may in fact be inducted itself one day, called Jane's Addiction. I think that's the band closest to his heart, and that most represents his contribution to the world in terms of music. So maybe it makes more sense for him to be inducted one day as a member of Jane's Addiction." According to the hall of fame and the Chili Peppers' lawyer, it is the hall of fame's decision on which members are inducted. They eventually selected original members, current members and those who have appeared on multiple albums. Ex-Peppers guitarist, Jack Sherman disagreed and felt that both himself and Navarro were being treated unfairly by the band and they, in fact, did have a say in who was inducted. Chad Smith was the only band member to acknowledge both Navarro and Sherman (along with other former members) during his induction speech.^[11]

He hosted the reality tattoo show called "Ink Master" on Spike January 17, 2012 – March 6, 2012.

Personal life[link]

Navarro has been married and divorced three times. He married his first wife, make-up artist Tania Goddard, in a pagan ceremony^[12] in 1990 and his second wife, Rhian Gittins, in a civil ceremony on October 15, 1994. Navarro married model and actress Carmen Electra, on November 22, 2003. On July 17, 2006, Navarro and Electra announced their split to Star Magazine. Navarro posted a message on his blog the following morning saying "I just want to say thanks for all of your love and support. I'm sure that you can understand that I wish to keep all personal matters private." Electra filed for divorce on August 8, 2006.

Equipment of choice[link]

Dave Navarro on stage in Santa Barbara, USA in 2009.

During the first few years of Jane's Addiction, Dave played a black Gibson Les Paul. Around the time of the band's major label debut Nothing's Shocking in 1988, he played Ibanez RG series guitars, including one custom painted with the album cover art. He is seen in the film "Gift" and the "Stop" video playing a blue Ibanez RG, which suggests it was used in the recording of the album Ritual de lo Habitual. During the 1990 Ritual tour, he primarily played a custom-shaped single cutaway gold Ibanez.

Dave began using PRS Guitars on the Lollapalooza tour in 1991. His signature model PRS (White with Gold Hardware)^[13] is now his number one stage guitar. He has several models in his regular stage and studio rig, and was only the third PRS artist to have both a Maryland-made and SE (Student Edition - a "Budget Model" built in Korea with cheaper wood, electronics, and hardware, but one of the best bargain instruments in their price range^[14] version of their Signature Model.^[15]

He used a Parker Fly Deluxe for the Chili Peppers days during the live versions of "My Friends". He used it for its clean tones and its piezoelectric pickup that sounds similar to an acoustic guitar. Dave also openly admits that "It's one of the ugliest guitars I've ever seen", as quoted from the Dave Navarro instructional DVD.

During this era, Dave went with a more treble based guitar in the Fender Stratocaster for the funk-based tones required for the Red Hot Chili Peppers catalog compared to his more traditional "Hard Rock" tone in "Jane's Addiction". He had several in his possession. All of them were a 3 single coil pattern but he also had a Modulus Stratocaster-like guitar made.

Dave has also been seen playing Kramer (Van Halen Signature) Guitars, Fender Telecasters, Takamine Acoustic 12 strings, and even a Squier Hello Kitty Stratocaster given to him by Carmen.

Since late 2008, Dave's been seen using live and in studio a custom white Ibanez RG, with a humbucker/single/single pickup layout, gold hardware, and a vintage style tremolo... essentially an Ibanez version of his PRS Guitars Signature Model.^[13] Dave previously used a vintage Marshall JCM800, but now plays through 2 Marshall JCM900 amplifiers which are dubbed Tanjerine and Peach. For large gigs he will also use a Marshall Mode 4 for clean tones. In the studio he is also commonly known to use a Vox AC30 for cleans and a Bogner Uberschall for dirty tones.

With effects, Dave prefers BOSS. He uses a BOSS Octave Pedal, 2 BOSS DD3 Digital Delays, a BOSS Turbo distortion for extra volume during soloing, a Dunlop Cry Baby Wah Pedal and several others.

Epiphone Guitars (a subsidiary of Gibson) released its Dave Navarro Artist Acoustic in July 2010. According to an interview with Navarro on Gibson.com, the new guitar is based upon the classic Gibson (and Epiphone) "Hummingbird" design, and has already been played by the guitarist in the studio while recording with Jane's Addiction.^[16] Named "Jane", the new guitar is black in color (as opposed to Navarro's usual white guitars), and sports a dead tree and crows on the pickguard, rather than the traditional Hummingbird and foliage images.

Discography[link]

Solo

• 1995 Rhimorse
• 2001 Trust No One
  • "Rexall": U.S. Modern Rock Tracks #12, U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks #9
  • "Hungry": U.S. Modern Rock Tracks #24, U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks #38

With Jane's Addiction

• 1987 Jane's Addiction
• 1988 Nothing's Shocking
• 1990 Ritual de lo Habitual
• 1997 Kettle Whistle
• 2003 Strays
• 2006 Up from the Catacombs - The Best of (Greatest hits album)
• 2009 A Cabinet of Curiosities (Box set)
• 2011 The Great Escape Artist

With Deconstruction

• 1994 Deconstruction

With Red Hot Chili Peppers

• 1995 One Hot Minute and "Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon" ("I Found Out" only)
• 1996 "Love Rollercoaster"
• 2012 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP

With Nine Inch Nails

• 1995 Further Down The Spiral - guitar on "Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)"

With Alanis Morissette

• 1995 Jagged Little Pill - guitar on "You Oughta Know"

With Marilyn Manson

• 1998 Mechanical Animals - guitar solo on "I Don't Like The Drugs (But The Drugs Like Me)"

With Guns N' Roses

• 1999 End of Days OST - guitar on "Oh My God"

With P.Diddy

• 2001 The Saga Continues... - guitar on "Bad Boy for Life"

With Christina Aguilera

• 2002 Stripped - guitar on "Fighter"

With Gene Simmons

• 2004 "Asshole" - guitar on "Firestarter" (The Prodigy cover)

With Glenn Hughes

• 2005 Soul Mover

With Tommy Lee

• 2005 Tommyland: The Ride - guitar solo on "Tired"

With The Panic Channel

• 2006 (ONe)

With Dead Celebrity Status

• 2006 Blood Music - guitar solo on "We Fall, We Fall"

Footnotes[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Dave Navarro

• Official website
• Dave Navarro at the Internet Movie Database
• Dave Navarro interview January 2008
• Dave Navarro's Spread on maniaTV.com
• Dave Navarro's Guitars photo gallery
• PRS Guitars Dave Navarro Signature model

Jordan Eberle
Born	(1990-05-15) May 15, 1990 (age 22) Regina, SK, CAN
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	184 lb (83 kg; 13 st 2 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Right
NHL team	Edmonton Oilers
National team	Canada
NHL Draft	22nd overall, 2008 Edmonton Oilers
Playing career	2009–present

Jordan Eberle (born May 15, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round, 22nd overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

During his four-year junior career with the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League (WHL), he won the CHL Player of the Year Award in 2010, the Doc Seaman Trophy as the scholastic player of the year in 2008 and was a two-time First Team East All-Star in 2008 and 2010. In his second season in the NHL, Eberle was named to the All-Star Game and led the Oilers in goal- and point-scoring.

Internationally, he has competed for Canada in two World Junior Championships, winning gold and silver in 2009 and 2010, respectively. He was named Tournament MVP and Best Forward at the 2010 World Junior Championships and is Canada's second all-time leading scorer at the tournament with 26 points, 5 behind Eric Lindros.

Hockey career[link]

Minor[link]

Eberle played novice with Hockey Regina's tier-1 Kings and amassed 216 goals over sixty games in 1999–00.^[1] He went on to play Bantam AAA for the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, as a fourteen-year-old.^[2] After being selected by his hometown major junior team, the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League (WHL), in the seventh round, 126th overall, of the 2005 WHL Bantam Draft,^[3][4] Eberle joined the midget ranks with the Calgary Buffaloes of the Alberta Midget Hockey League (AMHL). He won a bronze medal with the Buffaloes at the 2006 Mac's Midget Hockey Tournament, scoring two goals in the bronze medal game against the Prince Albert Mintos.^[5] He helped his team qualify for the 2006 Telus Cup national midget championship, where the Buffaloes lost a 5–4 triple overtime game in the final against the Mintos.^[6] Eberle scored a goal in the losing effort^[7] and was awarded the Most Sportsmanlike Award for the tournament.^[6]

Regina Pats[link]

Eberle debuted with the Pats in 2006–07, scoring 55 points and a team-high 28 goals as a rookie. He added two goals and seven points in six games against the Swift Current Broncos in the opening round of the 2007 WHL playoffs, but was sidelined for the entirety of the second round against the Medicine Hat Tigers with a virus.^[8] Eberle started his second major junior season by earning WHL Player of the Month honours for October 2007, totaling sixteen goals and 26 points over sixteen games for the Pats.^[9] He had missed two games early in the season with tonsillitis, before scoring a hat trick in his return on October 6, 2007, against the Moose Jaw Warriors.^[10] Eberle later represented Team WHL against Russia in the 2007 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge in late-November.^[11] Midway through the season, he was chosen to compete in the 2008 CHL Top Prospects Game in Edmonton.^[12]

Jordan Eberle skates in a WHL game during the 2009-10 season.

Eberle finished 2007–08 with a team-high 42 goals and 75 points. His 42 goals accounted for one-fifth of his team's scoring and marked the first time a Pats player hit the forty-goal mark since Matt Hubbauer scored 48 in 2001–02.^[8] It also tied for fourth in league scoring with Drayson Bowman of the Spokane Chiefs.^[13] He was selected to the WHL East First All-Star Team and received the Doc Seaman Trophy as WHL scholastic player of the year (beating out defenceman Jared Cowen of the Spokane Chiefs).^[14]

Eberle had started the 2007–08 season ranked seventh among WHL skaters in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's preliminary rankings for the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.^[15] At mid-season, he was ranked 24th among North American skaters,^[16] then dropped to 33rd in the NHL CSS's final rankings.^[4] Director of NHL Central Scouting, E. J. McGuire, described Eberle as a scorer whose strengths are his skating and stickhandling.^[17] He was selected in the first round, 22nd overall, by the Edmonton Oilers. Having grown up in Regina, Eberle was a childhood fan of the Oilers, even after his family moved to Calgary at fourteen-years-old.^[18] After being selected, he commented in an interview, "If I had to pick one pick, [the Oilers] would have been it."^[18]

Eberle competed in his second ADT Canada-Russia Challenge for Team WHL in 2008.^[19] After completing the 2008–09 WHL season with a team-leading 74 points in 61 games,^[20] Eberle was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract by the Oilers on March 23, 2009.^[20]

Competing for a roster spot with the Oilers in the 2009 training camp, Eberle was one of the final cuts.^[21] He was returned to the Pats on September 27, 2009,^[21] and reeled off 25 points in twelve games to be named WHL Player of the Month for September and October.^[22] He was named to Team WHL for the 2009 Subway Super Series (renamed from the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge) and was selected as an alternate captain to Pats teammate Colten Teubert for Game 5.^[23] Eberle finished the 2009–10 WHL season second in league scoring with 106 points in 57 games (one point behind Brandon Kozun of the Calgary Hitmen in eight fewer games) and was a unanimous selection to his second WHL East First All-Star Team in three years.^[24] He was the first member of the Pats to score fifty goals and record 100 points since Ronald Petrovicky during the 1997–98 season. Eberle finished his career with the Pats seventh all-time in franchise goal scoring with 155 and twelfth in points with 310.^[25] Eberle was named the Regina Pats Player of the Year, Most Sportsmanlike Player and the Most Popular player after the 2009–10 season.^[26] Despite the Pats disappointing season as a team, Eberle was selected as the winner of the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as WHL Player of the Year, defeating Western Conference nominee Craig Cunningham of the Vancouver Giants.^[27] He was later named CHL Player of the Year, beating out the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) nominees Tyler Seguin and Mike Hoffman, respectively.^[28] It marked the third time a Pats player won the award, after Ed Staniowski in 1975 and Doug Wickenheiser in 1980.^[28]

Edmonton Oilers[link]

Eberle with the Oilers in Pittsburgh, March 2011.

Soon after signing a professional contract with the Oilers in 2009, he was assigned to the teams' minor league affiliate, the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League (AHL) for the remainder of the 2008–09 AHL season. He scored his first professional goal in his third game with the Falcons, a 4–3 loss to the Portland Pirates on March 29, 2009.^[29] He went on to tally three goals and nine points in nine games. Eberle was again assigned to the Falcons after finishing the 2009–10 season with the Pats.^[30] He notched six goals and fourteen points in the Falcons last eleven games of the regular season.

Eberle made his NHL debut with the Oilers on October 7, 2010, against the Calgary Flames.^[31] He recorded his first goal, on the penalty kill in the third period, deking past defenceman Ian White on a two-on-one before scoring on a backhand deke past goaltender Miika Kiprusoff.^[31] The goal was later voted by fans as the NHL's Goal of the Year on the league's Facebook page,^[32] as well as Play of the Year on The Sports Network's website.^[33] He later added an assist on the powerplay, taking a shot that deflected off teammate Shawn Horcoff's shinpads. The Oilers went on to win the game 4–0.^[31] Eberle was named the first star of the game.^[34] Later in the season, Eberle suffered a high ankle sprain after colliding with opposing forward Ales Kotalik during a game against the Flames on January 1, 2011.^[35] While sidelined with the injury, he underwent an unrelated emergency appendectomy four days later.^[36] Missing 13 games with his ankle injury, he returned to action in early-February.^[37] During a game against the Vancouver Canucks late in the season, on April 5, Eberle received a hit to the head from opposing forward Raffi Torres. While Eberle was not injured on the play, Torres received a four-game suspension for the hit.^[38] He finished the season with 43 points (18 goals and 25 assists) in 69 games, leading his team in scoring and ranking sixth among league rookies.^[39] Though the Oilers finished with the worst record in the NHL for the second straight year, expectations remained high in Edmonton for the future of the team, as Eberle's success as a rookie was matched by the performance of fellow first-year forwards Taylor Hall and Magnus Paajarvi (both of whom were also former first-round draft picks).^[40]

During his second NHL season, Eberle sustained a sprained knee after colliding with Dallas Stars forward Jamie Benn during a game on January 7, 2012. At the time of the injury, Eberle was among the league's top scorers and six points behind the league's leader.^[41] Despite his success, he was left off the 2012 NHL All-Star Game roster, which was selected while he was sidelined.^{[notes 1]} Several members within the Oilers organization were outspoken regarding the omission, including captain Shawn Horcoff and head coach Tom Renney, to which the league replied that Eberle would have been selected had he not been injured.^[42] By January 19, Eberle returned to the Oilers lineup after missing four games.^[43] Five days later, he was nonetheless named as an All-Star replacement for the injured Mikko Koivu.^[44] Eberle was selected to Team Chara as part of the All-Star Draft and went on to record an assist in the squad's 12–9 win against Team Alfredsson.^[45] The following month, Eberle recorded his 100th career NHL point on February 21, 2012, with a goal and two assists in a 6-1 victory over the Flames.^[46] He finished his second NHL season leading with a team-leading 34 goals, 42 assists and 76 points.^[47] Among league scorers, he ranked 16th in goals and points.^[48] The Oilers continued to struggle as a team, however, and finished 14th in the Western Conference with 32 wins and 74 points.^[49]

On April 23, 2012, Eberle was nominated for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, along with Florida Panthers Brian Campbell and New York Islanders Matt Moulson.^[50]

International play[link]

Medal record
Eberle during the 2010 World Junior Championships
Ice hockey
Competitor for Canada
World Junior Championships
Silver	2010 Canada
Gold	2009 Canada
IIHF World U18 Championships
Gold	2008 Russia
Competitor for Alberta
Canada Winter Games
Bronze	2007 Canada

Eberle represented Alberta at the 2007 Canada Games in Whitehorse, Yukon. He notched two goals and an assist in the bronze medal game against British Columbia in Alberta's 4–3 win.^[51] He finished the tournament with six goals and five assists in five games played to place eighth in tournament scoring.^[52] Several months later, Eberle played for Team Canada's under-18 team at the 2007 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, but failed to register a point as Canada was kept from a medal.^[53] He continued with the national under-18 team the following year at the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships in Russia. He began the tournament by earning player of the game honours with a two-goal effort in the first round-robin game against Germany—a 9–2 win for Canada.^[54][55] He later notched two goals and an assist in an 8–0 gold medal game win to help Canada to their first tournament championship in five years.^[56] Eberle finished the tournament with ten points in seven games, second in team scoring to Cody Hodgson.

In his third WHL season, Eberle was selected to the Team Canada's under-20 team for the 2009 World Junior Championships in Ottawa. In the semi-finals, on January 3, 2009, Eberle was named player of the game^[57] after scoring two goals and the shootout-winner against Russia in a 6–5 win. Eberle dramatically scored his second goal of the night with just 5.4 seconds left in regulation to force extra time and the eventual shootout, in which he shot first and scored.^[58] Defeating Sweden 5–1 in the final, Eberle helped Canada to a record-tying fifth straight gold medal and was named by the coaching staff as one of the team's best three players.^[59] At the conclusion of the tournament, Eberle was third in tournament scoring with thirteen points (six goals, seven assists).^[60]

The following year, Eberle was named to his second national junior team for the 2010 World Junior Championships in his hometown Regina, Saskatchewan. He was selected as an alternate captain to Patrice Cormier along with fellow returnees Colten Teubert, Alex Pietrangelo and Stefan Della Rovere.^[61] He was named player of the game against Switzerland in the second game of the round-robin—a 6–0 win—with a five-point game (one goal, four assists).^[62][63] Two games later, he notched two goals in regulation (one of which began a two-goal comeback late in the third period) and one in the shootout against the United States in the final game of the round-robin to earn his second player of the game honour of the tournament.^[64] Canada later met the United States again in the gold medal game. Down 5–3 with three minutes to go in regulation, Eberle scored twice to force overtime.^[65] His tying goal with 1:35 left made him Canada's all-time leading goal scorer in the tournament with fourteen, passing John Tavares' mark set the previous year.^[65] Canada eventually lost in overtime, earning silver and ending their five-year gold medal streak.^[66]

At the conclusion of the tournament, Eberle finished tied for the tournament lead in goals with André Petersson of Sweden and was second in points to Derek Stepan of the United States.^[67] He was voted as the Most Valuable Player and Top Forward.^[65] He was also named to the tournament All-Star Team by the media and named one of Canada's top three players by the coaches.^[68] Three days after the gold medal game, Regina mayor Pat Fiacco proclaimed January 8, 2010 as "Jordan Eberle and Colten Teubert Day" in the city for their efforts in the tournament.^[69]

On April 16, 2010, Eberle was named to Team Canada as an alternate for the 2010 IIHF World Championship in Germany.^[70] After injuries to Ryan Smyth and Steve Stamkos in the preliminary round, he debuted with Canada's men's team on May 14, 2010, versus Norway. Eberle scored a goal and assisted on three others to earn the Player of the Game Award in a 12–1 Team Canada victory.^[71] He played in three more games without any points as Canada finished in seventh place with a loss to Russia in the quarterfinal.^[72]

Following his NHL rookie season, Eberle joined the Canadian men's team for the second consecutive year for the 2011 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia. During the preliminary round, Eberle scored a goal in a contest against Switzerland to be named player of the game.^[73][74] In a game against the United States during the qualifying round, Eberle scored in a shootout, helping Canada to a 4–3 win, while also temporarily tying them for the lead in their pool.^[75] Canada went on to top their pool, but lost 2–1 in the quarterfinal against Russia for the second consecutive year.^[76] Scoring four times over seven tournament games (no assists), Eberle tied for second in team goal-scoring, behind John Tavares.^[77]

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Eberle was born to Darren and Lisa Eberle in Regina, Saskatchewan.^[78] His dad coached him on his minor hockey teams growing up.^[6] He has two sisters, Ashley and Whitney, and a younger brother, Dustin.^[79] He attended high school at the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, before moving to Calgary, Alberta at age fourteen with his parents and three siblings.^[78] He returned to Regina to play junior hockey for the Regina Pats and attended Archbishop M.C. O'Neill High School during the hockey season.^[14] He went on to graduate from Bishop O'Byrne High School in Calgary in June 2008.^[14]

Eberle has a cousin, Derek Eberle, who also played junior for the Pats from 1990 to 1993.^[6] His brother, Dustin, was drafted by the Pats in the 12th round (248th overall) of the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft.^[80]

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