Zach Bogosian is the first American hockey player of Armenian descent.

Born in 1990 in Massena, New York, he began playing for the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in 2006. In his second seasons with the OHL, he was nominated for the Red Tilson Trophy as the league’s most outstanding player.

Bogosian was rated as one of the top players heading into the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, where the Atlanta Thrashers selected him third overall. Bogosian joined the Thrashers in 2008. He was the team’s youngest member and soon distinguished himself as one of its best players.

Three years later, Bogosian signed a contract with the Winnipeg Jets.

Bogosian made his international debut with the American national team at the 2009 IIHF World Championship, held in Switzerland.