What is Taylor Chorney?
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Taylor Chorney.JPG | image_size=200px | position = [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]] | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 193 | team = [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] | former_teams = [[Edmonton Oilers]]<br>[[St. Louis Blues]] | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | ntl_team = United States | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|4|27|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Thunder Bay]], [[Ontario|ON]], [[Canada|CAN]] | draft = 36th overall | draft_year = 2005 | draft_team = [[Edmonton Oilers]] | career_start = 2008 }} '''Taylor Chorney''' (born April 27, 1987) is a [[Canadian]]-born [[Americans|American]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[defenceman (ice hockey)|defenceman]]. He currently plays for the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He has also played for the [[Edmonton Oilers]] and [[St. Louis Blues]]. He was drafted by the [[Edmonton Oilers]] with the 36th overall pick in the [[2005 NHL Entry Draft]]. He previously played at the [[University of North Dakota]]. He also was on Team USA at the [[2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2006 World Junior Championships]]. Chorney represented the USA again in the [[2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2007 World Juniors]], where he was team captain. He made his NHL debut on April 10, 2009 against the [[Calgary Flames]]. He recorded his first NHL point in his first game of the 2009-10 season, by assisting one of [[Zack Stortini]]'s two goals on October 12, 2009 on the road against the [[Nashville Predators]]. His father, [[Marc Chorney|Marc]], played 210 games in the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] for the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] and [[Los Angeles Kings]]. On July 1, 2014, Chorney signed one-year, two-way contract with the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=725013|accessdate=July 3, 2014|title=Penguins Sign Defenseman Taylor Chorney|publisher=NHL}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other website