Akim Aliu

Right wing, Ice hockey player

1989 –

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Who is Akim Aliu?

Akim Aliu is a Canadian professional ice hockey player, currently playing for the Hartford Wolfpack. He is most famous for an altercation with teammate Steve Downie after his refusal to participate in a hazing incident while playing major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League. Aliu was a second round selection of the Chicago Blackhawks, 56th overall, in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft and has played for several American Hockey League and ECHL teams in both the Blackhawks and Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets organizations before a trade to the Calgary Flames. Aliu made his NHL debut on April 5, 2012.

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Born
Apr 24, 1989
Okene
Nationality
  • Canada
Lived in
  • Okene

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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