Benoît Gratton

Benoît Gratton
Date of birth	December 28, 1976
place of birth	Montreal , Quebec , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1995 , 5th round, 105th position Washington Capitals
Career stations
1993-1996	Titan de Laval
1996	Prédateurs de Granby
1996-1999	Washington Capitals
1999-2001	Calgary Flames
2001-2004	Canadiens de Montréal
2004-2005	HC Lugano
2005-2008	Hamburg Freezers
2008-2014	Vienna Capitals
2015-2017	Marquis de Jonquière

Benoît Gratton
Coaching stations
since 2017	Marquis de Jonquière

Benoît Jacques Joseph Gratton (born December 28, 1976 in Montreal , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who has worked for the Washington Capitals , Calgary Flames and Canadiens de Montréal in the National Hockey League , the Hamburg Freezers in the DEL as well as for the Vienna Capitals in the Austrian Bundesliga .

Career

The 1.80 m tall striker began his career in 1993 with the Titan de Laval in the Canadian junior league Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec , for which he was on the ice for three seasons. During the 1995 NHL Entry Draft , Gratton was selected by the Washington Capitals in the fifth round in a total of 105th position.

For the 1996/97 season he played 76 games for the Portland Pirates in the American Hockey League , the then farm team of the Capitals, in which he scored 46 points. The sturdy left-handed shooter then got the chance to prove himself in the National Hockey League . The Capitals used it in a total of six games. He could not prevail, however, and continued to play predominantly in the AHL in the following years.

In the summer of 1999, Gratton joined the Calgary Flames as a free agent . There he stayed for two years and completed 24 NHL games, in which he scored six points. After another engagement with the Canadiens de Montréal , Gratton had little hope of a regular place in the NHL and in 2004 ultimately decided to move to the National League A to HC Lugano . There Gratton was able to convince and signed a contract with the Hamburg Freezers from the German Ice Hockey League after one season . In his first season in Hamburg he was one of the best scorers in the team and one of the top performers. In the years that followed, his performance waned and the Freezers management did not renew his contract.

Then Gratton joined the Vienna Capitals in the Austrian Bundesliga, for which he went on the ice from the 2008/09 season . On November 26, 2014, the Vienna Capitals announced that Gratton would have to undergo an operation that would also mean his departure from the Viennese; However, he still left open an official career end. In June 2015, the Canadian signed a contract with Marquis de Jonquière from Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey .

Achievements and Awards

• 1996 Coupe du Président win with the Prédateurs de Granby
• 1996 Memorial Cup win with the Prédateurs de Granby
• 2001 Participation in the AHL All-Star Classic
• 2004 Participation in the AHL All-Star Classic

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1993/94	Titan de Laval	LHJMQ		51	9	14th	23	70		20th	2	1	3	19th
1994	Titan de Laval	Memorial Cup		-	-	-	-	-		5	0	0	0	2
1994/95	Titan de Laval	LHJMQ		71	30th	58	88	199		20th	8th	21st	29	42
1995/96	Titan de Laval	LHJMQ		38	21st	39	60	130		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	Prédateurs de Granby	LHJMQ		27	12	46	58	97		21st	13	26th	39	68
1996	Prédateurs de Granby	Memorial Cup		-	-	-	-	-		4th	1	5	6th	12
1996/97	Portland Pirates	AHL		76	6th	40	46	140		5	2	1	3	14th
1997/98	Washington Capitals	NHL		6th	0	1	1	6th		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Portland Pirates	AHL		58	19th	31	50	137		8th	4th	2	6th	24
1998/99	Washington Capitals	NHL		16	4th	3	7th	16		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	Portland Pirates	AHL		64	18th	42	60	135		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	Calgary Flames	NHL		10	0	2	2	10		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	Saint John Flames	AHL		65	17th	49	66	137		3	0	1	1	4th
2000/01	Calgary Flames	NHL		14th	1	3	4th	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Saint John Flames	AHL		53	10	36	46	153		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		8th	1	0	1	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Citadelles de Quebec	AHL		35	10	19th	29	70		3	2	3	5	10
2002/03	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		43	21st	39	60	78		22nd	2	15th	17th	73
2003/04	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		4th	0	1	1	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		50	18th	33	51	119		10	1	2	3	67
2004/05	HC Lugano	NLA		31	6th	12	18th	81		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Hamburg Freezers	DEL		47	13	35	48	214		6th	3	2	5	18th
2006/07	Hamburg Freezers	DEL		39	8th	24	32	139		4th	4th	2	6th	14th
2007/08	Hamburg Freezers	DEL		54	10	22nd	32	97		8th	3	2	5	14th
2008/09	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		40	20th	38	58	162		9	4th	7th	11	24
2009/10	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		49	18th	41	59	140		12	4th	14th	18th	68
2010/11	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		45	27	46	73	247		11	7th	12	19th	28
2011/12	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		42	20th	33	53	127		7th	1	7th	8th	22nd
2012/13	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		42	14th	29	43	65		2	0	1	1	14th
2013/14	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		49	12	41	53	128		5	2	4th	6th	28
2014/15	without a contract			not played
2015/16	Marquis de Jonquière	LNAH		34	18th	36	54	119	9	2	9	11	35
2016/17	Marquis de Jonquière	LNAH		29	10	30th	40	104	11	1	8th	9	30th
LHJMQ total				187	72	157	229	496	61	23	48	71	129
AHL total				444	119	289	408	969	51	11	24	35	192
NHL overall				58	6th	10	16	58	-	-	-	-	-
LNAH total				63	28	66	94	223	20th	3	17th	20th	65
DEL total				140	31	81	112	450	18th	10	6th	16	46
EBEL total				267	111	228	339	869	46	18th	45	63	184

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

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• Benoît Gratton at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Benoît Gratton at hockeydb.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Benoit Gratton ends his Capitals career , accessed November 26, 2014
2. ↑ jonquiere.lnah.com Benoit Gratton signe à Jonquière! ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.