Chris Gratton

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Chris Gratton
Date of birth 5th July 1975
place of birth Brantford , Ontario , Canada
size 193 cm
Weight 104 kg
position center
number # 77
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1993 , 1st round, 3rd position
Tampa Bay Lightning
Career stations
1991-1993 Kingston Frontenacs
1993-1997 Tampa Bay Lightning
1997-1998 Philadelphia Flyers
1998-2000 Tampa Bay Lightning
2000-2003 Buffalo Sabers
2003-2004 Phoenix Coyotes
2004 Colorado Avalanche
2005-2007 Florida panthers
2007-2009 Tampa Bay Lightning
2009 Columbus Blue Jackets

Christopher A. "Chris" Gratton (born July 5, 1975 in Brantford , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 1132 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning , Philadelphia Flyers , Buffalo Sabers , Phoenix Coyotes , Colorado Avalanche , Florida Panthers and Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League on the position of the center has denied. Gratton celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian national team at the 1997 World Cup .

Career

Chris Gratton began his career as a hockey player with the Kingston Frontenacs , for which he was active from 1991 to 1993 in the Ontario Hockey League . He was then selected in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in the first round as the third overall player from the Tampa Bay Lightning, for which he played the following four years in the National Hockey League . He then signed a contract as a free agent with the Philadelphia Flyers before returning to Tampa Bay during the 1998/99 season , which passed him on to the Buffalo Sabers shortly before the end of the trade deadline in the 1999/2000 season . After three seasons, the Sabers transferred the center also shortly before the end of the trade deadline to the Phoenix Coyotes, for whom he played for a year before ending the 2003/04 season at the Colorado Avalanche. During the lockout in the 2004/05 NHL season, Gratton paused with the ice hockey before he received a contract with the Florida Panthers after resumption of play in the NHL, for which he was active for two years, before he was a third time in 2007 the Tampa Bay Lightning signed, which gave him before the end of the trade deadline in the 2008/09 season to the Columbus Blue Jackets after they had previously posted him to the farm team in the American Hockey League .

International

For Canada , Gratton took part in the 1993 Junior World Championships and the 1997 and 1998 World Championships .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1991/92 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 62 27 39 66 37 - - - - -
1992/93 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 58 55 54 109 125 16 11 18th 29 42
1993/94 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 84 13 29 42 123 - - - - -
1994/95 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 46 7th 20th 27 89 - - - - -
1995/96 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 17th 21st 38 105 6th 0 2 2 27
1996/97 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 30th 32 62 201 - - - - -
1997/98 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 22nd 40 62 159 5 2 0 2 10
1998/99 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 26th 1 7th 8th 41 - - - - -
1998/99 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 52 7th 19th 26th 102 - - - - -
1999/00 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 58 14th 27 41 121 - - - - -
1999/00 Buffalo Sabers NHL 14th 1 7th 8th 15th 5 0 1 1 4th
2000/01 Buffalo Sabers NHL 82 19th 21st 40 102 13 6th 4th 10 14th
2001/02 Buffalo Sabers NHL 82 15th 24 39 75 - - - - -
2002/03 Buffalo Sabers NHL 66 15th 29 44 86 - - - - -
2002/03 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 14th 0 1 1 21st - - - - -
2003/04 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 68 11 18th 29 93 - - - - -
2003/04 Colorado Avalanche NHL 13 2 1 3 18th 11 0 0 0 27
2004/05 without a contract not played because of lockout
2005/06 Florida panthers NHL 76 17th 22nd 39 104 - - - - -
2006/07 Florida panthers NHL 81 13 22nd 35 94 - - - - -
2007/08 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 60 10 11 21st 77 - - - - -
2008/09 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 18th 0 2 2 10 - - - - -
2008/09 Norfolk Admirals AHL 24 3 12 15th 8th - - - - -
2008/09 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 6th 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
OHL total 120 82 93 175 160 16 11 18th 29 42
NHL overall 1092 214 354 568 1638 40 8th 7th 15th 82

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1993 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 2 2 4th 6th
1997 Canada WM 1st place, gold 11 0 5 5 14th
1998 Canada WM 6th place 4th 1 0 1 4th
Juniors overall 7th 2 2 4th 6th
Men overall 15th 1 5 6th 18th

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Gratton, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gratton, Christopher A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th July 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Brantford , Ontario, Canada