Danny Grant

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CanadaCanada  Danny Grant Ice hockey player
Date of birth February 21, 1946
place of birth Fredericton , New Brunswick , Canada
date of death October 14, 2019
Place of death Fredericton , New Brunswick , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 84 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1962-1966 Peterborough Petes
1966-1968 Houston Apollos
1968-1974 Minnesota North Stars
1974-1988 Detroit Red Wings
1978-1979 Los Angeles Kings
1981-1982 Fredericton Express

Daniel Frederick "Danny" Grant (born February 21, 1946 in Fredericton , New Brunswick ; † October 14, 2019 ibid) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who, during his active career, played between 779 games for the Canadiens de Montréal , Minnesota North Stars , Detroit Red Wings and Los Angeles Kings played in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . Grant, who took part in the NHL All-Star Game three times, celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Canadiens de Montréal by winning the Stanley Cup in 1968 . A year later he was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy .

Career

Danny Grant played for the Peterborough Petes in the Ontario Hockey Association from 1962 to 1966 . He was never drafted , but made his debut for the Canadiens de Montréal in the National Hockey League during the 1965/66 season . The following season Grant spent with the Houston Apollos in the Central Professional Hockey League and came to 70 missions in which he scored 58 points. In the 1967/68 season he came to the Canadiens to 22 appearances in the regular season and ten games in the playoffs , but the breakthrough he did not succeed in Montréal, although he was part of the team that won the Stanley Cup that year.

In June 1968 it was given to the Minnesota North Stars as part of a large transfer deal . In his debut season, Grant earned a regular place in the NHL squad, which he no longer gave up during his engagement in Minneapolis . In 75 games of the 1968/69 regular season he scored 65 points and was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best rookie of the year . The following five years with the North Stars were similarly successful, Grant only stayed below 50 points in the 1971/72 season . In the playoffs, however, you couldn't get past the second round. The left shooter was a participant in an NHL All-Star Game three times , in 1969 for the Western Division All-Stars and in 1970 and 1971 as a player in the Western Conference All-Stars .

Grant was considered a slow player, but had above-average stamina and a quick, well-aimed shot from the wrist. He holds the Minnesota North Stars record for most consecutive NHL games. In August 1974 he was sent to the Detroit Red Wings for Henry Boucha . In Detroit he played with Marcel Dionne . In the 1974/75 season he scored 50 goals, 37 assists and 87 points, his statistically best season in the NHL. He could not achieve this performance later, because Grant was slowed down by several longer injury breaks. In the 1975/76 season he was also team captain in Detroit. Since the Red Wings no longer needed his services, Grant was transferred to the Los Angeles Kings in January 1978 at his request . There he met his former strike partner Marcel Dionne, with whom he had already played in Detroit. With Dionne and Dave Taylor he formed the attack line in Los Angeles. After less than two playing years, Danny Grant's career in LA was over, as a new knee injury forced him to resign.

In the 1981/82 season he returned to the ice for 18 games and played in his hometown for the Fredericton Express , a franchise from the American Hockey League . In 1985 he was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame in his home province of New Brunswick . Grant later coached the University of New Brunswick ice hockey team between 1994 and 1996 and the Halifax Mooseheads from the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec (LHJMQ) in the 1997/98 season . Grant died in October 2019 at the age of 73 from complications from cancer .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1962/63 Peterborough Petes OHA Jr. 50 12 9 21st 8th 6th 0 1 1 0
1963/64 Peterborough Petes OHA Jr. 44 18th 21st 39 20th 5 2 2 4th 4th
1964/65 Peterborough Petes OHA Jr. 56 47 59 106 23 12 7th 7th 14th 4th
1964/65 As de Québec AHL 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1965/66 Peterborough Petes OHA Jr. 48 44 52 96 34 4th 2 5 7th 10
1965/66 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1966/67 Houston Apollos CPHL 64 22nd 28 50 29 6th 4th 4th 8th 2
1967/68 Houston Apollos CPHL 19th 14th 8th 22nd 6th - - - - -
1967/68 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 22nd 3 4th 7th 10 10 0 3 3 5
1968/69 Minnesota North Stars NHL 75 31 34 65 46 - - - - -
1969/70 Minnesota North Stars NHL 76 29 28 57 23 6th 0 2 2 4th
1970/71 Minnesota North Stars NHL 78 34 23 57 46 12 5 5 10 8th
1971/72 Minnesota North Stars NHL 78 18th 25th 43 18th 7th 2 1 3 0
1972/73 Minnesota North Stars NHL 78 32 35 67 12 6th 3 1 4th 0
1973/74 Minnesota North Stars NHL 78 29 35 64 16 - - - - -
1974/75 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 50 36 86 28 - - - - -
1975/76 Detroit Red Wings NHL 39 10 13 23 20th - - - - -
1976/77 Detroit Red Wings NHL 42 2 10 12 4th - - - - -
1977/78 Detroit Red Wings NHL 13 2 2 4th 6th - - - - -
1977/78 Los Angeles Kings NHL 41 10 19th 29 2 2 0 2 2 0
1978/79 Los Angeles Kings NHL 35 10 11 21st 8th - - - - -
1979/80 without a contract not played after resignation
1980/81 without a contract not played after resignation
1981/82 Fredericton Express AHL 18th 2 7th 9 4th - - - - -
OHA Jr. total 198 121 141 262 85 27 11 15th 26th 18th
CPHL total 83 36 36 72 35 6th 4th 4th 8th 2
AHL total 19th 2 8th 10 4th - - - - -
NHL overall 736 263 272 535 239 43 10 14th 24 19th

( 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 Grant, Danny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grant, Daniel Frederick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Fredericton , New Brunswick
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 2019
Place of death Fredericton , New Brunswick