Grant Jennings

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CanadaCanada  Grant Jennings Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 5, 1965
place of birth Hudson Bay , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 191 cm
Weight 95 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1982-1983 Humboldt Broncos
1983-1985 Saskatoon Blades
1985-1988 Binghamton Whalers
1988-1991 Hartford Whalers
1991-1995 Pittsburgh Penguins
1995 Toronto Maple Leafs
1995-1996 Buffalo Sabers
1996-1997 Rafales de Quebec
1997-1998 San Antonio Dragons

Grant Curtis Jennings (born May 5, 1965 in Hudson Bay , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 443 games for the Washington Capitals , Hartford Whalers , Pittsburgh Penguins , Toronto Maple Leafs and in the course of his active career between 1983 and 1998 Buffalo Sabers has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . In the service of the Pittsburgh Penguins Jennings, who embodied the player type of the Enforcer , won the Stanley Cup in 1991 and 1992 , celebrating his greatest career successes.

Career

Jennings, who was born in Hudson Bay and grew up in Melfort in the province of Saskatchewan , played at the beginning of his junior days initially until 1983 for a year with the Humboldt Broncos in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League . Then he was drawn to the higher-class Western Hockey League . There the defender played for the Saskatoon Blades for two years before he moved into the professional field.

Before the 1985/86 season , the 20-year-old signed, although he was not included in the NHL Entry Draft , as a free agent a professional contract with the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League . There the defensive player played in the following three seasons for the farm team Binghamton Whalers , which was based in the American Hockey League . It was not until the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1988 that Jennings made his NHL debut for the capital club when he made his only appearance for the Capitals. In July 1988 Jennings left the organization of the Washington Capitals and moved together with Ed Kastelic to the league rivals Hartford Whalers , who in turn gave Mike Millar and Neil Sheehy to Washington. In the Hartford Whalers team, the defender became a regular player at the start of the 1988/89 season and had his most successful season with 13 points . Another year and a half game followed at Hartford before Jennings was sent to the Pittsburgh Penguins in a six-player transfer deal in March 1991 .

While Hartford received John Cullen , Jeff Parker and Zarley Zalapski , the Penguins secured not only Jennings but also the services of Ron Francis and Ulf Samuelsson , who turned out to be important building blocks for the successive Stanley Cup victories in 1991 and 1992 . Jennings was also part of both championship squads and belonged to the franchise for four years until April 1995, before he was given in exchange for Drake Berehowsky to the Toronto Maple Leafs . The Enforcer only played 14 games for the Canadians , as his expiring contract was not extended. He then moved to the 1995/96 season as a free agent for the Buffalo Sabers , where he only came to six missions during the season and also played a few missions for their farm teams.

Between 1996 and 1998 Jennings let his career end in the International Hockey League , where he retired from active sport after the stations in Rafales de Québec and San Antonio Dragons in the summer of 1998 at the age of 33 and a total of 443 NHL appearances.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1982/83 Humboldt Broncos SJHL 60 4th 22nd 26th 199 - - - - -
1983/84 Saskatoon Blades WHL 64 5 13 18th 102 - - - - -
1984/85 Saskatoon Blades WHL 47 10 24 34 134 2 1 0 1 12
1985/86 Binghamton Whalers AHL 51 0 4th 4th 109 - - - - -
1986/87 Fort Wayne Comet IHL 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1986/87 Binghamton Whalers AHL 47 1 5 6th 125 13 0 2 2 17th
1987/88 Binghamton Whalers AHL 56 2 12 14th 195 3 1 0 1 15th
1987/88 Washington Capitals NHL - - - - - 1 0 0 0 0
1988/89 Binghamton Whalers AHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1988/89 Hartford Whalers NHL 55 3 10 13 159 4th 1 0 1 17th
1989/90 Hartford Whalers NHL 64 3 6th 9 171 7th 0 0 0 17th
1990/91 Hartford Whalers NHL 44 1 4th 5 82 - - - - -
1990/91 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 13 1 3 4th 26th 13 1 1 2 16
1991/92 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 53 4th 5 9 104 10 0 0 0 12
1992/93 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 58 0 5 5 65 12 0 0 0 8th
1993/94 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 61 2 4th 6th 126 3 0 0 0 2
1994/95 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 25th 0 4th 4th 36 - - - - -
1994/95 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 10 0 2 2 7th 4th 0 0 0 0
1995/96 Buffalo Sabers NHL 6th 0 0 0 28 - - - - -
1995/96 Rochester Americans AHL 9 0 1 1 28 - - - - -
1995/96 Atlanta Knights IHL 3 0 0 0 19th 3 0 0 0 20th
1996/97 Rafales de Quebec IHL 42 2 10 12 79 - - - - -
1997/98 San Antonio Dragons IHL 44 1 4th 5 116 - - - - -
WHL overall 110 15th 37 52 236 2 1 0 1 2
AHL total 165 3 22nd 25th 459 16 1 2 3 32
IHL total 92 3 14th 17th 214 3 0 0 0 20th
NHL overall 389 14th 43 57 804 54 2 1 3 72

( 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 Jennings, Grant
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jennings, Grant Curtis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Hudson Bay , Saskatchewan