Greg Johnson

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CanadaCanada  Greg Johnson Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 16, 1971
place of birth Thunder Bay , Ontario , Canada
date of death July 8, 2019
Place of death Detroit , Michigan , USA
size 178 cm
Weight 89 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1989 , 2nd round, 33rd position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
1988-1989 Thunder Bay Flyers
1989-1993 University of North Dakota
1993-1997 Detroit Red Wings
1997 Pittsburgh Penguins
1997-1998 Chicago Blackhawks
1998-2006 Nashville Predators

Gregory C. "Greg" Johnson (born March 16, 1971 in Thunder Bay , Ontario ; † July 8, 2019 in Detroit , Michigan ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 822 games for the Detroit Red Wings , Pittsburgh Penguins , Chicago Blackhawks and Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League on the position of the center has denied. Johnson was the second between 2002 and 2006Team captain in the Nashville Predators franchise history . His brother Ryan Johnson was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Greg Johnson began his career as a hockey player in his hometown with the Thunder Bay Flyers , for which he was active in the junior league United States Hockey League in the 1988/89 season . With his team he won the Clark Cup straight away , while he himself was voted USHL Forward of the Year. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1989 in the second round as a total of 33rd player by the Philadelphia Flyers , for which he however never played. Instead, he attended the University of North Dakota from 1989 to 1993 , for whose ice hockey team he played parallel in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association .

In early 1993, the Philadelphia Flyers gave it to the Detroit Red Wings . For the team from Michigan, he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 1993/94 season , while he came in parallel to seven appearances for its farm team Adirondack Red Wings from the American Hockey League . On January 27, 1997, he was given in exchange for the Swede Tomas Sandström to the Pittsburgh Penguins . In October of the same year, the Penguins transferred him to the Chicago Blackhawks for Tuomas Grönman from Finland . Most recently, the former international played for the NHL newcomer Nashville Predators from 1998 to 2006 . On August 14, 2006 Johnson signed a contract with the Detroit Red Wings, for which he was no longer used, as he ended his career as an active athlete at the beginning of the 2006/07 season on October 11, 2006. Previously, the medical examination as part of the season preparation had revealed a heart disease.

Greg Johnson died at his Detroit home at the age of 48. This was announced by his former manager, Tom Laidlaw. No information was given on the cause of death.

International

With the Canadian national team , Johnson took part in the junior division of the 1991 World Junior Championship , where he won the gold medal with his team. In the senior sector, he was in the squad of the national team at the 1993 World Cup and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer . At the 1994 Winter Games, he and his team won the silver medal.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1989 Centennial Cup All-Star Team
  • 1989 Clark Cup win with the Thunder Bay Flyers
  • 1989 USHL striker of the year
  • 1991 WCHA First All-Star-Team
  • 1991 NCAA West First All-American team
  • 1992 WCHA First All-Star-Team
  • 1992 NCAA West Second All-American Team
  • 1993 WCHA First All-Star-Team
  • 1993 NCAA West First All-American team
  • 1992 NCAA West Second All-American Team

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1988/89 Thunder Bay Flyers USHL 47 32 64 96 4th 12 5 13 18th 0
1989/90 University of North Dakota NCAA 44 17th 38 55 11
1990/91 University of North Dakota NCAA 38 18th 61 79 6th
1991/92 University of North Dakota NCAA 39 20th 54 74 8th
1992/93 University of North Dakota NCAA 34 19th 45 64 18th
1992/93 Hockey Canada International 23 6th 14th 20th 2
1993/94 Hockey Canada International 14th 2 9 11 4th
1993/94 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 3 2 4th 6th 0 4th 0 4th 4th 2
1993/94 Detroit Red Wings NHL 52 6th 11 17th 22nd 7th 2 2 4th 2
1994/95 Detroit Red Wings NHL 22nd 3 5 8th 14th 1 0 0 0 0
1995/96 Detroit Red Wings NHL 60 18th 22nd 40 30th 13 3 1 4th 8th
1996/97 Detroit Red Wings NHL 43 6th 10 16 12 - - - - -
1996/97 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 32 7th 9 16 14th 5 1 0 1 2
1997/98 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 5 1 0 1 2 - - - - -
1997/98 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 69 11 22nd 33 38 - - - - -
1998/99 Nashville Predators NHL 68 16 34 50 24 - - - - -
1999/00 Nashville Predators NHL 82 11 33 44 40 - - - - -
2000/01 Nashville Predators NHL 82 15th 17th 32 46 - - - - -
2001/02 Nashville Predators NHL 82 18th 26th 44 38 - - - - -
2002/03 Nashville Predators NHL 38 8th 9 17th 22nd - - - - -
2003/04 Nashville Predators NHL 82 14th 18th 32 33 6th 1 2 3 0
2004/05 Nashville Predators NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Nashville Predators NHL 68 11 8th 19th 10 5 0 1 1 2
NCAA overall 155 74 198 272 43
NHL overall 785 145 224 369 345 37 6th 7th 13 14th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1991 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 4th 2 6th 0
1993 Canada WM 4th Place 8th 1 2 3 2
1994 Canada Olympia 2nd place, silver 8th 0 3 3 0
Juniors overall 7th 4th 2 6th 0
Men overall 14th 1 5 6th 2

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kevin Allen: Greg Johnson, who played for Nashville Predators and three other NHL teams, dies at 48. In: eu.usatoday.com. USA Today , July 9, 2019, accessed July 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Johnson, Greg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnson, Gregory C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Thunder Bay , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 2019
Place of death Detroit , Michigan , United States