Greg de Vries

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Greg de Vries
Date of birth 4th January 1973
place of birth Sundridge , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 98 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1991-1992 Bowling Green State University
1992-1994 Niagara Falls Thunder
1994-1996 Cape Breton Oilers
1996-1998 Edmonton Oilers
1998 Nashville Predators
1998-2003 Colorado Avalanche
2003-2004 New York Rangers
2004-2005 Ottawa Senators
2005-2007 Atlanta Thrashers
2007-2009 Nashville Predators

Greg de Vries (born January 4, 1973 in Sundridge , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 989 games for the Edmonton Oilers , Nashville Predators , Colorado Avalanche , New York Rangers , Ottawa during his playing career between 1991 and 2009 Senators and Atlanta Thrashers has played in the National Hockey League on the position of fullback . De Vries celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Colorado Avalanche by winning the Stanley Cup in 2001 .

Career

Greg de Vries was never drafted by a team , but he made the leap into the National Hockey League when the Edmonton Oilers signed him in 1994 . He previously played for Bowling Green State University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's gaming operations between 1991 and 1992 . then he had spent two years with the Niagara Falls Thunder in the Ontario Hockey League .

In the 1995/96 season he played his first NHL game for the Oilers. His greatest achievement is winning the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 2001 . After playing for Colorado for more than three seasons, he signed with the New York Rangers , but was transferred to the Ottawa Senators at the end of the season for Karel Rachůnek and Alexandre Giroux . After the lockout , Greg de Vries and Marián Hossa were transferred to the Atlanta Thrashers for Dany Heatley . On July 2, 2007, De Vries signed a one-year contract with the Nashville Predators, for whom he had played in 1998. In the summer of 2009, the defender ended his active career at the age of 36.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1991/92 Bowling Green State University CCHA 24 0 3 3 20th
1992/93 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 62 3 23 26th 86 4th 0 1 1 6th
1993/94 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 65 5 40 45 135 - - - - -
1993/94 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 9 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 0
1994/95 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 77 5 19th 24 68 - - - - -
1995/96 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 58 9 30th 39 174 - - - - -
1995/96 Edmonton Oilers NHL 13 1 1 2 12 - - - - -
1996/97 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 34 4th 14th 18th 26th - - - - -
1996/97 Edmonton Oilers NHL 37 0 4th 4th 52 12 0 1 1 8th
1997/98 Edmonton Oilers NHL 65 7th 4th 11 80 7th 0 0 0 21st
1998/99 Nashville Predators NHL 6th 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
1998/99 Colorado Avalanche NHL 67 1 3 4th 60 19th 0 2 2 22nd
1999/00 Colorado Avalanche NHL 69 2 7th 9 73 5 0 0 0 4th
2000/01 Colorado Avalanche NHL 79 5 12 17th 51 23 0 1 1 20th
2001/02 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 8th 12 20th 57 21st 4th 9 13 2
2002/03 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 6th 26th 32 70 7th 2 0 2 0
2003/04 New York Rangers NHL 53 3 12 15th 37 - - - - -
2003/04 Ottawa Senators NHL 13 0 1 1 6th 7th 0 1 1 8th
2004/05 Ottawa Senators NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 82 7th 28 35 76 - - - - -
2006/07 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 82 2 21st 24 66 4th 1 0 1 4th
2007/08 Nashville Predators NHL 77 4th 11 15th 71 6th 1 0 1 2
2008/09 Nashville Predators NHL 71 1 4th 5 65 - - - - -
OHL total 127 8th 63 71 221 4th 0 1 1 6th
AHL total 178 18th 63 81 279 1 0 0 0 0
NHL overall 878 48 146 194 780 111 8th 14th 22nd 91

( 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 Vries, Greg de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vries, Greg De
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Sundridge , Ontario