Josh Gratton

Josh Gratton
Date of birth	September 9, 1982
place of birth	Brantford , Ontario , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	98 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2000-2001	Sudbury Wolves
2001-2002	Kingston Frontenacs
2002-2003	Windsor Spitfires
2003-2004	San Diego Gulls
2003-2004	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
2004-2006	Philadelphia Flyers
2006-2007	Phoenix Coyotes
2007-2008	San Antonio Rampage
2008	Hartford Wolf Pack
2008-2009	Philadelphia Flyers
2009-2010	Chicago Wolves
2010-2011	Vityaz Chekhov
2011–2012	Barys Astana
2012	Rødovre Mighty Bulls
2012-2013	HK Kuban Krasnodar
2013	HK Saryarka Karaganda
2013-2014	Barys Astana
since 2014	Manchester monarchs

Joshua "Josh" Gratton (born September 9, 1982 in Brantford , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Manchester Monarchs in the American Hockey League since October 2014 .

Career

Josh Gratton, who was never drafted in his career , played the first three years of his career as a hockey player in the Ontario Hockey League for the Sudbury Wolves , Kingston Frontenacs and Windsor Spitfires . In the summer of 2003, the Canadian decided to move to the ECHL , where he made his professional ice hockey debut for the San Diego Gulls . In the middle of the season he was given to the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks from the American Hockey League .

After only half a year, the attacker received a contract with the Philadelphia Phantoms , the farm team of the Philadelphia Flyers , with whom he won the Calder Cup in the 2004/05 season . This season he was also used in a game for the former farm team of the Phantoms, the Trenton Titans from the ECHL. During the 2005/06 season , Gratton made his debut for the Flyers in the National Hockey League , but was given to the Phoenix Coyotes on March 9, 2006, along with two second-round voting rights for the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Denis Gauthier .

His first NHL goal scored Gratton as a player of the Coyotes in a game against the Colorado Avalanche on April 11, 2006. During his time in Phoenix Gratton played 41 times for their AHL farm team San Antonio Rampage . On February 28, 2008 he was given to the New York Rangers together with Fredrik Sjöström and David LeNeveu in exchange for Marcel Hossa and Al Montoya , but he was only used for their Hartford Wolf Pack farm team .

On July 9, 2008, Gratton received a one-year contract with the Nashville Predators for both the NHL team and their AHL farm team, the Milwaukee Admirals . But already on October 30, 2008 Gratton was given to his ex-club Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Tim Ramholt .

The 2009/10 season he began with the Chicago Wolves , before he was committed in January 2010 by Vitjas Chekhov from the Continental Hockey League . In a year and a half, however, he completed only 35 games for Vitjas, after which he moved to Barys Astana for the 2011/12 season within the KHL . After a year in Astana, he spent the 2012/13 season in Rødovre , Krasnodar and Qaraghandy , where he only came to a few missions, and returned to Astana for the 2013/14 season. But even there he completed only eleven KHL missions in the entire season, so he decided to return to North America.

In October 2014 he signed a contract with the Manchester Monarchs from the American Hockey League and won the Calder Cup again with them at the end of the season.

Achievements and Awards

• 2005 Calder Cup win with the Philadelphia Phantoms
• 2015 Calder Cup win with the Manchester Monarchs

family

Josh Gratton's brother Brad was also a professional ice hockey player and is now a coach.

His two cousins Chris and Danny were also successful players. Brad's son Nick (* 1996) also already plays in the adult department, with the Rødovre Mighty Bulls since 2012/13 , where he is also active in his youth.

Web links

• Josh Gratton at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Josh Gratton at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ nhl.com, Preds Make Two Trades; Add Jessiman from NY Rangers, Ramholt from Flyers