Martin Grenier

Martin Grenier
Date of birth	November 2, 1980
place of birth	Laval , Quebec , Canada
size	196 cm
Weight	110 kg
position	defender
number	# 27
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1999 , 2nd lap, 45th position Colorado Avalanche
Career stations
1997-2001	Québec Remparts
2001	Victoriaville Tigres
2001-2003	Springfield Falcons
2003-2004	Manitoba mosses
2004-2006	Hartford Wolf Pack
2006-2008	Philadelphia Phantoms
2008-2010	HK tractor Chelyabinsk
2011-2013	Saguenay Marquis

Martin Grenier (born November 2, 1980 in Laval , Québec ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player .

Career

Martin Grenier began his career as a hockey player in the Canadian junior league QMJHL , in which he was active from 1997 to 2001 for the Québec Remparts and Victoriaville Tigres . During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1999 in the second round as a total of 45th player from the Colorado Avalanche , for which he however never played. Instead, the defender signed on June 27, 2001 as a free agent with the Phoenix Coyotes , for whom he was on the ice in eight games in the National Hockey League from 2001 to 2003 . Most of the time, however, he spent with their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Springfield Falcons . After a season with the Vancouver Canucks and their AHL farm team Manitoba Moose , the left shooter was given on March 9, 2004 together with RJ Umberger in exchange for Martin Ručínský to the New York Rangers .

In the two years in the New York Rangers franchise , Grenier was used exclusively for their farm teams, the Hartford Wolf Pack from the AHL and the Charlotte Checkers from the ECHL , although he was only available for the Checkers during the lockout in the 2004 NHL season / 05 came up in four games. From 2006 to 2008 he was under contract with the Philadelphia Flyers , for which he only completed three games during the 2006/07 season in the NHL. The rest of the time he played for their AHL farm team Philadelphia Phantoms . For the 2008/09 season , the Canadian signed with HK tractor Chelyabinsk from the newly founded Continental Hockey League , for which he scored two goals in 49 games in his first season and gave five assists.

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	4th	18th	1	0	1	14th
NHL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
KHL main round	1	46	2	5	7th	211
KHL playoffs	1	3	0	0	0	2

(Status: end of the 2008/09 season)

Web links

• Martin Grenier at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Martin Grenier at eurohockey.com