Chris Gratton
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| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 230 lb (104 kg/16 st 6 lb) |
| NHL Team F. teams |
Tampa Bay Lightning Florida Panthers Philadelphia Flyers Buffalo Sabres Phoenix Coyotes Colorado Avalanche |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | July 5, 1975 , Brantford, ON, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 3rd overall, 1993 Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Pro career | 1993 – present |
Christopher Gratton (born July 5, 1975 in Brantford, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey player with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League.
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[edit] Playing career
Gratton played his minor hockey in his hometown of Brantford, playing for such programs as the Brantford Nodrofsky Steelers (same program Wayne Gretzky played in many years earlier) and the Brantford CKPC Knights. As a 15-year-old, he played one season with the Jr B Brantford Classics.
In 1991, Gratton was selected third overall in the OHL Priority Selection by the Kingston Frontenacs. After his rookie year in the OHL, Gratton received the Emms Family Award as rookie of the year. In 1993, he was selected third overall in the NHL Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
In 1997 Gratton signed with the Philadelphia Flyers as a free agent after four seasons with the Lightning. In 1997-98, Gratton matched his career high of 62 points and recorded a career-best plus/minus rating of +11. Gratton was traded back to Tampa Bay the next season.
Gratton served as Tampa Bay's captain during the 1999-00 NHL season until his trade in March, 2000, when Tampa Bay traded Gratton to the Buffalo Sabres. In March, 2003, Buffalo traded Gratton to the Phoenix Coyotes. One year later, Phoenix traded Gratton to the Colorado Avalanche.
After the 2004-05 NHL lockout, Gratton signed a one-year contract with the Florida Panthers. Gratton signed a two-year contract extension with the Panthers in March, 2006.[1] He was traded back to the Lightning again on June 13, 2007, in exchange for a second round draft pick.[2]
During the 2007-08 season, Gratton scored 21 points in 60 games before tearing the Acetabular labrum in his left hip which required season-ending surgery.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1991-92 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 62 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1992-93 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 58 | 55 | 54 | 109 | 125 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 42 | ||
| 1993-94 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 84 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 123 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994-95 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 46 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 89 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1995-96 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 82 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 105 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | ||
| 1996-97 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 82 | 30 | 32 | 62 | 201 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997-98 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 82 | 22 | 40 | 62 | 159 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 1998-99 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 26 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998-99 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 52 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 102 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1999-00 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 58 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 121 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1999-00 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 14 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2000-01 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 82 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 102 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | ||
| 2001-02 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 82 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002-03 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 66 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 86 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002-03 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003-04 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 68 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 93 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003-04 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||
| 2005-06 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 76 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 104 | ' | ' | ' | ' | ' | ||
| 2006-07 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 81 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 94 | ' | ' | ' | ' | ' | ||
| 2007-08 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 60 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 77 | ' | ' | ' | ' | ' | ||
| 13 seasons | NHL career | 1068 | 214 | 351 | 565 | 1626 | 40 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 82 | |||
[edit] See also
- Captain (ice hockey)
- List of NHL players
- List of NHL seasons
- List of NHL players with 1000 games played
[edit] References
- ^ Panthers lock up Chris Gratton. CBC.ca (2006). Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
- ^ Chris Gratton traded back to Lightning. CBC.ca (2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
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| Preceded by Bill Houlder |
Tampa Bay Lightning captains 1999-2000 |
Succeeded by Vincent Lecavalier |
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