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Garret Sparks

#40 Wheeling Nailers / ECHL - 23/24

1-time AHL Best Goaltender (Baz Bastien Memorial Award)

Date of Birth

Jun 28, 1993

Position

Age

Height

6'3" / 191 cm

Place of Birth

Elmhurst, IL, USA

Weight

201 lbs / 91 kg

Nation

USA

Catches

Youth Team

Contract

23/24

Drafted

2011 round 7 #190 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs

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Garret Sparks Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI		POST	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
2006-07	Chicago Mission 13U AAA	T1EHL 13U	15*	-*	1.20*	.915*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2007-08	Chicago Mission 14U AAA	T1EHL 14U	15*	-*	1.66*	.898*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2008-09	Team Illinois 16U AAA	T1EHL 16U	18*	-*	3.05*	.879*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2009-10	Chicago Mission 18U AAA	T1EHL 18U	27*	-*	1.98*	.907*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2010-11	Guelph Storm	OHL	19*	-*	3.64*	.890*	59*	477*	0*	8-6-1 *	972*	\|
2011-12	Guelph Storm	OHL	59*	-*	3.11*	.907*	171*	1 669*	5*	27-25-4 *	3 304*	\|	Playoffs	6	-	4.45	.881	24	178	0	2-4-0	323
2012-13	Guelph Storm	OHL	60*	-*	2.65*	.917*	152*	1 672*	7*	36-17-4 *	3 440*	\|	Playoffs	5	-	3.05	.920	14	161	0	1-4-0	275
	Toronto Marlies	AHL	3*	-*	2.53*	.895*	8*	68*	0*	2-0-1 *	189*	\|	Playoffs	1	-	4.23	.900	1	9	0	0-0-0	14
	USA U20	WJC-20	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2013-14	Toronto Marlies	AHL	21*	-*	2.63*	.915*	48*	520*	0*	11-6-1 *	1 094*	\|
	Orlando Solar Bears	ECHL	10*	-*	2.82*	.916*	26*	285*	1*	4-6-0 *	552*	\|
2014-15	Toronto Marlies	AHL	2*	-*	1.00*	.966*	2*	56*	1*	1-0-0 *	120*	\|
	Orlando Solar Bears	ECHL	36*	-*	2.34*	.936*	76*	1 115*	5*	21-7-3 *	1 946*	\|	Playoffs	6	-	2.98	.921	17	199	0	2-4-0	342
2015-16	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	17*	-*	3.02*	.893*	49*	407*	1*	6-9-1 *	975*	\|
	Toronto Marlies	AHL	21*	-*	2.33*	.928*	47*	602*	3*	14-4-3 *	1 212*	\|	Playoffs	5	-	2.30	.915	9	97	1	2-2-0	235
	Orlando Solar Bears	ECHL	1*	-*	1.00*	.962*	1*	25*	0*	1-0-0 *	60*	\|
2016-17	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Toronto Marlies	AHL	31*	-*	2.16*	.922*	64*	761*	5*	21-9-0 *	1 774*	\|	Playoffs	2	-	2.46	.900	4	36	0	1-1-0	98
2017-18	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Toronto Marlies	AHL	43*	-*	1.79*	.936*	75*	1 106*	6*	31-9-3 *	2 507*	\|	Playoffs	19	-	2.22	.915	42	455	2	14-5-0	1 134
2018-19	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	20*	-*	3.15*	.902*	58*	534*	1*	8-9-1 *	1 105*	\|
2019-20	Vegas Golden Knights	NHL	1*	-*	4.38*	.857*	2*	12*	0*	0-0-0 *	27*	\|
	Chicago Wolves	AHL	26*	-*	2.75*	.908*	70*	687*	2*	8-14-5 *	1 527*	\|
2020-21	Orlando Solar Bears	ECHL	6*	-*	2.21*	.928*	14*	180*	0*	4-1-1 *	379*	\|
	Stockton Heat	AHL	16*	-*	2.69*	.913*	40*	421*	0*	5-10-0 *	891*	\|
2021-22	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	2*	-*	1.85*	.936*	3*	44*	0*	1-0-0 *	97*	\|
	Ontario Reign	AHL	12*	-*	3.25*	.896*	35*	302*	0*	5-5-0 *	647*	\|	Playoffs	2	-	4.24	.877	9	64	0	0-2-0	128
2022-23	Orlando Solar Bears	ECHL	14*	-*	3.45*	.887*	43*	336*	0*	7-4-3 *	748*	\|
	Springfield Thunderbirds	AHL	3*	-*	2.38*	.924*	7*	85*	1*	1-2-0 *	177*	\|
2023-24	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL	2*	-*	3.70*	.862*	4*	25*	0*	0-1-0 *	65*	\|
	Wheeling Nailers	ECHL	5*	-*	4.00*	.843*	16*	86*	0*	0-3-1 *	241*	\|	Playoffs	1	-	0.00	1.000	0	7	0	0-0-0	28

Garret Sparks Career Totals

League	Years	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI	\|	Years	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
AHL	11	180*	-*	2.35*	.921*	400*	4 633*	18*	99-60-13*	10 203	\|	5	29	-	2.42*	.910*	65*	661*	3*	17-10-0*	1 609*
ECHL	6	72*	-*	2.69*	.920*	176*	2 027*	6*	37-21-8*	3 925	\|	2	7	-	2.76*	.924*	17*	206*	0*	2-4-0*	370*
NHL	6	40*	-*	3.05*	.899*	112*	997*	2*	15-18-2*	2 204	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
OHL	3	138*	-*	2.97*	.909*	382*	3 818*	12*	71-48-9*	7 716	\|	2	11	-	3.81*	.899*	38*	339*	0*	3-8-0*	598*
T1EHL 13U	1	15*	-*	1.20*	.915*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
T1EHL 14U	1	15*	-*	1.66*	.898*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
T1EHL 16U	1	18*	-*	3.05*	.879*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
T1EHL 18U	1	27*	-*	1.98*	.907*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	1	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Garret Sparks Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2011-2012
- CHL Goaltender of the Week (Mar. 18)
2012-2013
- OHL Most Shutouts (7)
- U20 WJC Gold Medal
2014-2015
- ECHL All-Star Game
- ECHL Best SVS% (.936)
- ECHL Goaltender of the Week (02/02-02/08)
2015-2016
- AHL Goaltender of the Month (November)
- AHL Player of the Week (Nov. 8)
- ECHL Alumnus of the Month (November)
2017-2018

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
07/18/2023
07/18/2023	Confirmed	Orlando Solar Bears	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
03/16/2023
03/16/2023	Loan	Orlando Solar Bears	Springfield Thunderbirds
01/24/2023
01/24/2023	Confirmed	No team	Orlando Solar Bears
07/28/2021
07/28/2021	Confirmed	Stockton Heat	Los Angeles Kings
02/10/2021
02/10/2021	Confirmed	Orlando Solar Bears	Stockton Heat
12/01/2020
12/01/2020	Confirmed	Vegas Golden Knights	Orlando Solar Bears
07/23/2019
07/23/2019	Confirmed	Toronto Maple Leafs	Vegas Golden Knights
03/05/2019
03/05/2019	Extension	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Maple Leafs
07/01/2017
07/01/2017	Extension	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Maple Leafs
07/15/2016
07/15/2016	Extension	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Maple Leafs
03/19/2013
03/19/2013	Confirmed	Guelph Storm	Toronto Maple Leafs

Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2009, 8 #160 overall by Guelph Storm in the OHL Priority Selection

Memorable dates
- 2015-11-30 • 1st goalie in Toronto Maple Leafs history to post a shutout in his first career start (vs. Edmonton Oilers | 24 SVS | TOI 59:37)

Career transactions
- 2013-03-19 • Signed to a three-year entry-level contract by the Toronto Maple Leafs