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Canada Chris Gratton
#77 Columbus Blue Jackets / NHL - 08/09
1-time U20 WJC Gold Medal 1
1-time World Championship Gold Medal 1
1-time OHL First All-Rookie Team 1
1-time OHL Rookie of the Year (Emms Family Award) 1
1-time OHL Third All-Star Team 1
Date of Birth
Jul 05, 1975
Position
C
Age
49
Height
6'4" / 193 cm
Place of Birth
Brantford, ON, CAN
Weight
229 lbs / 104 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
L
Youth Team
Brantford MHA
Status
Retired
Drafted
1993 round 1 #3 overall by Tampa Bay Lightning

Son: Zachary Gratton
Cousins: Brad Gratton, Danny Gratton & Josh Gratton

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Chris Gratton Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1989-90 Brantford Classics MWJHL 1* 0* 2* 2* 2* -* |
1990-91 Brantford Classics MWJHL 31* 30* 30* 60* 28* -* |
1991-92 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 62* 27* 39* 66* 35* -* |
Canada Ontario U17 WHC-17 -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1992-93 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 58* 55* 54* 109* 125* -* | Playoffs 16 11 18 29 42 -
Canada U20 WJC-20 7* 2* 2* 4* 6* 1* |
1993-94 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 84* 13* 29* 42* 123* -25* |
1994-95 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 46* 7* 20* 27* 89* -2* |
1995-96 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82* 17* 21* 38* 105* -13* | Playoffs 6 0 2 2 27 -3
1996-97 Tampa Bay Lightning “A” NHL 82* 30* 32* 62* 201* -28* |
Canada WC 11* 0* 5* 5* 14* 7* |
1997-98 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82* 22* 40* 62* 159* 11* | Playoffs 5 2 0 2 10 -1
Canada WC 4* 1* 0* 1* 4* 1* |
1998-99 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 26* 1* 7* 8* 41* -8* |
Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 52* 7* 19* 26* 102* -20* |
1999-00 Tampa Bay Lightning “C” NHL 58* 14* 27* 41* 121* -24* |
Buffalo Sabres NHL 14* 1* 7* 8* 15* 1* | Playoffs 5 0 1 1 4 -1
2000-01 Buffalo Sabres NHL 82* 19* 21* 40* 102* 0* | Playoffs 13 6 4 10 14 0
2001-02 Buffalo Sabres NHL 82* 15* 24* 39* 75* 0* |
2002-03 Buffalo Sabres NHL 66* 15* 29* 44* 86* -5* |
Phoenix Coyotes NHL 14* 0* 1* 1* 21* -11* |
2003-04 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 68* 11* 18* 29* 93* -19* |
Colorado Avalanche NHL 13* 2* 1* 3* 18* 1* | Playoffs 11 0 0 0 27 -1
2004-05 Did not play * * * * * * |
2005-06 Florida Panthers “A” NHL 76* 17* 22* 39* 104* 6* |
2006-07 Florida Panthers “A” NHL 81* 13* 22* 35* 94* 1* |
2007-08 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 60* 10* 11* 21* 77* -7* |
2008-09 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 18* 0* 2* 2* 10* -3* |
Norfolk Admirals AHL 24* 3* 12* 15* 8* -2* |
Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 6* 0* 1* 1* 2* 2* |

Chris Gratton Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1992-93 Canada U18 Pacific Cup 3* 2* 2* 4* 2* -* |

Chris Gratton Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 1 24* 3* 12* 15* 0.63* 8* -2* | 0 * * * * * *
Pacific Cup (Hlinka Gretzky Cup) 1 3* 2* 2* 4* 1.33* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
MWJHL 2 32* 30* 32* 62* 1.94* 30* -* | 0 * * * * * *
NHL 15 1 092* 214* 354* 568* 0.52* 1 638* -143* | 5 40 8 * 7 * 15 * 0.38 * 82 * -6 *
OHL 2 120* 82* 93* 175* 1.46* 160* -* | 1 16 11 * 18 * 29 * 1.81 * 42 * - *
WC 2 15* 1* 5* 6* 0.40* 18* 8* | 0 * * * * * *
WHC-17 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-20 1 7* 2* 2* 4* 0.57* 6* 1* | 0 * * * * * *

Chris Gratton Career Highlights

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Awards by season
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 1991, 1 #3 overall by Kingston Frontenacs in the OHL Priority Selection

Cult/Star player for Kingston Frontenacs

Cult/Star player for Tampa Bay Lightning

- 2009-02-21 • Claimed on waivers by Columbus from Tampa Bay

- 2007-06-13 • Traded to Tampa Bay by Florida for Tampa Bay's 2nd round choice (Jacob Markström) in 2008 Entry Draft

- 2005-08-12 • Signed as a free agent by Florida

- 2004-03-09 • Traded to Colorado by Phoenix with Ossi Väänänen and Phoenix's 2nd round choice (Paul Stastny) in 2005 Entry Draft for Derek Morris and Keith Ballard

- 2003-03-10 • Traded to Phoenix by Buffalo with Buffalo's 4th round choice (later traded to Edmonton - Edmonton selected Liam Reddox) in 2004 Entry Draft for Daniel Briere and Phoenix's 3rd round choice (Andrej Sekera) in 2004 Entry Draft

- 2000-03-09 • Traded to Buffalo by Tampa Bay with Tampa Bay's 2nd round choice (Derek Roy) in 2001 Entry Draft for Cory Sarich, Wayne Primeau, Brian Holzinger and Buffalo's 3rd round choice (Aleksandr Kharitonov) in 2000 Entry Draft

- 1998-12-12 • Traded to Tampa Bay by Philadelphia with Mike Sillinger for Mikael Renberg and Daymond Langkow

- 1997-08-14 • Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia