Chris Gratton

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Image:Chris Gratton.jpg
Position	Center
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 230 lb (105 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Florida Panthers Tampa Bay Lightning 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

Chris Gratton (born July 5, 1975 in Brantford, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey player with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Criticism 3 Career statistics 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Playing career

He began his career with the Tampa Bay Lightning, who drafted him third overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. The next year he played his rookie year with the team, playing in all 84 games. He was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers before the 1996-97 season and had perhaps his best season with the Flyers in 1997-98, when he matched his career high of 62 points and recorded a career-best plus/minus rating of +11. He was traded back to Tampa Bay the next season. Before joining the Panthers he also played for the Buffalo Sabres, Phoenix Coyotes, and Colorado Avalanche.

[edit] Criticism

Because of his rare combination of size, skill, and demonstrated scoring prowess (in junior hockey), Gratton has been criticized throughout his professional career as an underacheiver who has failed to perform to his potential.

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
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		'	'	'	'	'
12 seasons	NHL career			927	191	318	509	1455		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

• Chris Gratton on HockeyDB

Preceded by Bill Houlder

Tampa Bay Lightning captains 1999-2000

Succeeded by Vincent Lecavalier