Travis Green

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Position	Center
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Toronto Maple Leafs New York Islanders Phoenix Coyotes Anaheim Ducks Boston Bruins
Nationality	Canada
Born	December 20, 1970, Castlegar, BC, CAN
NHL Draft	23rd overall, 1989 New York Islanders
Pro Career	1990 – present

Travis Vernon Green (born 20 December 1970 in Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada) is a professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL.

[edit] Playing career

Green started out with the Spokane Chiefs in the WHL, playing with them from 1986-1989. In the middle of the 89-90 year, he was traded to the Medicine Hat Tigers where he completed his minor league. While with the Chiefs, he scored 137 goals and made 165 assists, for a total of 302 points. He added 15 goals, 24 assists, and 39 points to this while with the Tigers to fill out his career in the minor leagues.

Green was drafted 23rd overall by the New York Islanders in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. As of the last completed NHL season, Green played 857 career games, scoring 182 goals and 249 assists for 431 points. His best season statistically was the 1995-96 season, when he scored 25 goals and 45 assists for 70 points in only 69 games. On June 30, 2006 the final year of his contract with the Boston Bruins was bought out. On August 10, 2006 he was signed by The Anaheim Ducks, the team he had previously played for from 1998 to 1999. However he played only seven games in his return to the Ducks, before being claimed on waivers by another former team, the Toronto Maple Leafs, in January 2007.