Garnet Exelby

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Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 215 lb (98 kg/15 st 5 lb)
NHL Team	Atlanta Thrashers
Nationality	Canada
Born	August 16, 1981 (1981-08-16) (age 26), Ste. Anne MB, CAN
NHL Draft	217th overall, 1999 Atlanta Thrashers
Pro career	2003 – present

Garnet Exelby (born August 16, 1981 in Ste. Anne, Manitoba but raised in Craik, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Awards 3 Career statistics 4 Career transactions 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Playing career

Exelby was drafted by the Thrashers in Round 8, 217th overall at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Having already spent one year playing junior hockey for the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL, Exelby played the next two seasons at the WHL with the Blades and the Regina Pats. In the 2001–02 season, Exelby moved away from the juniors and played in the AHL for the Chicago Wolves. He stayed with the Wolves for the whole of that season, as the Wolves clinched the AHL's Calder Cup. Exelby was called up to the main Thrashers roster midway through the 2002–03 NHL season where he plays today.

[edit] Awards

• Inaugural Recipient of the Dan Snyder Memorial Award - 2003–04

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998–99	Saskatoon Blades	WHL		61	5	3	8	91		-	-	-	-	-
1999–00	Saskatoon Blades	WHL		63	1	8	9	79		11	0	2	2	21
2000–01	Saskatoon Blades	WHL		43	5	10	15	110		-	-	-	-	-
2000–01	Regina Pats	WHL		22	2	8	10	51		6	0	2	2	2
2001–02	Chicago Wolves	AHL		75	3	4	7	257		25	0	4	4	49
2002–03	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		15	0	2	2	41		-	-	-	-	-
2002–03	Chicago Wolves	AHL		53	3	6	9	140		9	0	1	1	27
2003–04	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		71	1	9	10	134		-	-	-	-	-
2005–06	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		75	1	9	10	75		-	-	-	-	-
2006–07	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		58	2	8	10	56		4	0	0	0	6
2007–08	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		79	2	5	7	85		-	-	-	-	-
NHL totals				298	6	33	39	391		4	0	0	0	6

[edit] Career transactions

• Selected by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft as an 8th round choice, 217th overall.
• Traded to Regina Pats (WHL) by Saskatoon Blades (WHL) for Scott Balan and future considerations, January 15, 2001.
• Called up during the NHL 2002–03 season.

[edit] See also

• List of NHL players
• List of Atlanta Thrashers players

Preceded by None

Winner of the Dan Snyder Memorial Award 2004

Succeeded by Niclas Havelid, 2006

[edit] External links

• Garnet Exelby's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Garnet Exelby's biography at Legends of Hockey