Travis Green

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Position	Centre
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg/14 st 4 lb)
NHL Team F. teams	Toronto Maple Leafs New York Islanders Phoenix Coyotes Anaheim Ducks Boston Bruins
Nationality	Canada
Born	December 20, 1970 (1970-12-20) (age 37), Castlegar, BC, CAN
NHL Draft	23rd overall, 1989 New York Islanders
Pro career	1990 – present

Travis Vernon Green (born December 20, 1970 in Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada) is a professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for EV Zug of the Nationalliga A.

[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 junior career. 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 junior career.

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.

Green is a member of Team Canada at the 2007 Spengler Cup.

Green also has won over $345,000 in poker tournaments, including events at the World Series of Poker.

[edit] Career Statistics

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1992–93	New York Islanders	61	7	18	25	43
1993–94	New York Islanders	83	18	22	40	44
1994–95	New York Islanders	42	5	7	12	25
1995–96	New York Islanders	69	25	45	70	42
1996–97	New York Islanders	79	23	41	64	38
1997–98	NYI / MDA	76	19	23	42	82
1998–99	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	79	13	17	30	81
1999–00	Phoenix Coyotes	78	25	21	46	45
2000–01	Phoenix Coyotes	69	13	15	28	63
2001–02	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	11	23	34	61
2002–03	Toronto Maple Leafs	75	12	12	24	67
2003–04	Boston Bruins	64	11	5	16	67
2005–06	Boston Bruins	82	10	12	22	79
2006–07	ANA / TOR	31	1	1	2	6
NHL Totals		970	193	262	455	764

[edit] External links

• Travis Green's NHL player profile
• Travis Green's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• NHLPA.com page