Colin Greening

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Colin Greening

With the Senators during the 2013 playoffs.
Born (1986-03-09) March 9, 1986
St. John's, NL, CAN
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team Ottawa Senators
NHL Draft 204th overall, 2005
Ottawa Senators
Playing career 2010present

Colin Peter Greening (born March 9, 1986) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Greening is a member of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL), who drafted him in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

While playing for Upper Canada College, Greening was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the seventh round (204th overall) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Greening played four full seasons at Cornell University without missing a single game, serving as captain in his junior and senior year and being selected for membership in the Quill and Dagger society.[1] He was the first sophomore to serve as alternate captain under coach Mike Schafer.[citation needed] At Cornell, Greening played on a line with another future-NHL forward, Riley Nash.

After graduating from Cornell in 2010, Greening joined the Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League (AHL), the affiliate of the Ottawa Senators. He made his NHL debut on February 1, 2011, in a game in Newark, New Jersey versus the New Jersey Devils. On March 3, 2011, Greening scored his first National Hockey League goal against the Atlanta Thrashers in a 3-1 Ottawa victory. On May 19, 2011, Greening was signed to a 3-year, one-way contract by the Ottawa Senators that will pay him $700,000 in 2011-12, $800,000 in 2012-13, and $950,000 in 2013-14.[2][3]

On January 12, 2012, Greening was selected to participate in the NHL YoungStars Game which coincided with the 2012 All-Star Game held in Ottawa.[4] He finished his rookie season with 17 goals and 37 points while playing in all 82 of Ottawa's games.

During the 2012 NHL Lockout, Greening spent time with the Aalborg Pirates of Denmark's AL-Bank Ligaen.

Greening scored the game-winning goal in double overtime for the Senators in game three of their 2013 second round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

On September 9, 2013, Greening signed a 3-year, $7.95 million contract extension that will pay him $2 million in 2014-15, $2.75 million in 2015-16 and $3.2 million in 2016-17.[5]

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 2007–08 [6]
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 2008–09 [6]
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 2009–10 [6]
  • NHL All-Star Rookie Squad (2012)
  • Lowe's Senior CLASS Award (ice hockey) (2010)[7]
  • ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year (2009–10)[8]
  • All-Ivy League First Team All-Star (2010)[9]
  • ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team (2010)[10]

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2005–06Nanaimo ClippersBCHL562735624653032
2006–07Cornell UniversityECAC311181926
2007–08Cornell UniversityECAC3614193341
2008–09Cornell UniversityECAC3615163128
2009–10Cornell UniversityECAC3415203531
2010–11Binghamton SenatorsAHL59152540412314513
2010–11Ottawa SenatorsNHL24671310
2011–12Ottawa SenatorsNHL821720374670110
2012–13Aalborg PiratesDenmark1713122512
2012–13Ottawa SenatorsNHL478111911103142
NHL totals 153 31 38 69 67 17 3 2 5 2

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Matt Cook
ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year
2009–10
Succeeded by
Stéphane Boileau
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