Brian McGrattan
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September 2, 1981 Hamilton, ON, CAN |
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| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 235 lb (107 kg; 16 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
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EIHL team Former teams |
Nottingham Panthers Ottawa Senators Phoenix Coyotes Calgary Flames Nashville Predators |
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| NHL Draft | 104th Overall, 1999 Los Angeles Kings |
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| Playing career | 2002–present | ||
Brian McGrattan (born September 2, 1981) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player with the Nottingham Panthers of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). McGrattan was a fourth round selection of the Los Angeles Kings (104th overall) at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft but never signed with the team. He signed with the Ottawa Senators organization in 2002 and made his NHL debut with the team three years later. McGrattan has also played in the NHL with the Phoenix Coyotes, Nashville Predators and Calgary Flames, and as a career journeyman, with five American Hockey League (AHL) teams.
An enforcer, he holds the AHL record for most penalty minutes in one season with 551, set in 2004–05 with the Binghamton Senators. McGrattan overcame an alcohol abuse problem that plagued him early in his career and has become a partner with the NHL's substance abuse program and mentor to fellow players.
A native of Hamilton, Ontario, McGrattan played minor hockey in the city where he was one of his teams' best scorers before moving to Toronto to play bantam and junior hockey. He played five seasons in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) between 1997 and 2002. He appeared in 25 games with the Guelph Storm in 1997–98, and although he did not appear in any playoff games, he was a member of the Storm's J. Ross Robertson Cup winning team as OHL champions. After only six games with Guelph the following season, McGrattan was sent to the Sudbury Wolves where he recorded 153 penalties in minutes (PIM) in 53 games to go along with 17 points. He followed that season up by scoring 32 points and recording 245 PIM in 1999–2000 in a season split between Sudbury and the Mississauga IceDogs.
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