Curtis Glencross
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| Born |
December 28, 1982 Kindersley, Saskatchewan, Canada |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Anaheim Ducks Columbus Blue Jackets Edmonton Oilers Calgary Flames Washington Capitals |
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| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2004–2015 | ||
Curtis Jack Glencross (born December 28, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. An undrafted player, he signed with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks as a free agent in 2004 and made his NHL debut with the team in 2007. He has also played for the Columbus Blue Jackets, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames and Washington Capitals. He was an effective goal scorer and active within the community during his time in Calgary, which led to the team naming him its recipient of the Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award in 2012. After splitting the 2014–15 season between Calgary and Washington, Glencross was unable to reach a contract deal with any NHL team (despite pre-season attempts with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Colorado Avalanche and opted to retire as a player. During his playing career, Glencross was a spokesman for the Special Olympics. He has also participated with Rae Croteau Jr.'s chuckwagon racing team in the summer.
Glencross was born December 28, 1982, in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, but grew up in Provost, Alberta. He is the son of Mel and Robin Glencross, and has a younger brother, Matthew, and sister, Kari. His parents both played hockey and say he inherited an intense competitive nature from them. His family moved to Red Deer, Alberta when he was a teenager as his parents began a livestock auction business. Glencross was small for his age, standing less than five feet tall when he was 15, and as a result was often left off the top teams in minor hockey despite having the talent to play; he played Midget C hockey in Provost. He experienced a rapid growth spurt, growing a full foot in a period of 17 months, and was recruited to play Junior A hockey for the expansion Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) in 2000. He went on to become the first Bandit alumnus to play in the National Hockey League (NHL), and his number 17 was retired by the team in 2011.
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