Josh Green (ice hockey)

Josh Green
Josh Green with the Edmonton Oilers, 2012
Born	(1977-11-16) November 16, 1977 (age 39) Camrose, AB, CAN
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	218 lb (99 kg; 15 st 8 lb)
Position	Center
Shoots	Left
Liiga team Former teams	KooKoo, Tappara Los Angeles Kings New York Islanders New York Rangers Washington Capitals Calgary Flames Vancouver Canucks Anaheim Ducks Edmonton Oilers
NHL Draft	30th overall, 1996 Los Angeles Kings
Playing career	1997–present

Joshua Green (born November 16, 1977) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for KooKoo in the Finnish Liiga.

Green was originally drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the second round as the 30th overall pick in 1996. Green was selected from the Western Hockey League, where he was a stand out for the Medicine Hat Tigers, Swift Current Broncos and the Portland Winter Hawks.

Green left the WHL during the 1997–98 season, and made his professional debut with the Fredericton Canadiens of the American Hockey League. Josh then made his NHL debut the following 1998–99 season with the Kings before finishing the year with affiliate, the Springfield Falcons.

At the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, the Kings traded Green to the New York Islanders along with Olli Jokinen, Mathieu Biron, and a first round selection in 1999 for Žigmund Pálffy, Bryan Smolinski, Marcel Cousineau and a fourth round selection in 1999.

Green started the 1999–2000 season with the Lowell Lock Monsters before he was called up to the Islanders, scoring 12 goals in 49 games. Josh was then traded by the Islanders, for the second consecutive year at the Draft, along with Eric Brewer and a second-round selection in the 2000 entry draft to the Edmonton Oilers for Roman Hamrlík.