Danny Grant
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Danny Grant (February 21, 1945 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada) played ice hockey in the National Hockey League for parts of 14 seasons.
In his 1969 rookie season with the Minnesota North Stars, he won the NHL's Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's most outstanding rookie player. Despite being one of Minnesota's stars, Grant was traded in the fall of 1974 in a surprising deal for defensive forward Henry Boucha, and the trade backfired: Grant had his best season that season, scoring 50 goals for the Detroit Red Wings, and becoming only the 12th player in NHL history to accomplish that feat. However, Grant was plagued by injuries from that point on, and only played partial seasons at best thereafter. He retired after the 1979 season to coach a Tier II junior team
In his career, Grant notched 263 goals and 535 points while playing for the Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars, Detroit Red Wings and the Los Angeles Kings, and played in three All-Star Games (1969, 1970, 1971).
In 1985, he was inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame.
Grant went on to coach the University of New Brunswick hockey team in 1995 and 1996, and the Halifax Mooseheads Quebec league junior team in 1998. Grant has been an assistant coach for the St. Thomas Tommies men's hockey team since the 2002-2003 season.
External links
- Internet Hockey Database - Danny Grant's career statistics (http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=2001)
- Grant's NHL Alumni page (http://www.nhlalumni.com/NHLAlumniNews/021003.html)