Gregg Johnson

This article is about Gregg Johnson, the American minor-league professional hockey player. For the similarly named Canadian National Hockey League player, see Greg Johnson (ice hockey). For the American football player, see Gregg Johnson (American football). For other people with similar names, see Gregory Johnson (disambiguation).

Gregg Johnson (born June 18, 1982) is an American former professional ice hockey forward.

Gregg Johnson
Born	(1982-06-18) June 18, 1982 (age 43) Windsor, Connecticut, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Left
Played for	Binghamton Senators Norfolk Admirals Bridgeport Sound Tigers SaiPa Frankfurt Lions Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg
National team	United States
NHL draft	256th overall, 2001 Ottawa Senators
Playing career	2004–2010

Playing career

Johnson's amateur career began in the Eastern Junior Hockey League, where he skated with the New England Jr. Coyotes from 1997 to 2000, earning 202 points in combined goals and assists. The Jr. Coyotes won the Gary Dineen Cup twice during Johnson's tenure there, once in 1998 and again in 2000.

Johnson played college hockey at Boston University from 2000 to 2004, scoring a combined 47 points in goals and assists during regular season play.

In 2001, Johnson was picked by the Ottawa Senators in the eighth round of the NHL draft. He elected to remain at Boston University, and would not join the Senators organization until 2003, when he moved to their AHL affiliate, the Binghamton Senators.

Johnson skated with the Binghamton Senators from 2003 to 2006, earning 49 points in combined goals and assists during regular season play. Johnson spent the majority of the 2004–05 season with the Pee Dee Pride, the Senators' ECHL affiliate, where he scored 63 points in goals and assists during the regular season.

Johnson split the 2006–07 season between the Trenton Titans (ECHL), where he scored 31 points in goals and assists during 26 games; the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL), scoring 13 points in 35 games; and the Norfolk Admirals (AHL), where he scored 3 points in 11 games.

In 2007, Johnson left the AHL after only 12 games with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. He moved to Europe, where he played 9 games with SaiPa of SM-liiga and 7 games with the Frankfurt Lions of the DEL. Johnson then signed with Frankfurt's league rivals, the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg for the 2008–09 season, where he scored 7 points in the regular season and 3 points during post-season play.

Johnson returned to the ECHL in 2009, joining the South Carolina Stingrays' roster. In January 2010, Johnson was selected to represent the Stingrays as an alternate captain for all road games.^[1]

Johnson did not return to the Stingrays for the 2010–11 season and eventually retired.

Awards

• Named EJHL Rookie of the Year in 1998
• Named EJHL MVP in 2000

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1997–98	New England Jr. Coyotes	EJHL		40	13	24	37			—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	New England Jr. Coyotes	EJHL		40	29	27	56			—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	New England Jr. Coyotes	EJHL		40	40	69	109			—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Boston University	HE		35	5	5	10	20		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Boston University	HE		33	5	18	23	34		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Boston University	HE		24	1	4	5	18		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Boston University	HE		33	3	6	9	38		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Binghamton Senators	AHL		5	1	0	1	4		1	0	0	0	0
2004–05	Pee Dee Pride	ECHL		70	27	36	63	46		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Binghamton Senators	AHL		4	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Binghamton Senators	AHL		79	7	22	29	45		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Trenton Titans	ECHL		26	12	19	31	8		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		11	1	2	3	0		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL		35	6	7	13	12		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL		12	1	1	2	6		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	SaiPa	SM-liiga		9	1	0	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Frankfurt Lions	DEL		7	1	2	3	2		8	0	3	3	0
2008–09	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	DEL		34	4	3	7	26		10	1	2	3	2
2009–10	South Carolina Stingrays	ECHL		70	21	40	61	50		5	1	1	2	6
AHL totals				146	16	32	48	67		1	0	0	0	0
ECHL totals				166	60	95	155	104		5	1	1	2	6

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2002	United States[2]	WJC		7	1	0	1	2
Junior totals				7	1	0	1	2