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Colin Greening
With the Senators during the 2013 playoffs.
Born (1986-03-09) March 9, 1986 (age 38)
St. John's, NF, CAN
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams		 Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Marlies (AHL)
Ottawa Senators
NHL draft 204th overall, 2005
Ottawa Senators
Playing career 2010–present

Colin Peter Greening (born March 9, 1986) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Toronto Marlies in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Ottawa Senators, also of the NHL. The Senators were the same team that drafted him in the seventh round, 204th overall, in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

While playing for Upper Canada College in Toronto, Ontario, Greening was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the seventh round, 204th overall, of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Greening played four full seasons of NCAA collegiate hockey at Cornell University without missing a single game, serving as captain in his junior and senior year and being selected for membership in the Quill and Dagger society.[1] At Cornell, Greening played on a line with another future NHLer, Riley Nash.

After graduating from Cornell in 2010, Greening joined the Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League (AHL), the top minor league affiliate of the Ottawa Senators. He made his NHL debut on February 1, 2011, in a game in Newark against the New Jersey Devils. On March 3, 2011, Greening scored his first career NHL goal against the Atlanta Thrashers in a 3–1 Ottawa victory. On May 19, 2011, Greening was signed to a three-year, one-way contract by the Senators that will pay him $700,000 in 2011–12, $800,000 in 2012–13, and $950,000 in 2013–14.[2][3]

On January 12, 2012, Greening was selected to participate in the NHL YoungStars Game, which coincided with the 2012 All-Star Game held in Ottawa.[4] He finished his rookie season with 17 goals and 37 points while playing in all 82 of Ottawa's games.

During the 2012–13 NHL lockout, Greening spent time with the Aalborg Pirates of Denmark's AL-Bank Ligaen.

Greening scored the game-winning goal in double overtime for the Senators in game three of their 2013 second-round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

On September 9, 2013, Greening signed a three-year, $7.95 million contract extension that pays him $2 million in 2014–15, $2.75 million in 2015–16 and $3.2 million in 2016–17.[5] Since 2015, his playing time has been split between Ottawa and Binghamton.

On February 9, 2016, Greening was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in a nine-player deal which saw Dion Phaneuf going to the Ottawa Senators.[6] Greening would make his Toronto debut two days later against the Edmonton Oilers.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2005–06 Nanaimo Clippers BCHL 56 27 35 62 46 5 3 0 3 2
2006–07 Cornell University ECAC 31 11 8 19 26 — — — — —
2007–08 Cornell University ECAC 36 14 19 33 41 — — — — —
2008–09 Cornell University ECAC 36 15 16 31 28 — — — — —
2009–10 Cornell University ECAC 34 15 20 35 31 — — — — —
2010–11 Binghamton Senators AHL 59 15 25 40 41 23 1 4 5 13
2010–11 Ottawa Senators NHL 24 6 7 13 10 — — — — —
2011–12 Ottawa Senators NHL 82 17 20 37 46 7 0 1 1 0
2012–13 Aalborg Pirates Denmark 17 13 12 25 12 — — — — —
2012–13 Ottawa Senators NHL 47 8 11 19 11 10 3 1 4 2
2013–14 Ottawa Senators NHL 76 6 11 17 41 — — — — —
2014–15 Ottawa Senators NHL 26 1 0 1 29 — — — — —
2014–15 Binghamton Senators AHL 12 5 2 7 13 — — — — —
2015–16 Binghamton Senators AHL 41 7 6 13 52 — — — — —
2015–16 Ottawa Senators NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2015–16 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 30 7 8 15 13 — — — — —
NHL totals 286 45 57 102 150 17 3 2 5 2

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 2007–08 [7]
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 2008–09 [7]
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 2009–10 [7]
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team 2010 [8]
ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year 2009–10 [9]
Lowe's Senior CLASS Award (ice hockey) 2010 [10]
All-Ivy League First Team All-Star 2010 [11]
ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team 2010 [12]
NHL YoungStars Game 2012

References

  1. ^ Cornell Chronicle: Greening wins Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
  2. ^ [1] [dead link]
  3. ^ "Senators commit to Grenning and Smith". Toronto Sun. 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2011-05-19. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Greening whizzes into YoungStars Game". Canoe.ca. 2012-01-13. Retrieved 2012-01-13. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "Senators sign Colin Greening to 3-year extension". CBC Sports. 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2013-09-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Dion Phaneuf traded to Senators in 9-player deal". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  7. ^ a b c "Colin Greening player profile". The Hockey News. 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2011-05-19. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ "All-Tournament Honors" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  9. ^ "ECAC men's SA of the Year- Colin Greening". ECAC Hockey. 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2011-05-19. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ Cornell University - Greening Wins 2010 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
  11. ^ Cornell University - Gallagher, Greening and Scrivens Headline First-Team All-Ivy
  12. ^ Cornell University - Greening Named First-Team Academic All-American
Awards and achievements
Preceded by ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year
2009–10 		Succeeded by
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