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Mikhail Grabovski
Born (1984-01-31) January 31, 1984 (age 40)
Potsdam, East Germany
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Toronto Maple Leafs
Neftekhimik
Dynamo Moscow
Montreal Canadiens
CSKA Moscow
National team  Belarus
NHL draft 150th overall, 2004
Montreal Canadiens
Playing career 2003–present

Michail Jurjevič Hraboúski (Belarusian: Міхаіл Юр'евiч Грабоўскі; born January 31, 1984), better known as Mikhail Grabovski (Russian: Михаил Грабовский), or simply Grabo,[1][1] is a Belarusian professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Early life

Grabovski was born in Potsdam, East Germany, where his father, Yury, worked in construction. The family returned to their native Belarus (then a Soviet Socialist Republic) when he was three years old.

Playing career

Grabovski was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens 150th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft and played his first NHL game with Montreal on January 6, 2007, against the New York Rangers. He played three games in the NHL before being sent back down to Montreal's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs.

Grabovski helped the Hamilton Bulldogs win the AHL Calder Cup Championship in 2006-07 season.

Grabovski was called up to play in some games with the Canadiens during the 2007–08 season. He did not see much playing time because he was low on the depth chart of a team that won the Eastern Conference points race. Grabovski recorded his first NHL assist on October 20, 2007, against the Buffalo Sabres and his first goal two days later against the Boston Bruins. After a March 6, 2008 game in Phoenix for which he was a healthy scratch, Grabovski, frustrated by his exclusion from the lineup, flew to Los Angeles ahead of the rest of the team to speak with his agent of a potential transaction.

Grabovski was eventually traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs on July 3, 2008, in exchange for the draft rights to Greg Pateryn and a 2010 second round pick. He has ever since held a grudge against his former club and was suspended for three games in 2009 for shoving an official during an altercation with his fellow countryman, Sergei Kostitsyn, of the Canadiens.

As a 25 years old, Grabovski went on to finish his first full season in Toronto with 20 goals and 48 points leading all NHL Eastern Conference rookies in scoring.

The Toronto Maple Leafs rewarded Grabovski for his rookie season performance by re-signing him to a 3 year contract worth a total of $8.7 million. This contract represented an average annual cap hit of $2.9 million.[2]

His 58 points in the 2010-2011 NHL regular season is the highest among Maple Leaf centres since Mats Sundin's 78 points in the 2007-2008 NHL season.

On March 6, 2012 the Toronto Maple Leafs re-signed Grabovski to a 5 year contract worth a total of $27.5 million. The contract represents an average annual cap hit of $5.5 million.[3]

Grabovski signed with CSKA Moscow of the KHL on September 25, 2012 in order to play during the NHL lockout.[4]

On February 9, 2013, Grabovski was accused of biting Max Pacioretty of the Montreal Canadiens during a group altercation. The league reviewed the play and deemed the evidence against the Leafs' player to be insubstantial.

International play


Grabovski with Team Belarus
Medal record
Representing  Belarus
Ice hockey
Ice Hockey World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Norway Division I Group A
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 France Division I Group B

He has represented Belarus in international play. He scored four goals and was the first star in one game (against tournament hosts Austria) in the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Grabovski was selected to play for his country in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.[5] However, he did not play due to injury.[6] He did, however, participate at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Belarus National men's ice hockey team.[7] Grabovski was named captain of Team Belarus on the eve of 2011 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia.[8] Grabovski played in seven events for team Belarus.

Personal

Grabovski and his girlfriend, Kate Van Alstyne had their first child, a daughter named Leeliah on December 30, 2010.[9] He missed the Leafs' game against the Columbus Blue Jackets that night to be present at the birth. They had their second child, a son named Jaeger, in December 2011.[10]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003–04 Neftekhimik RSL 45 6 11 17 26 5 0 0 0 4
2004–05 Neftekhimik RSL 60 16 20 36 32 3 2 0 2 2
2005–06 Dynamo Moscow RSL 48 10 18 28 28 4 0 0 0 4
2006–07 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 66 17 37 54 34 20 4 7 11 21
2006–07 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2007–08 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 12 8 12 20 6 — — — — —
2007–08 Montreal Canadiens NHL 24 3 6 9 8 — — — — —
2008–09 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 78 20 28 48 92 — — — — —
2009–10 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 59 10 25 35 10 — — — — —
2010–11 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 81 29 29 58 60 — — — — —
2011–12 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 23 28 51 51 — — — — —
RSL totals 153 32 49 81 86 12 2 0 2 10
NHL totals 319 85 116 201 221 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event Place   GP G A Pts PIM
2004 Belarus WJC 5 4 5 9 0
2004 Belarus WC 18th 5 2 1 3 8
2005 Belarus WC 10th 6 4 1 5 2
2006 Belarus WC 6th 7 5 4 9 2
2008 Belarus WC 9th 5 0 3 3 0
2010 Belarus WC 10th 6 0 3 3 6
2011 Belarus WC 14th 6 2 2 4 2
2012 Belarus WC 14th 7 1 3 4 4
International totals 42 14 17 31 24

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.thescore.com/home/articles/241621-cash-grabo
  2. ^ "Maple Leafs re-sign Grabovski to three-year, $8.7M deal". Tsn.ca. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  3. ^ "Maple Leafs re-sign Grabovski to five-year, $27.5M deal". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  4. ^ "Leafs' Grabovski signs with CSKA". Toronto Sun. 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
  5. ^ Longley, Rob. "Grabovski grabs Oly. spot". Canaoe.ca. Retrieved Dec.23, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ Terry Koshan. "Leafs' Olympians get the itch | Hockey | Sports". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  7. ^ IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1.
  8. ^ "Grabovski named captain of Belarus at world championship". Tsn.ca. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  9. ^ Hornby, Lance (2010-12-30). "Baby first for Grabovski". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  10. ^ Siegel, Jonas (December 11, 2011). "Siegel: Change coming to ailing Leafs penalty kill". TSN.

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