Tim Gleason
| Tim Gleason | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Born |
January 29, 1983 Clawson, MI, USA | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 217 lb (98 kg; 15 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams |
Carolina Hurricanes Los Angeles Kings | ||
| National team |
 United States | ||
| NHL draft |
23rd overall, 2001 Ottawa Senators | ||
| Playing career | 2003–present | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's ice hockey | ||
Representing the  United States
| ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 |
2010 Vancouver | Tournament |
Timothy Gleason (born January 29, 1983, Clawson, Michigan) is a professional ice hockey defenseman for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League.
Playing career
After a standout junior career with the Windsor Spitfires, Gleason was drafted in the first round (twenty-third overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators. Unable to come to terms on a contract with the Senators, Gleason was subsequently traded to the Los Angeles Kings for forward Bryan Smolinski on March 11, 2003.
After spending three years in the Kings organization, Gleason (along with Éric Bélanger) was traded to the Hurricanes on September 29, 2006, for defensemen Oleg Tverdovsky and Jack Johnson.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1999–00 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 55 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 101 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | ||
| 2000–01 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 47 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 124 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 | ||
| 2001–02 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 67 | 17 | 42 | 59 | 109 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 40 | ||
| 2002–03 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 45 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 75 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | ||
| 2003–04 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 47 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 22 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2004–05 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 67 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 112 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 78 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 57 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 80 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 70 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 68 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 32 | ||
| NHL totals | 332 | 7 | 58 | 65 | 307 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 32 | ||||
International play
Played for the United States in:
International statistics
| Year | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | WC | 2010 Winter Olympics | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Senior int'l totals | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
External links
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- 1983 births
- American ice hockey defencemen
- Ice hockey personnel from Michigan
- Carolina Hurricanes players
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- American sportspeople of Irish descent
- Living people
- Los Angeles Kings players
- National Hockey League first round draft picks
- Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Ottawa Senators draft picks
- People from Oakland County, Michigan
- Windsor Spitfires alumni
- American ice hockey defenseman stubs