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029-063 hpc 9/25/06 3:28 PM Page 55CAREER VS. NHLGP G A PTS PIMANA 29 5 1 6 14ATL 17 5 5 10 0BOS 26 3 7 10 18BUF 17 3 5 8 18CGY 33 9 6 15 22CAR 25 5 4 9 15CHI 22 5 8 13 11COL 12 2 5 7 2CBJ 11 1 2 3 17DAL 26 3 2 5 20DET 23 0 3 3 24EDM 3 0 0 0 0FLA 26 3 3 6 26LA 29 5 7 12 26MIN 14 5 4 9 4MTL 29 3 8 11 18NSH 17 6 3 9 6NJ 21 3 6 9 10NYI 20 2 2 4 6NYR 20 3 3 6 8OTT 25 2 4 6 4PHI 21 3 2 5 4PHO 26 6 10 16 2PIT 21 3 7 10 8SJ 28 3 10 13 32STL 24 4 4 8 4TB 26 3 10 13 28TOR 36 5 7 12 28VAN 31 5 6 11 21WAS 14 3 4 7 2TOTAL 693 112 155 267 392Oct. 21-Nov. 2 (3-3=6)…Set career high with threeassists at San Jose on April 12…Recorded firstcareer hat trick vs. Vancouver on March 20…Appeared in 200th NHL game at Anaheim on Feb.17…Tallied first career SHG vs. Dallas on Dec. 6…Playoffs: Appeared in four games, recording one goaland one assist...1997-98: Appeared in 100th NHLgame at Dallas on Nov. 19…Missed 13 games (Nov.20-Dec. 17) with knee injury…Playoffs: Appeared in12 games, tying for seventh on team with four points(2-2=4)…Recorded two goals, including game-winnerin Game 5 of the WCQF vs. Colorado on April 30.PERSONAL: Married (Anne) with a son (Jayden)…has a dog named Rocky…favorites: Jay-Z and PearlJam (musicians); “Silence of the Lambs” and “GoodWill Hunting” (movies); “Entourage” and “Curb YourEnthusiasm” (television shows); Will Ferrell (actor);Halle Berry (actress); Hawaii (vacation spot); chickenparmesan (food); The Rack (Boston restaurant/bar —hometown hangout); espn.com (web site)…would’ve like to have met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (“someoneI admire”)…always eats chicken and pasta before every game…likes to listen to music away fromthe ice…if he wasn’t in hockey, he’d be doing something in football (his father, veteran NFL assistantcoach/team executive Bobby, is associate director of scouting for the Houston Texans and his brother,Chris, is a national scout/assistant director of college scouting with the Miami Dolphins)…hockey idolsare Cam Neely and Mark Messier…Walter Payton is his football idol…pet peeve is rude people…nicknameis “Griersie”…describes himself as laid back, sarcastic and hard working…memorable NHLmoment: winning Game Seven of the 1997 Western Conference Quarterfinals over Dallas (withEdmonton)…best part about growing up in Boston: going to New England Patriots games.PLAYERSCAREER STATISTICSPLAYOFFSSeason Club League GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM1993-94 Boston U. Hockey East 39 9 9 18 56 -- -- -- -- --1994-95 Boston U. Hockey East 37 29 26 55 85 -- -- -- -- --1995-96 Boston U. Hockey East 38 21 25 46 82 -- -- -- -- --1996-97 Edmonton NHL 79 15 17 32 45 12 3 1 4 41997-98 Edmonton NHL 66 9 6 15 73 12 2 2 4 131998-99 Edmonton NHL 82 20 24 44 54 4 1 1 2 61999-00 Edmonton NHL 65 9 22 31 68 -- -- -- -- --2000-01 Edmonton NHL 74 20 16 36 20 6 0 0 0 82001-02 Edmonton NHL 82 8 17 25 32 -- -- -- -- --2002-03 Washington NHL 82 15 17 32 36 6 1 1 2 22003-04 Washington NHL 68 8 12 20 32 -- -- -- -- --Buffalo NHL 14 1 8 9 4 -- -- -- -- --2005-06 Buffalo NHL 81 7 16 23 28 18 3 5 8 2NHL Totals 612 105 139 244 364 58 10 10 20 35Selected by St. Louis as their seventh choice (219th overall) in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Rights traded to Edmontonby St. Louis with Curtis Joseph for St. Louis’ first round choices in 1996 and 1997 NHL Entry Drafts on Aug. 4, 1995.Traded to Washington by Edmonton for Washington’s second round choice in 2003 NHL Entry Draft and Vancouver’sthird round choice in 2003 Entry Draft, Oct. 7, 2002. Traded to Buffalo by Washington for Jakub Klepsis on March 9,2004. Signed by San Jose as a free agent on July 3, 2006.2006-07 SAN JOSE SHARKS ORGANIZATION GUIDE 55