Gregg Johnson (born June 18, 1982) is an

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former professional

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Playing career

Johnson's amateur career began in the

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, 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

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from 2000 to 2004, scoring a combined 47 points in goals and assists during regular season play. In 2001, Johnson was picked by the

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in the eighth round of the

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. He elected to remain at

, and would not join the Senators organization until 2003, when he moved to their AHL affiliate, the

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. 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

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, 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

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(ECHL), where he scored 31 points in goals and assists during 26 games; the

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(AHL), scoring 13 points in 35 games; and the

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(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

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and 7 games with the

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of the

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. Johnson then signed with Frankfurt's league rivals, the

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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

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' roster. In January 2010, Johnson was selected to represent the Stingrays as an

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for all road games. 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

International

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Gregg 1982 births American men's ice hockey forwards Binghamton Senators players Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey players Bridgeport Sound Tigers players 21st-century American sportsmen Frankfurt Lions players Living people Norfolk Admirals players Pee Dee Pride players Sportspeople from Windsor, Connecticut SaiPa players South Carolina Stingrays players Trenton Titans players Grizzlys Wolfsburg players Ice hockey players from Connecticut Ottawa Senators draft picks American expatriate ice hockey players in Finland