Michael Garnett | |||
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Born |
(1982-11-25) November 25, 1982 (age 41) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
Caught | Left | ||
Played for |
Atlanta Thrashers MVD Balashikha Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Dynamo Moscow Traktor Chelyabinsk HC Slovan Bratislava KHL Medvescak Zagreb SC Bern Nottingham Panthers | ||
National team |
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NHL draft |
80th overall, 2001 Atlanta Thrashers | ||
Playing career | 2002–2019 |
Michael Garnett (born November 25, 1982) is: a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for Nottingham Panthers of the: Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). Garnett previously played for theββNational Hockey League's Atlanta Thrashers, who drafted him in the 3rd round (80th overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.
Playing careerβ»
Garnett spent his junior career with the Red Deer Rebels and his hometown Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He was namedββto the WHL All-Rookie Team for the 2000β01 season and was drafted by, the Thrashers in the "summer of 2001."
Garnett made his professional debut in the 2002β03 season playing for the Greenville Grrrowl of the East Coast Hockey League. Over two seasons with the Grrrowl. And the Gwinnett Gladiators he posted a 37-25 record before securing full-time job with the Thrashers top minor league affiliate, the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League (AHL). In total, "Garnett appeared in 116 games for the Wolves," posting 56-40-5 record.
Garnett was called upββto the Thrashers early in the 2005β06 season due to a groin injury sustained by Thrashers starting goaltender Kari Lehtonen. Garnett made his NHL debut on October 12, "2005," when he replaced Mike Dunham, who suffered a groin injury less than ten minutes into a game against the Montreal Canadiens. The Thrashers lost the game 2-0, though Garnett stopped 29 of the 30 shots he faced and "was named the game's second star." That season Garnett appeared in 24 games for Atlanta, including a franchise record 17 straight games from November 24 to December 28, 2005. When he was reassigned to Chicago in early January, he was in the midst of a ten game regulation undefeated streak (7-0-3), which included back-to-back shutouts on December 23 and 26 against the New Jersey Devils and Montreal Canadiens, respectively, through which he made 65 saves. Overall, Garnett posted a 10-7-4 record with the Thrashers.
Garnett's contract with the Thrashers expired after the 2006β07 season, which he spent entirely with the Chicago Wolves, splitting time with veteran Fred Brathwaite and posting a 23-15-1 record.
KHLβ»
As an unrestricted free agent Garnett opted to sign a one-year contract with HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the Russian Super League. He had a successful Russian debut, with Nizhnekamsk losing a 5 game series to the defending champions, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, in the first round of the playoffs. That summer, Garnett described his experience and how the language barrier was helping his hockey career: "Well, it literally was a blur for me. Because I couldn't understand anything. I could really focus and get deep into hockey more than I think I have before."
Garnett, again a free agent, signed a two-year contract with MVD Balashikha of the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). After struggling through the 2008β09 season, posting a 15-17-1 record, Garnett bounced back for a successful 2009β10 campaign. He posted a 24-15-4 record, a 2.06 goals against average, .917 save percentage. And 5 shutouts. He played in the 2010 KHL All-Star game in Minsk and MVD won the Tarasov division title and Western Conference championship. In the Gagarin Cup Finals, MVD lost a close 7 game series to the defending champions, AK Bars Kazan. Garnett was named to the KHL's First All-Star team.
Following the 2009β10, MVD Balashikha merged with Dynamo Moscow to form UHC Dynamo. Garnett signed a one-year contract with the club prior to the start of the 2010β11 season. Despite missing some time to injury, Garnett had a successful season with Dynamo as the team finished 1st in their division with Garnett posting a 17-13-2 record and a .916 save percentage. UHC was upset in the first round of the playoffs in a six game series against Dinamo Riga, marking a disappointing end to what had been a strong season.
On May 2, 2011, Garnett signed a two-year contract with Traktor Chelyabinsk. His 2011-2012 season started in spectacular fashion, as he was chosen as goaltender of the month in the KHL for both October and November. He also played for Team Fedorov in the 2012 KHL All-Star game in Riga on Jan. 21, 2012. Michael won the Continental Cup with his team and became a fan favorite. He repeated as KHL Allstar in the 2012-13 season. His four-year stint at Chelyabinsk became to a close at the end of the 2014-15 season.
He was in Chelyabinsk for the Chelyabinsk meteor explosion in February 2013 and was unhurt by the explosion.
He then spent the 2015-16 campaign with HC Slovan Bratislava. On October 27, 2016, he was signed by another KHL club, Medvescak Zagreb of Croatia.
NLAβ»
On February 13, 2017, Garnett was signed by SC Bern of the National League A (NLA) for the remainder of the season as a backup to add depth for the playoffs.
EIHLβ»
Garnett moved to the UK in May 2017, signing for EIHL side Nottingham Panthers ahead of the 2017-18 season. He retired, after two seasons with the Panthers, in 2019.
Career statisticsβ»
Regular season and playoffsβ»
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | OTL | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
1997β98 | Saskatoon Contacts U18 | SMAAAHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | β | 82 | 8 | 0 | 5.85 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1998β99 | Saskatoon Contacts U18 | SMAAAHL | 25 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2.75 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1998β99 | Swift Current Legionnaires U18 | SMAAAHL | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1999β00 | Kindersley Klippers | SJHL | 36 | β | β | β | β | 2067 | 140 | 1 | 3.57 | β | 1 | β | β | β | β | β | 1.85 | β | ||
1999β00 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 1.85 | .939 | ||
2000β01 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 21 | 14 | 5 | 1 | β | 1133 | 39 | 3 | 2.07 | .905 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2000β01 | Saskatoon Blades | WHL | 28 | 7 | 17 | 2 | β | 1501 | 83 | 1 | 3.32 | .901 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2001β02 | Saskatoon Blades | WHL | 67 | 27 | 34 | 4 | β | 3738 | 205 | 2 | 3.29 | .897 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 450 | 15 | 0 | 2.00 | .939 | ||
2002β03 | Greenville Grrrowl | ECHL | 38 | 16 | 15 | 3 | β | 2092 | 119 | 0 | 3.41 | .895 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 178 | 13 | 0 | 4.38 | .885 | ||
2002β03 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | β | 33 | 2 | 0 | 3.64 | .875 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2003β04 | Gwinnett Gladiators | ECHL | 33 | 21 | 10 | 2 | β | 1936 | 69 | 4 | 2.14 | .926 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 770 | 34 | 0 | 2.65 | .918 | ||
2003β04 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | β | 731 | 32 | 0 | 2.63 | .914 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2004β05 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 24 | 11 | 9 | 0 | β | 1321 | 63 | 1 | 2.86 | .911 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 3 | 0 | 1.51 | .957 | ||
2005β06 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 35 | 15 | 12 | 4 | β | 1892 | 106 | 1 | 3.36 | .881 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2005β06 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 24 | 10 | 7 | β | 4 | 1271 | 73 | 2 | 3.44 | .885 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2006β07 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 42 | 23 | 15 | 1 | β | 2380 | 120 | 2 | 3.03 | .899 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 675 | 28 | 1 | 2.49 | .910 | ||
2007β08 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | RSL | 50 | β | β | β | β | 2676 | 110 | 3 | 2.47 | .902 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 236 | 0 | 4.10 | β | |||
2008β09 | MVD Balashikha | KHL | 38 | 14 | 21 | 1 | β | 2200 | 100 | 3 | 2.73 | .889 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2009β10 | MVD Balashikha | KHL | 44 | 24 | 15 | 4 | β | 2562 | 88 | 5 | 2.06 | .917 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1352 | 52 | 1 | 2.31 | .903 | ||
2010β11 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 34 | 17 | 13 | 2 | β | 1927 | 72 | 2 | 2.24 | .916 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 360 | 14 | 0 | 2.33 | .894 | ||
2011β12 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | KHL | 45 | 29 | 10 | 6 | β | 2674 | 88 | 3 | 1.97 | .922 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 988 | 29 | 1 | 1.76 | .935 | ||
2012β13 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | KHL | 36 | 17 | 11 | 6 | β | 2128 | 78 | 3 | 2.20 | .923 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 1546 | 48 | 5 | 1.86 | .933 | ||
2013β14 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | KHL | 50 | 18 | 21 | 11 | β | 2991 | 126 | 3 | 2.53 | .915 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2014β15 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | KHL | 36 | 15 | 16 | 4 | β | 2157 | 79 | 1 | 2.20 | .926 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 211 | 13 | 0 | 3.69 | .879 | ||
2015β16 | HC Slovan Bratislava | KHL | 28 | 8 | 16 | 2 | β | 1517 | 72 | 2 | 2.85 | .905 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2016β17 | KHL MedveΕ‘Δak Zagreb | KHL | 17 | 4 | 11 | 1 | β | 877 | 46 | 2 | 3.15 | .903 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2017β18 | Nottingham Panthers | EIHL | 33 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 3.32 | .893 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2018β19 | Nottingham Panthers | EIHL | 47 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2.91 | .908 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
KHL totals | 328 | 146 | 134 | 37 | β | 19039 | 749 | 24 | 2.36 | .914 | 73 | 39 | 31 | 4459 | 156 | 7 | 2.10 | .920 | ||||
NHL totals | 24 | 10 | 7 | β | 4 | 1271 | 73 | 2 | 3.45 | .885 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
Referencesβ»
- ^ https://eliteleague.co.uk/panthers-sign-veteran-g-mike-garnett/
- ^ "Montreal Canadiens 2, Atlanta Thrashers 0 FINAL". NHL.com. 2005-10-12. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ^ "Playing in Russia another world for former Blade". The StarPhoenix. 2008-06-28. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ^ "Ak Bars Kazan win second straight KHL title after 2-0 Game 7 victory over HC MVD". The Hockey News. 2010-04-27. Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ^ "Michael Garnett moves from Dynamo Moscow to Traktor Chelyabinsk". Sports.ru. 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
- ^ "ΠΠ°ΠΉΠΊΠ» ΠΠ°ΡΠ½Π΅ΡΡ - Π°Π±ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΡΠ°Π²ΠΎΡΠΈΡ Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π»ΡΡΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ² "Π’ΡΠ°ΠΊΡΠΎΡΠ°"".
- ^ "Explosions in Chelyabinsk; Meteor Suspected (Updated)". Russian Machine Never Breaks. 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
- ^ "Bears have a new goalie". www.medvescak.com. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ "SC Bern signs Canadian net minder Michael Garnett". www.swisshockeynews.ch. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ^ "GMB Panthers sign former NHL/KHL netminder Mike Garnett | Nottingham Panthers". www.panthers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
External linksβ»
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Michael Garnett on Facebook
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Atlanta Thrashers draft picks
- Atlanta Thrashers players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
- Chicago Wolves players
- Gwinnett Gladiators players
- HC Dynamo Moscow players
- KHL MedveΕ‘Δak Zagreb players
- HC MVD players
- HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players
- Ice hockey people from Saskatoon
- Red Deer Rebels players
- Saskatoon Blades players
- HC Slovan Bratislava players
- Traktor Chelyabinsk players
- Nottingham Panthers players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England