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Curtis Fraser (born April 4, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre.

Playing career

Fraser played as a junior of the British Columbia Hockey League with the Victoria Salsa and the Vernon Vipers, before committed to a collegiate career with the University of Alaska Fairbanks of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association where he scored 114 points in 148 games over his four-year career. Undrafted, Curtis completed his senior year placed second to Kyle Greentree in scoring with 35 points, to leave the Nanooks ranked second in all-time games played.[1]

Fraser immediately made his professional debut following college to finish the 2006–07 season in the post-season with the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League. Curtis initially signed in the ECHL with the Las Vegas Wranglers for the 2007–08 season and after 4 games with the Wranglers he was signed to a professional try-out contract with AHL affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage on November 15, 2007.[2] Tasked as a grinding role-player in the AHL, Fraser remained with the Rampage for the duration of the campaign, to post 6 points and 85 penalty minutes in 41 games, including a career best two-goal game against the Milwaukee Admirals on January 23, 2008.[3] He was then returned to the Wranglers for the post season and scored 7 goals in 16 games on their run to the Kelly Cup finals.

Fraser signed with the Peoria Rivermen for his third professional season in 2008–09. He played in a career high 65 games with the Rivermen for 8 points and 90 penalty minutes. In game 4 of the first round playoff series against the Houston Aeros, Curtis had his hand injured by a slapshot from teammate Steve Wagner causing him to miss the Rivermen's last three playoff games and had surgery to insert pins into his broken right hand.[4]

Unable to earn a one-way contract with the Rivermen for the 2009–10 season, Fraser was invited to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins training camp before suffering a dislocated shoulder in an exhibition game on September 19.[5] He opted to then sign with the Rivermen's ECHL affiliate, the Alaska Aces, which marked a return from his college career days with the UAF.[6] In an injury plagued year Fraser regained some offensive productivity with 13 points in a limited 17 games.

On September 20, 2010, Fraser returned to the Aces and was re-signed to a one-year contract.[7] Invited on a try-out to attend the Lake Erie Monsters training camp for the 2010–11 season, Fraser made the Monsters opening season roster and made his AHL return in a 2–1 victory over the Syracuse Crunch on October 9, 2010.[8][9] On February 17, 2011, he was released from his professional try-out with the Lake Erie Monsters.

Prior to the 2011–12 season, on June 28, 2011, Fraser signed a one-year contract with Italian club SG Cortina.[10] The following season, he then joined KHL Medveščak of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga.[11] During the 2013–14 season Fraser remained in the EBEL, with EC VSV, but announced retirement after the end of the play-offs.[12]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1999–00 Victoria Salsa BCHL — — — — — — — — — —
2000–01 Victoria Salsa BCHL 46 7 19 26 60 — — — — —
2001–02 Victoria Salsa BCHL — — — — — — — — — —
2002–03 Vernon Vipers BCHL 60 53 52 105 116 — — — — —
2003–04 University of Alaska Fairbanks CCHA 36 12 12 24 59 — — — — —
2004–05 University of Alaska Fairbanks CCHA 36 17 14 31 62 — — — — —
2005–06 University of Alaska Fairbanks CCHA 39 11 13 24 84 — — — — —
2006–07 University of Alaska Fairbanks CCHA 37 19 16 35 36 — — — — —
2006–07 Chicago Wolves AHL — — — — — 4 0 0 0 0
2007–08 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 5 3 8 11 5 16 7 1 8 26
2007–08 San Antonio Rampage AHL 41 4 2 6 85 — — — — —
2008–09 Peoria Rivermen AHL 65 2 6 8 90 2 0 0 0 7
2009–10 Alaska Aces ECHL 17 8 5 13 18 4 0 0 0 8
2010–11 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 36 5 3 8 44 — — — — —
2010–11 Alaska Aces ECHL 20 6 8 14 21 13 6 4 10 14
2011–12 SG Cortina ITL 40 19 20 39 81 9 2 5 7 14
2012–13 KHL Medveščak EBEL 54 12 6 18 63 6 1 0 1 6
2013–14 EC VSV EBEL 54 21 13 34 72 9 3 2 5 13
AHL totals 142 11 11 22 219 6 0 0 0 7

References

  1. ^ "Curtis Fraser - Bio". ECHL. 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2010-10-11.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Curtis Fraser signs P.T.O". San Antonio Rampage. 2007-11-15. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  3. ^ "Milwaukee 5, San Antonio 4 OT". American Hockey League. 2008-01-23. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  4. ^ "Rivermen pull even with Houston after 4-3 win". Peoria Rivermen. 2009-04-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  5. ^ Doyle Woody (2009-11-06). "Aces hope Fraser can regain puck productivity". Alaska Newspapers, Inc. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  6. ^ "Aces set final roster, Open with Victoria friday". Alaska Aces. 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  7. ^ "Aces re-sign Curtis Fraser, add Asst Coach". Alaska Aces. 2010-09-20. Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  8. ^ "Training camp starts today". Lake Erie Monsters. 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  9. ^ "Monsters start 2-0 with shootout win". Lake Erie Monsters. 2010-10-09. Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  10. ^ "Jonas Johansson back in Cortina along with new arrival Curtis Fraser" (in Italian). SG Cortina. 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  11. ^ "Curtis Fraser is the New Reinforcement in the Bears' Den". KHL Medveščak. 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  12. ^ "Curtis Fraser geht in Eishockeypension" (in German). 2014-05-05. Archived from the original on 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2014-07-03.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Fraser