Curtis Fraser
Curtis Fraser | |||
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Born |
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada | April 4, 1982||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
Chicago Wolves San Antonio Rampage Peoria Rivermen Lake Erie Monsters SG Cortina KHL Medveščak EC VSV | ||
Playing career | 2007–2014 |
Curtis Fraser (born April 4, 1982) is a Canadian retired 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 Riverman 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 | |||||||||||||
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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
- ↑ "Curtis Fraser - Bio". ECHL. 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ↑ "Curtis Fraser signs P.T.O". San Antonio Rampage. 2007-11-15. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ↑ "Milwaukee 5, San Antonio 4 OT". American Hockey League. 2008-01-23. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ↑ "Rivermen pull even with Houston after 4-3 win". Peoria Rivermen. 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ↑ Doyle Woody (2009-11-06). "Aces hope Fraser can regain puck productivity". Alaska Newspapers, Inc. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ↑ "Aces set final roster, Open with Victoria friday". Alaska Aces. 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ↑ "Aces re-sign Curtis Fraser, add Asst Coach". Alaska Aces. 2010-09-20. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ↑ "Training camp starts today". Lake Erie Monsters. 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ↑ "Monsters start 2-0 with shootout win". Lake Erie Monsters. 2010-10-09. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ↑ "Jonas Johansson back in Cortina along with new arrival Curtis Fraser" (in Italian). SG Cortina. 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
- ↑ "Curtis Fraser is the New Reinforcement in the Bears' Den". KHL Medveščak. 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
- ↑ "Curtis Fraser geht in Eishockeypension" (in German). 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
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