Greg Crozier
Greg Crozier ( born July 6, 1976 in Calgary, Alberta ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who during his active career, among others, for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League as well as for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Providence Bruins, Houston Aeros, Albany River Rats and San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League has played. His father Joe also played in the National Hockey League.
Career
Greg Crozier went during his youth from 1992 to 1995 for the Lawrence Academy in high school leagues system of the United States on the ice. He then spent four years at the University of Michigan. He began study there and went for the ice hockey team, the Michigan Wolverines, in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, one of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division, on the ice. During this time, Crozier was selected at the NHL Entry Draft in 1994 in the third round at position 73 of the Pittsburgh Penguins. In the season 1999/2000 he made his debut for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the farm team of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the American Hockey League. In his rookie season of Canadians is the fourth best scorer of the team was 44 points. The following season he played his first game for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. The rest of the season he went back to Wilkes-Barre on the ice and finished the regular season with a record of 60 points scorer. Crozier took part in the 2001 AHL All- Star Classic when he represented the team in the Canadian AHL All-Stars, and scored three points. End of the season extended the management of the Penguins not his contract.
In August 2001, he signed as a free agent contract with the Boston Bruins. This put him in the farm team for the Providence Bruins before Crozier was transferred in March 2002 in a barter for Darryl Laplante to the Minnesota Wild. He finished the 2001/02 season with the Houston Aeros and completed for this in the following season seven missions before he was sent to the Albany River Rats. In September 2003, the Canadians signed a contract with the New Jersey Devils. From January 2004, he played as Players out on loan at the San Antonio Rampage, for he stood in 22 encounters in use, and scored seven points. After this commitment Crozier ended after the 2003/ 04 season, his playing career.