Garnet Exelby

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size = 200px
team = Atlanta Thrashers
former_teams =
league = NHL
position = Defence
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 215
nickname =
nationality = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1981|8|16|mf=y
birth_place = Ste. Anne, MB, CAN
draft = 217th overall
draft_year = 1999
draft_team = Atlanta Thrashers
career_start = 2001

Garnet Exelby (born August 16, 1981 in Ste. Anne, Manitoba but raised in Craik, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League.

Playing career

Exelby was drafted by the Thrashers in Round 8, 217th overall at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Having already spent one year playing junior hockey for the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL, Exelby played the next two seasons at the WHL with the Blades and the Regina Pats. In the 2001–02 season, Exelby moved away from the juniors and played in the AHL for the Chicago Wolves. He stayed with the Wolves for the whole of that season, as the Wolves clinched the AHL's Calder Cup. Exelby was called up to the main Thrashers roster midway through the 2002–03 NHL season where he plays today.

Awards

* Inaugural Recipient of the Dan Snyder Memorial Award - 2003–04

Career statistics

Career transactions

* Selected by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft as an 8th round choice, 217th overall.
* Traded to Regina Pats (WHL) by Saskatoon Blades (WHL) for Scott Balan and future considerations, January 15, 2001.
* Called up during the NHL 2002–03 season.

ee also

* List of NHL players
* List of Atlanta Thrashers players

External links

*hockeydb|45056
*legendsofhockey|19485