Mark Fraser (ice hockey)
| Mark Fraser | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Fraser with the Bakersfield Condors in 2017 | |||
| Born |
September 29, 1986 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 235 lb (107 kg; 16 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| DEL team Former teams |
Schwenninger Wild Wings New Jersey Devils Toronto Maple Leafs Edmonton Oilers TPS HKm Zvolen | ||
| NHL Draft |
84th overall, 2005 New Jersey Devils | ||
| Playing career | 2006–present | ||
Mark Alexander Fraser (born September 29, 1986) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Schwenninger Wild Wings of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He has previously played for the New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career[]
Fraser played junior hockey with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League from 2004–06. In his second season with the Rangers, his hard working style earned him the captaincy after Mike Richards left the team. He was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the third round, 84th overall, of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. At the end of the 2005–06 season, he played his first professional games, joining the AHL Albany River Rats for four games. He played his first full professional season in 2006–07 with the Lowell Devils, and he played seven games for the New Jersey Devils as well. He remained with Lowell until 2009–10, when he made the New Jersey roster out of training camp.
He scored his first NHL goal on October 24, 2009, against Marc-André Fleury of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
On December 12, 2011, Fraser, along with Rod Pelley and a 2012 seventh round draft pick, was traded to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Kurtis Foster and Timo Pielmeier.[1] On February 27, 2012, Fraser was traded from the Anaheim Ducks to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Dale Mitchell.
On July 30, 2013, Fraser and the Toronto Maple Leafs avoided salary arbitration and agreed to a one-year contract worth $1.275 million.[2] In the following 2013–14 season, Fraser was unable to match his performance from the lockout season and on January 31, 2014, he was traded by the Leafs to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for the rights to Teemu Hartikainen and Cam Abney.[3]
A free agent into the 2014–15 season, Fraser made a return of sort to the New Jersey Devils organization in signing a one-year AHL contract with affiliate, the Albany Devils on November 2, 2014.[4] He was later signed for the remainder of the season on a NHL contract with the Devils on December 18, 2014. Fraser's return was complete on January 3, 2015 when he played with New Jersey Devils against Philadelphia Flyers.[5]
Fraser was not tendered an offer by the Devils and was released to free agency. Left without a contract by September, he would make a return to the Leafs, signing a professional try-out. He would ultimately be released without a deal.
On September 28, 2015, the Ottawa Senators signed Fraser to a one-year, two-way contract. After one year playing for the team's AHL affiliate, the Binghamton Senators, he left as a free agent and returned to the Edmonton Oilers on a one-year, two-way deal on July 1, 2016.[6]
As an un-signed free agent leading into the 2017–18 season, Fraser opted to pursue a career abroad, agreeing to an initial try-out offer with Finnish outfit HC TPS of the Liiga on November 16, 2017.[7]
After a second season abroad in the Slovak Extraliga with HKm Zvolen, Fraser signed a one-year contract for the 2019-20 season with German outfit, Schwenninger Wild Wings of the DEL on May 6, 2019.[8]
Personal[]
Fraser is the son of former sprinter and Ontario Court of Justice Judge, Hugh Fraser.[9] and retired teacher Ann Kennedy.
Fraser is the cousin of Dundurn Press publisher, Scott Fraser.
Career statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004–05 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 58 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 96 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 | ||
| 2005–06 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 59 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 129 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Lowell Devils | AHL | 71 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Lowell Devils | AHL | 79 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Lowell Devils | AHL | 74 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 152 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 61 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Albany Devils | AHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 | ||
| 2012–13 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 114 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 45 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 2013–14 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Albany Devils | AHL | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 34 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 60 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 136 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Bakersfield Condors | AHL | 65 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | TPS | Liiga | 32 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 2018–19 | HKm Zvolen | Slovak | 27 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| NHL totals | 219 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 302 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
References[]
- ^ Chere, Rich (2011-12-12). "Devils trade Rod Pelley, Mark Fraser to Ducks for Kurtis Foster and goalie". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
- ^ "Maple Leafs sign Fraser to one-year, $1.275M contract". TSN. 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ^ "Maple Leafs trade Mark Fraser to Edmonton Oilers for prospects". Toronto Star. 2014-01-31. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ^ "Devils sign Mark Fraser". Albany Devils. 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
- ^ "Mark Fraser to make his return to Devils and NHL". NJ.com. 2015-01-03. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
- ^ "Oilers sign Mark Fraser". Edmonton Oilers. 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
- ^ "Mark Fraser the latest signing to TPS" (in Finnish). HC TPS. 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ "Fraser completes defense of Wild Wings" (in German). Schwenninger Wild Wings. 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ Baines, Tim (August 29, 2013). "Ottawa-born NHLer Mark Fraser proud to play for Toronto Maple Leafs". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Albany Devils players
- Albany River Rats players
- Bakersfield Condors players
- Black Canadian ice hockey players
- Binghamton Senators players
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Canadian sportspeople of Jamaican descent
- Edmonton Oilers players
- Sportspeople from Ottawa
- Kitchener Rangers players
- Lowell Devils players
- New Jersey Devils draft picks
- New Jersey Devils players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Syracuse Crunch players
- HC TPS players
- Toronto Maple Leafs players
- Toronto Marlies players
- HKM Zvolen players