Curt Fraser

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Curt Fraser

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|1|12}}

| birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 200

| position = Left wing

| shoots = Left

| played_for = Vancouver Canucks
Chicago Black Hawks
Minnesota North Stars

| ntl_team = USA

| draft = 22nd overall

| draft_year = 1978

| draft_team = Vancouver Canucks

| career_start = 1978

| career_end = 1990

}}

Curtis Martin Fraser (born January 12, 1958) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played for the Vancouver Canucks, Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1978-79 and 1989-90. He featured in the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals with the Canucks.

Fraser was born in Cincinnati while his father, Barry Beatty played for the International Hockey League's Cincinnati Mohawks, and was raised in Winnipeg and Vancouver. He holds dual Canadian and American citizenship. Fraser was diagnosed with diabetes in 1983 and is active in fundraising and awareness efforts for the disease.{{cite web|title=Grand Rapids Griffins: Curt Fraser|url=http://www.griffinshockey.com/team/frontoffice2/index.html?staff_id=65|accessdate=2009-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922090705/http://griffinshockey.com/team/frontoffice2/index.html?staff_id=65|archive-date=September 22, 2010|url-status=dead}}

Playing career

As a youth, he played in the 1971 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from North Vancouver.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-10|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Fraser played junior hockey with the Victoria Cougars of the Western Hockey League, where he set franchise records for goals, assists, points, and penalty minutes. He was then drafted 22nd overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft. He made the team right away and was placed on a line with fellow rookies Thomas Gradin and Stan Smyl. The trio would be the Canucks' top offensive line for the next four years and play a large role in the club's trip to the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals.

On December 20, 1982, Fraser was traded to the Chicago Black Hawks for Tony Tanti. He had his best season in Chicago, registering 68 points (29 goals and 39 assists) in only 61 games in 1985–86. After five years with the Hawks, he was dealt to the Minnesota North Stars on January 2, 1988, for Dirk Graham. After playing in only 53 games over the next two and a half years with the Stars, his back problems forced him to retire in 1990.

Owing to his dual U.S./Canadian citizenship, Fraser has represented both countries in international tournaments. He played for Canada at the 1978 World Junior Championship and for the USA at the 1987 Canada Cup.{{cite web|title=Legends of Hockey: Curt Fraser|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=12644|accessdate=2009-11-22}}

Coaching career

After his playing career ended, Fraser embarked upon a coaching career. After minor league stops in Milwaukee, Syracuse, and Orlando, Fraser became the first head coach of the Atlanta Thrashers in 1999. His record was 64–169–46 over three and a half seasons with Atlanta before being fired in 2003. Since then he has served as an assistant coach with the New York Islanders and St. Louis Blues.

Recently, he has coached the Belarusian national men's ice hockey team at the 2007 and 2008 IIHF World Championships.

On July 23, 2008, the American Hockey League's Grand Rapids Griffins hired Fraser as their head coach, where he served until June 18, 2012, when he was hired by the Dallas Stars as assistant coach.{{cite web|title=Curt Fraser leaves Grand Rapids Griffins for Dallas Stars|url=http://www.mlive.com/griffins/index.ssf/2012/06/curt_fraser_leaves_grand_rapid.html|accessdate=2013-03-24|date=June 18, 2012}} He remained in that position for five seasons.{{cite web |last1=Fraley |first1=Gerry |title=Stars keeping two assistants on Montgomery's first coaching staff |url=https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/dallas-stars/stars/2018/06/18/stars-keeping-two-assistants-montgomerys-first-coaching-staff |website=sportsday.dallasnews.com |accessdate=31 March 2019|date=June 18, 2018 }}

Fraser was named head coach of Kunlun Red Star of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in the second half of the 2018–19 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/khl/a/aaf9d71e-57f5-4042-a8ec-7d6d093655a1|title=Jussi Tapola ja Jyrki Aho saivat potkut KHL:ssä!}}{{cite web|url=http://hcredstar.com/krs/cn/news_details.html?id=2287|accessdate=31 March 2019|title=新闻详情|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331154306/http://hcredstar.com/krs/cn/news_details.html?id=2287|url-status=dead}} He remained with Kunlun through to the 2019–20 season, unable to guide the Chinese club to the post-season.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1973–74

| Kelowna Buckaroos

| BCHL

| 52

| 32

| 64

| 85

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1974–75

| Victoria Cougars

| WCHL

| 68

| 17

| 32

| 49

| 105

| 12

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 22

1975–76

| Victoria Cougars

| WCHL

| 71

| 43

| 64

| 107

| 167

| 18

| 3

| 8

| 11

| 38

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1976–77

| Victoria Cougars

| WCHL

| 60

| 34

| 41

| 75

| 82

| 4

| 2

| 6

| 4

1977–78

| Victoria Cougars

| WCHL

| 66

| 48

| 44

| 92

| 256

| 13

| 10

| 7

| 17

| 28

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| 1978–79

| Vancouver Canucks

| NHL

| 78

| 16

| 19

| 35

| 116

| 3

| 0

| 2

| 6

1979–80

| Vancouver Canucks

| NHL

| 78

| 17

| 25

| 42

| 143

| 4

| 0

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1980–81

| Vancouver Canucks

| NHL

| 77

| 25

| 24

| 49

| 118

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

1981–82

| Vancouver Canucks

| NHL

| 79

| 28

| 39

| 67

| 175

| 17

| 3

| 7

| 10

| 98

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1982–83

| Vancouver Canucks

| NHL

| 36

| 6

| 7

| 13

| 99

| —

1982–83

| Chicago Black Hawks

| NHL

| 38

| 6

| 13

| 19

| 77

| 13

| 4

| 8

| 18

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1983–84

| Chicago Black Hawks

| NHL

| 29

| 5

| 12

| 17

| 28

| 5

| 0

| 14

1984–85

| Chicago Black Hawks

| NHL

| 73

| 25

| 50

| 109

| 15

| 6

| 3

| 9

| 36

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1985–86

| Chicago Black Hawks

| NHL

| 61

| 29

| 39

| 68

| 84

| 3

| 0

| 1

| 12

1986–87

| Chicago Blackhawks

| NHL

| 75

| 25

| 50

| 182

| 2

| 1

| 2

| 10

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1987–88

| Chicago Blackhawks

| NHL

| 27

| 4

| 6

| 10

| 57

| —

1987–88

| Minnesota North Stars

| NHL

| 10

| 1

| 2

| 20

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1988–89

| Minnesota North Stars

| NHL

| 35

| 5

| 10

| 76

| —

1989–90

| Minnesota North Stars

| NHL

| 8

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 22

| —

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 704

! 193

! 240

! 433

! 1,306

! 65

! 15

! 18

! 33

! 198

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1978

| Canada

| WJC

| 5

| 0

| 2

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1987

| United States

| CC

| 5

| 0

| 1

| 4

=Coaching=

rowspan="2"\|Team	rowspan="2"\|Year	colspan="7"\|Regular season	colspan="1"\|Post season
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Division rank	Result
rowspan="4"\|Atlanta Thrashers\|\|1999–2000 \|82\|\|14\|\|57\|\|7\|\|4\|\|39\|\|5th in Southeast\|\|Missed Playoffs
2000–01 \|82\|\|23\|\|45\|\|12\|\|2\|\|60\|\|4th in Southeast\|\|Missed Playoffs
2001–02 \|82\|\|19\|\|47\|\|11\|\|5\|\|54\|\|5th in Southeast\|\|Missed Playoffs
2002–03 \|33\|\|8\|\|20\|\|1\|\|4\|\|(74)\|\|3rd in Southeast\|\|Missed Playoffs
colspan="2"\|Total \|\|279\|\|64\|\|169\|\|31\|\|15

References

External links

{{icehockeystats|legends=12644}}

{{succession box | before = Position created | title = Head coach of the Atlanta Thrashers | years = 1999-2002 | after = Don Waddell}}

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Category:American ice hockey coaches

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Category:St. Louis Blues coaches

Category:Sportspeople from Cincinnati

Category:Vancouver Canucks draft picks

Category:Vancouver Canucks players

Category:Victoria Cougars (WHL) players

Category:20th-century American sportsmen

rowspan="2"\|Team	rowspan="2"\|Year	colspan="7"\|Regular season	colspan="1"\|Post season
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Division rank	Result
rowspan="4"\|Atlanta Thrashers\|\|1999–2000 \|82\|\|14\|\|57\|\|7\|\|4\|\|39\|\|5th in Southeast\|\|Missed Playoffs
2000–01 \|82\|\|23\|\|45\|\|12\|\|2\|\|60\|\|4th in Southeast\|\|Missed Playoffs
2001–02 \|82\|\|19\|\|47\|\|11\|\|5\|\|54\|\|5th in Southeast\|\|Missed Playoffs
2002–03 \|33\|\|8\|\|20\|\|1\|\|4\|\|(74)\|\|3rd in Southeast\|\|Missed Playoffs
colspan="2"\|Total \|\|279\|\|64\|\|169\|\|31\|\|15