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Justin Morrison

{{short description|American professional ice hockey player (born 1979)}}

{{hatnote|Not to be confused with Justin Logan Morrison.}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{BLP sources|date=October 2016}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Justin Morrison.jpg

| image_size = 230 px

| caption = Morrison with the Chicago Wolves in 2006

| position = Right Wing

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 220

| played_for = Lukko (SM-liiga)
Frölunda HC (SEL)
Modo (SEL)
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
HC Dinamo Minsk
HC Davos
Hamburg Freezers (DEL)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|8|10|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| career_start = 2001

| career_end = 2011

| draft = 81st overall

| draft_year = 1998

| draft_team = Vancouver Canucks

}}

Justin Morrison (born August 10, 1979, in Los Angeles, California, United States) is an American former professional ice hockey player who last played for Lukko of the SM-liiga.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-05-sp-29582-story.html |title=Skating on Strange Terrain : NHL Hopeful Justin Morrison Wants to Set an Example for African American Kids |website=Articles.latimes.com |date=1998-10-05 |access-date=2016-10-27}}

Playing career

Justin Morrison starting playing hockey late in his childhood — around age 11 — after seeing the sport at a local rink. His talent was quickly recognized as he moved from local Los Angeles teams to playing for the Omaha Lancers in the United States Hockey League. Soon thereafter, he became a member of the USA U-17 team that participated in the World U-17 Hockey Challenge. Morrison has since played for the United States World Junior Team in the 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, and has been a recurring member of the USA Hockey Inline Team. As a teenager, Morrison appeared in the movie D2: The Mighty Ducks as a street hockey player.

Morrison's collegiate career consisted of four years at Colorado College playing in the WCHA. He is a current member of the university's Century Club, having tallied more than 100 collegiate points. Morrison was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in the 3rd round, as the 81st pick overall. At the time, he was the second-highest NHL draft pick in the school's illustrious hockey history. He was also the first African-American hockey player from Los Angeles to be drafted into the NHL.

As a professional, Morrison spent four seasons with the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL and their affiliate the Manitoba Moose of the AHL. Morrison also spent a season with Atlanta Thrashers, playing for the Chicago Wolves in the AHL.

Morrison's first season overseas was in the Swedish Elitserien playing for Modo Hockey. Morrison tallied 28 points in 34 games (18 goals, 10 assists) and helped lead his team to an SEL Championship. Morrison has also played for Frölunda HC in Elitserien, for the Hamburg Freezers{{cite web|url=http://www.blogspan.net/presse/hamburg-freezers-presseservicefreezers-verpflichten-us-strmer-justin-morrison/mitteilung/12089/ |title=PRESSEMITTEILUNGEN - Hamburg Freezers Presseservice Freezers verpflichten US-Stürmer Justin Morrison - Hamburg, Freezers, Morrison, Lukko, Team, Modo, Ausfälle, Justin, Saison, Leslie, Manning, Peter, Paul, Kontakt, Geschäftsführer, Kilogramm, Meter, Rechtsaußen, schwerDurch, Sarno, Capla, Boris |accessdate=2009-04-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007225852/http://www.blogspan.net/presse/hamburg-freezers-presseservicefreezers-verpflichten-us-strmer-justin-morrison/mitteilung/12089/ |archivedate=2011-10-07 }} in the DEL, and for a short time with both the HC Dinamo Minsk in the KHL and Switzerland's HC Davos.{{cite web |url=http://www.tagblatt.ch/sport/eishockey/newstransfers/Justin-Morrison-fuer-drei-Spiele-zum-HCD;art2647,1043431 |title=St.Galler Tagblatt Online - Justin Morrison für drei Spiele zum HCD |website=www.tagblatt.ch |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110809085009/http://www.tagblatt.ch/sport/eishockey/newstransfers/Justin-Morrison-fuer-drei-Spiele-zum-HCD;art2647,1043431 |archive-date=9 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}

For the 2009–10 season Morrison returned the Finnish SM-liiga, where he was the top scorer for Lukko and among the top scorers in the league, having tallied 51 points in 50 games during the regular season, and was nominated as league MVP.{{cite web|url=http://yle.fi/ecepic/archive/00293/Rauman_Lukko_Morris_293932b.jpg |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-09-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005194334/http://yle.fi/ecepic/archive/00293/Rauman_Lukko_Morris_293932b.jpg |archivedate=2012-10-05 }}

In 2009, while playing for Lukko, Morrison again joined USA Hockey, this time for the Deutschland Cup, hosted by the city of Munich. Morrison took home Player of the Game honors against Germany for his 2-goal effort, and was the USA's top scorer for the tournament. Team USA took home 2nd place to Germany after losing in a shoot-out to the Czech Republic.

For the 2010-11 season, Morrison returned to Lukko where he had another productive season, positioning himself as one of the league's most exciting players and prolific scorers.{{cite web|url=http://www.ls24.fi/jaakiekko/viel%C3%A4_on_varaa_parantaa_2238314.html |title=Sanomalehti Länsi-Suomi | Sinun kotisivusi | Jääkiekko |accessdate=2010-09-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720190506/http://www.ls24.fi/jaakiekko/viel%C3%A4_on_varaa_parantaa_2238314.html |archivedate=2011-07-20 }}

Privates

Justin Morrison lives in Portland, Oregon with his two sons.

Career statistics

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! 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

1996–97

| Omaha Lancers

| USHL

| 51

9202944

| 10

2468
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997–98

| Colorado College

| NCAA

| 42

49138

| —

————
1998–99

| Colorado College

| NCAA

| 38

23153833

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999–00

| Colorado College

| NCAA

| 38

7192628

| —

————
2000–01

| Colorado College

| NCAA

| 41

21143542

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| Manitoba Moose

| AHL

| 64

1091937

| 7

1010
2002–03

| Manitoba Moose

| AHL

| 30

1061613

| 2

0004
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| Columbia Inferno

| ECHL

| 40

20355539

| —

————
2003–04

| Manitoba Moose

| AHL

| 66

18183627

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004–05

| Manitoba Moose

| AHL

| 71

11102133

| 14

1568
2005–06

| Chicago Wolves

| AHL

| 58

22173938

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006–07

| Modo Hockey

| SHL

| 34

18102838

| 9

00024
2007–08

| TPS

| Liiga

| 2

0110

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| Frölunda HC

| SHL

| 11

1346

| —

————
2007–08

| Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

| NLA

| 1

0110

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| Lukko

| Liiga

| 16

481222

| 6

4260
2008–09

| HC Dinamo Minsk

| KHL

| 3

0002

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| HC Davos

| NLA

| 2

0112

| —

————
2008–09

| Hamburg Freezers

| DEL

| 24

45914

| 1

0000
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| Lukko

| Liiga

| 50

18335160

| 4

0118
2010–11

| Lukko

| Liiga

| 56

22194134

| 4

0002
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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! ALIGN="center" | 289

! ALIGN="center" | 71

! ALIGN="center" | 60

! ALIGN="center" | 131

! ALIGN="center" | 148

! ALIGN="center" | 35

! ALIGN="center" | 4

! ALIGN="center" | 8

! ALIGN="center" | 12

! ALIGN="center" | 16

Awards and honors

class="wikitable"
Award

! Year

!

WCHA All-Tournament Team

| 1999

| {{cite news|title=WCHA Tourney History|url=http://wcha.com/men/tourney/history.php|website=WCHA.com|accessdate=2014-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702170427/http://www.wcha.com/men/tourney/history.php|archive-date=2014-07-02|url-status=dead}}

References

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External links

  • {{Ice hockey stats}}

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Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:African-American ice hockey players

Category:American men's ice hockey right wingers

Category:Chicago Wolves players

Category:Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey players

Category:Columbia Inferno players

Category:Frölunda HC players

Category:Ice hockey people from Los Angeles

Category:Lukko players

Category:Manitoba Moose players

Category:Modo Hockey players

Category:Omaha Lancers players

Category:SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers players

Category:Vancouver Canucks draft picks

Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen

Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen

Category:American expatriate ice hockey players in Finland