Marty Reasoner
Playing career
He was selected in the first round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, 14th overall, by the St. Louis Blues. This followed two years of high school hockey at McQuaid Jesuit High School, two years of high school at Deerfield Academy in Mass. and three years at Boston College, where he was named Rookie of the Year his freshmen year, and named All-American his junior season when he led the Eagles to the NCAA finals. Reasoner split 1998–2001 between the Blues and their top minor-league affiliate, the Worcester IceCats. In 2003, he was voted a starter on the IceCats' tenth-anniversary All-Time Team.Reasoner was traded on July 1, 2001 to the Edmonton Oilers, along with Jochen Hecht and Jan Horacek in exchange for Oilers' captain Doug Weight and Michel Riesen. In November 2003, Reasoner suffered a severe knee injury when he crashed into the end boards. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Reasoner played 11 games for EC Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian League. On August 9, 2005, Reasoner and the Oilers came to terms on a one-year deal. He was traded from Edmonton to the Boston Bruins on March 9, 2006, along with Yan Stastny and a second-round pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft (Milan Lucic) in exchange for Sergei Samsonov, thus missing the incredible playoff run of the Oilers that year.
In July 2006, Reasoner signed a two-year contract to return to Edmonton. After spending two more seasons with the Oilers, Reasoner signed a contract with the Atlanta Thrashers on July 17, 2008.
Reasoner has represented the United States internationally on five occasions, twice with the World Junior team and three times at the World Championships.
Career statistics
--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995-96 Boston College NCAA 34 16 29 45 32 -- -- -- -- -- 1996-97 Boston College NCAA 35 20 24 44 31 -- -- -- -- -- 1997-98 Boston College NCAA 42 33 40 73 56 -- -- -- -- -- 1998-99 St. Louis Blues NHL 22 3 7 10 8 -- -- -- -- -- 1998-99 Worcester IceCats AHL 44 17 22 39 24 4 2 1 3 6 1999-00 St. Louis Blues NHL 32 10 14 24 20 7 2 1 3 4 1999-00 Worcester IceCats AHL 44 23 28 51 39 -- -- -- -- -- 2000-01 St. Louis Blues NHL 41 4 9 13 14 10 3 1 4 0 2000-01 Worcester IceCats AHL 34 17 18 35 25 -- -- -- -- -- 2001-02 Edmonton Oilers NHL 52 6 5 11 41 -- -- -- -- -- 2002-03 Edmonton Oilers NHL 70 11 20 31 28 6 1 0 1 2 2002-03 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 2 0 2 2 2 -- -- -- -- -- 2003-04 Edmonton Oilers NHL 17 2 6 8 10 -- -- -- -- -- 2004-05 Salzburg EC Aust 11 5 4 9 12 -- -- -- -- -- 2005-06 Boston Bruins NHL 19 2 6 8 8 -- -- -- -- -- 2005-06 Edmonton Oilers NHL 58 9 17 26 20 -- -- -- -- -- 2006-07 Edmonton Oilers NHL 72 6 14 20 60 -- -- -- -- -- 2007-08 Edmonton Oilers NHL 82 11 14 25 50 -- -- -- -- -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NHL Totals 465 64 112 176 259 23 6 2 8 6
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