Matt Frattin

Matt Frattin

With the Leafs in 2012.
Born (1988-01-03) January 3, 1988
Edmonton, AB, CAN
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
AHL team
Former teams		 Stockton Heat
Toronto Maple Leafs
Los Angeles Kings
Columbus Blue Jackets
NHL Draft 99th overall, 2007
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 2011–present

Matthew Frattin (born January 3, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently under contract with the Stockton Heat of the American Hockey League (AHL). He began his NHL career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the organization that drafted him 99th overall in 2007. Frattin had also previously played in the NHL for the Los Angeles Kings and Columbus Blue Jackets before rejoining Toronto in 2014 via a trade. Frattin spent a further season and a half in the Maple Leafs organization before being included in a 9-player blockbuster trade with the Ottawa Senators.

At the end of his senior season of college ice hockey with the University of North Dakota, in 2010–11, Frattin was honored as the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Player of the Year, also being named a Hobey Baker Award finalist.

Playing career

Amateur

Frattin was born in Edmonton, Alberta.[1] He played junior hockey for the Fort Saskatchewan Traders of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) during the 2006–07 season. After playing junior A ice hockey in Alberta, he was then selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the fourth round, 99th overall, of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. He then enrolled at the University of North Dakota in 2007.[2]

Frattin scored a key goal in North Dakota's playoff victory over rivals the University of Minnesota in the 2010 Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) playoffs. At the beginning of the 2010–11 season, Frattin won the team's fitness competition after working out extensively during the off-season.[2] In 2010, he also made headlines after the WCHA suspended him for one game due to a hit that he delivered against a Minnesota player.[3]

In the 2010–11 season, Frattin had a highly-productive offensive year, leading the entire NCAA Men's Division I in goal-scoring, with 36, a total eclipsing his combined total from his first three collegiate years combined.[4][5][6][7] His 36 goals was the third-highest single season total in Division I college hockey in the previous ten years, and the most since the University of Minnesota's Ryan Potulny scored 38 in the 2005–06 season. Frattin also set separate eight- and nine-game goal-scoring streaks during the season.[8] He played a key role in North Dakota's success in the playoffs, scoring two game-winning goals in the WCHA playoffs en route to a Frozen Four appearance. At the end of the season, Frattin was named WCHA Player of the Year and was selected as a Hobey Baker Award finalist.[9][10]

Professional

On April 8, 2011, at the end of the WCHA season, Frattin signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He played in his first career NHL game the very next day, on April 9.[11] His first career NHL goal was scored in the 2011–12 season on November 19, 2011, against goaltender Tomáš Vokoun of the Washington Capitals.[12]

On July 1, 2012, Toronto signed Frattin to a two-year contract extension.[13] On June 23, 2013, Frattin was traded to the Los Angeles Kings, along with goaltender Ben Scrivens and a conditional second-round draft pick, in exchange for goaltender Jonathan Bernier.[14] On March 5, 2014, Frattin was again traded, this time to the Columbus Blue Jackets, along with a second-round pick and a conditional third-round pick, in exchange for All-Star Marián Gáborík.[15]

After 4 games in Columbus, Frattin was then traded from the Blue Jackets back to the Maple Leafs on July 1, 2014, in exchange for Jerry D'Amigo and 2015 conditional seventh-round draft pick.[16] He was then immediately signed to a two-year contract extension by Toronto.

Frattin spent most of his next two seasons in the AHL with the Marlies. In the 15-16 season, Frattin lost ice time to young players such as William Nylander and Connor Brown, but still produced in his limited role. On February 9, 2016, Frattin was included in a blockbuster nine-player deal that focused around Dion Phaneuf moving to the Ottawa Senators.[17] It was the third time Frattin had been involved in a trade with the Maple Leafs in as many years. Frattin was loaned back to the Marlies the following day by the Senators to finish the season.

As a free agent from the Senators, Frattin opted to continue his career in the AHL, signing a one-year deal with the Stockton Heat, an affiliate of the Calgary Flames on September 1, 2016.[18]

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2006–07 Fort Saskatchewan Traders AJHL 58 49 34 83 75 15 5 6 11 10
2007–08 U. of North Dakota WCHA 43 4 11 15 18 — — — — —
2008–09 U. of North Dakota WCHA 42 13 12 25 48 — — — — —
2009–10 U. of North Dakota WCHA 24 11 8 19 21 — — — — —
2010–11 U. of North Dakota WCHA 44 36 24 60 42 — — — — —
2010–11 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2011–12 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 56 8 7 15 25 — — — — —
2011–12 Toronto Marlies AHL 23 14 4 18 20 13 10 3 13 6
2012–13 Toronto Marlies AHL 21 9 8 17 14 — — — — —
2012–13 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 25 7 6 13 4 6 0 2 2 0
2013–14 Los Angeles Kings NHL 40 2 4 6 11 — — — — —
2013–14 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 4 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2014–15 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 9 0 0 0 4 — — — — —
2014–15 Toronto Marlies AHL 59 26 22 48 26 5 3 3 6 14
2015–16 Toronto Marlies AHL 71 13 21 34 51 1 0 0 0 0
NHL totals 135 17 18 35 44 6 0 2 2 0

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-WCHA First Team 2010–11
AHCA West First-Team All-American 2010–11
WCHA All-Tournament Team 2011 [19]

References

  1. ↑ "Matt Frattin". Team. Toronto Maple Leafs. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Schlossman, Brad (December 18, 2010). "The Road to Redemption". Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  3. ↑ "WCHA suspends North Dakota forward Matt Frattin for a game after hit". NHL.com. Canadian Press. March 16, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Men's Division I Hockey Overall Statistics: 2010-2011". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Frattin sniping from all over". Grand Forks Herald. November 26, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  6. ↑ Miller, Patrick (March 7, 2011). "North Dakota's Frattin finds next gear late in turnaround season". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
  7. ↑ Borzi, Pat (April 2, 2011). "On New Path, Leading to Frozen Four". The New York Times. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  8. ↑ Schlossman, Brad (April 7, 2011). "Frozen Four preview: Frattin alone in spotlight". Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Frattin Named WCHA Player of the Year". WZAD. March 10, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
  10. ↑ "UND's Frattin a Hobey Baker Award finalist". The Dickinson Press. March 17, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
  11. ↑ Longley, Rob (April 9, 2011). "Leaf rookies get feet wet". The Toronto Sun. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  12. ↑ http://www.nhl.com/ice/boxscore.htm?id=2011020277
  13. ↑ "Leafs Sign Frattin, Hamilton & Rynnas". Toronto Maple Leafs. 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  14. ↑ "LEAFS ACQUIRE BERNIER FROM KINGS FOR FRATTIN, SCRIVENS, PICK". TSN. June 22, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Marian Gaborik traded to Kings". ESPN. 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
  16. ↑ "Leads re-acquire Frattin from Blue Jackets for D'Amigo". "The Sports Network". 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  17. ↑ "Maple Leafs deal D Phaneuf to Senators in nine-player trade". ESPN. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  18. ↑ "Heat sign five to AHL deals". Stockton Heat. 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
  19. ↑ "WCHA Tourney History". WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Marc Cheverie		 WCHA Player of the Year
2010–11 		Succeeded by
Jack Connolly
Preceded by
Evan Trupp		 WCHA Most Valuable Player in Tournament
2011 		Succeeded by
Aaron Dell
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