Greg Johnson (ice hockey)

**Gregory C. Johnson** (March 16, 1971 – July 7, 2019) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played parts of fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Chicago Blackhawks, and Nashville Predators.

On July 7, 2019, Johnson was found dead in the basement of his house by his wife. It was concludedby police that Johnson had committed suicide by firearm. After his death, an autopsy revealed that Johnson had been suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

### Regular season and playoffs

|colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"||rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||colspan="5"|Regular season|rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||colspan="5"|Playoffs||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1988–89|Thunder Bay Flyers|USHL|47|32|64|96|4|12|5|13|18|0|
|1989–90|U. of North Dakota|WCHA|44|17|38|55|11|—|—|—|—|—|
|1990–91|U. of North Dakota|WCHA|38|18|61|79|6|—|—|—|—|—|
|1991–92|U. of North Dakota|WCHA|39|20|54|74|8|—|—|—|—|—|
|1992–93|U. of North Dakota|WCHA|34|19|45|64|18|—|—|—|—|—|
|1992–93|Canadian National Team|Intl|23|6|14|20|2|—|—|—|—|—|
|1993–94|Canadian National Team|Intl|14|2|9|11|4|—|—|—|—|—|
|1993–94|Adirondack Red Wings|AHL|3|2|4|6|0|4|0|4|4|2|
|1993–94|Detroit Red Wings|NHL|52|6|11|17|22|7|2|2|4|2|
|1994–95|Detroit Red Wings|NHL|22|3|5|8|14|1|0|0|0|0|
|1995–96|Detroit Red Wings|NHL|60|18|22|40|30|13|3|1|4|8|
|1996–97|Detroit Red Wings|NHL|43|6|10|16|12|—|—|—|—|—|
|1996–97|Pittsburgh Penguins|NHL|32|7|9|16|14|5|1|0|1|2|
|1997–98|Pittsburgh Penguins|NHL|5|1|0|1|2|—|—|—|—|—|
|1997–98|Chicago Blackhawks|NHL|69|11|22|33|38|—|—|—|—|—|
|1998–99|Nashville Predators|NHL|68|16|34|50|24|—|—|—|—|—|
|1999–00|Nashville Predators|NHL|82|11|33|44|40|—|—|—|—|—|
|2000–01|Nashville Predators|NHL|82|15|17|32|46|—|—|—|—|—|
|2001–02|Nashville Predators|NHL|82|18|26|44|38|—|—|—|—|—|
|2002–03|Nashville Predators|NHL|38|8|9|17|22|—|—|—|—|—|
|2003–04|Nashville Predators|NHL|82|14|18|32|33|6|1|2|3|0|
|2005–06|Nashville Predators|NHL|68|11|8|19|10|5|0|1|1|2|

### International

|Year|Team|Event|Result|rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||GP|G|A|Pts|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1991|Canada|WJC||7|4|2|6|0|||
|1993|Canada|WC|4th|8|1|2|3|2|||
|1994|Canada|Oly||8|0|3|3|0|||

## Awards and honours

|Award|Year||
| --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="3"|USHL||
|Forward of the Year|1989||
|Clark Cup (Thunder Bay Flyers)|1989||
|colspan="3"|College||
|WCHA All-Tournament Team|1990||
|All-WCHA First Team|1990–91||
|AHCA West First-Team All-American|1990–91||
|WCHA All-Tournament Team|1991||
|All-WCHA First Team|1991–92||
|AHCA West Second-Team All-American|1991–92||
|All-WCHA First Team|1992–93||
|AHCA West First-Team All-American|1992–93||

## Infobox (ice hockey player)

- **name**: Greg Johnson
- **image size**: 230px
- **position**: Centre (ice hockey), Centre
- **played for**: Detroit Red Wings
Pittsburgh Penguins
Chicago Blackhawks
Nashville Predators
- **shoots**: Left
- **height ft**: 5
- **height in**: 10
- **weight lb**: 194
- **ntl team**: Canada
- **birth place**: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
- **death place**: Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- **draft**: 33rd overall
- **draft year**: 1989
- **draft team**: Philadelphia Flyers
- **career start**: 1994
- **career end**: 2006