height_ft played_for weight_lb birth_place draft_year career_end position catches draft_team birth_date height_in article_title draft name career_start
6 edmonton oilers 200 vitória , brazil 1986 1996 goaltender left edmonton oilers 15 september 1968 3 mike greenlay
 189th overall mike greenlay 1989
mike greenlay

michael r. greenlay -lrb- born september 15 , 1968 in vitória , brazil -rrb- is a former national hockey league player .
goalie mike greenlay made a couple of appearances for the edmonton oilers in 1989 -- 90 .
he was a successful amateur player who spent most of his pro career in the minors .
greenlay grew up in calgary , alberta .
he was selected 189th overall by edmonton in 1986 out of the calgary aaa midgets .
he then played parts of three years at lake superior state .
he was a member of the lake superior state lakers 1988 ncaa championship men 's ice hockey team .
early in the 1988 -- 89 season he left the lakers to suit up for the whl 's saskatoon blades .
greenlay helped the squad reach the memorial cup final and was named the top goaltender at the tournament and an all-star .
apart from his two-game stint with edmonton , greenlay excelled for parts of two years with the ahl 's cape breton oilers .
he also toiled in the echl and ihl before retiring early in the 1995 -- 96 season .
in 1994 greenlay shared the james norris memorial trophy -lrb- ihl -rrb- with j.c. bergeron for allowing the fewest goals in the ihl .
he also led all post-season goalies in wins while helping the atlanta knights win the turner cup in 1994 .
greenlay currently serves as a color commentator for minnesota wild television broadcasts .
