Matt Frattin

Matt Frattin
With the Leafs in 2012.
Born	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
NHL team (P) Cur. team Former teams	Ottawa Senators Toronto Marlies (AHL) 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 currently playing with the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League (AHL), on loan from the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). 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 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.

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
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	[18]

References

1. "Matt Frattin". Team. Toronto Maple Leafs. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
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. "WCHA Tourney History". WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-26.

External links

• Matt Frattin's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
• Matt Frattin's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Matt Frattin's Maple Leafs profile
• Matt Frattin on Twitter