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Tyrone Garner
Born (1978-07-27) July 27, 1978 (age 46)
Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Calgary Flames
Vålerenga
Brisbane Blue Tongues
NHL Draft 83rd overall, 1996
New York Islanders
Playing career 1999–2008

Tyrone Garner (born July 27, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 3 games in the National Hockey League with the Calgary Flames during the 1998–99 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1999 to 2007, was mainly spent in the minor leagues He was drafted by the New York Islanders in the fourth round, 83rd overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Juniors

Garner played three National Hockey League games in his career, for the Calgary Flames in 1998–99 as an emergency call-up from his junior team, the Oshawa Generals. He posted a 0–2–0 record with a 5.18 GAA before being returned to the Generals where he was named to the Ontario Hockey League's second All-Star Team in 1999.

Professional

Garner spent most of his North American career in the ECHL before moving to play in Europe in 2003. He was named the co-winner of the ECHL's playoff Most Valuable Player award in 2002 while a member of the Greenville Grrrowl.

While playing in Norway during the 2005–06 season, Garner suffered a horrible groin injury that ripped the muscles from the bone. Doctors told him that under no circumstances could Garner play as a goaltender for at least one year. So he skated as a forward with the Southern Professional Hockey League's Jacksonville Barracudas, where he scored 12 goals and 22 points in 47 games. He remained with the Barracudas during the 2007-08 SPHL season, where he scored 12 goals and 27 points in 41 games.

Garner also played as a forward with the Brantford Blast of Major League Hockey during the 2008–09 season, where he scored 11 points in 13 games.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1994–95 Stoney Creek Spirit GHL 10 2 7 1 589 62 0 6.32
1994–95 Hamilton Kilty B's OPJHL 44 2.85
1995–96 Oshawa Generals OHL 32 11 15 4 1697 112 0 3.96 .882
1996–97 Oshawa Generals OHL 9 6 1 0 434 20 0 2.76 .909 3 1 0 88 6 0 4.09
1997–98 Oshawa Generals OHL 54 23 17 8 2946 162 1 3.30 .899 7 3 4 450 25 0 3.33 .918
1998–99 Calgary Flames NHL 3 0 2 0 140 12 0 5.18 .838
1998–99 Oshawa Generals OHL 44 24 15 3 2496 124 4 2.98 .907 15 9 6 901 57 0 3.80 .900
1999–00 Saint John Flames AHL 19 4 8 4 940 70 0 4.47 .874
1999–00 Dayton Bombers ECHL 3 0 2 0 113 11 0 5.86 .771
1999–00 Johnstown Chiefs ECHL 17 8 6 3 971 48 0 2.97 .898 1 0 1 59 2 0 2.03 .920
2000–01 Johnstown Chiefs ECHL 5 3 1 1 306 15 0 2.94 .913
2000–01 Greenville Grrrowl ECHL 35 17 15 3 2114 99 3 2.81 .917
2001–02 Greenville Grrowl ECHL 29 12 12 5 1763 74 0 2.52 .925 14 12 2 803 33 0 2.47 .927
2002–03 San Antonio Rampage AHL 1 0 1 0 60 5 0 5.00 .861
2002–03 Jackson Bandits ECHL 39 18 17 4 2351 106 4 2.71 .914 1 0 1 76 3 0 2.35 .889
2003–04 Stuttgart Wizards GER-3 54 3239 137 7 2.53
2004–05 Stuttgart Wizards GER-3 39 2347 119 1 3.04
2005–06 Vålerenga NOR 27 2.60 .914
2006–07 Jacksonville Barracudas SPHL 47 8
2007 Brisbane Blue Tongues AIHL 17 3.31 .877
2007–08 Jacksonville Barracudas SPHL 41 8
ECHL totals 128 58 53 16 7618 353 7 2.78 .914 16 12 4 938 38 0 2.43 .924
NHL totals 3 0 2 0 140 12 0 5.18 .838
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