Stu Grimson Biography.
Stuart “Stu” Grimson is a Canadian retired ice hockey player. From 1989 to 2002 Grimson played in the National Hockey League. During this time, he played for the Los Angeles Kings, Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and Nashville Predators.
Stu was known as an enforcer, with over two thousand penalty minutes in his profession. His size, his credit as a fighter, and a play on his surname blended to gain him the nickname “The Grim Reaper”. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, but grew up in Kamloops, British Columbia
Stu Grimson Age.
Stu Grimson was born on May 20, 1965. He is 54 years old as of 2019. He celebrates his birthday every May 20th.
Stu Grimson Height.
He has a height of 6 feet and 6 inches tall.
Stu Grimson Net Worth.
Grimson had a successful career in ice hockey games since 2000. His salary and net worth have however not been disclosed yet. We will update you on his net worth as soon as they are available.
Stu Grimson Wife – Kids
Grimson is married to Jennifer Ives Grimson since 2018. Stu has four children Jayne, Erin, Kristjan, and Hannah. He lives in Nashville, TN
Stu Grimson NHL
During his long career, Grimson developed as a fighter. In his younger days, he lacked balance and was helpless to shorter, more vigorously built fighters. It was in his the ‘91-92 season with the Blackhawks, that he started to show signs of developing his balance, and though his style still left him vulnerable, he scored wins over some of the league’s stronger fighters.
In the 1996–97 season, he scored crucial wins over-organized fighters such as Randy McKay, Darren Langdon, and Enrico Ciccone, and he battered Ryan Vandenbussche and Shane Churla of the New York Rangers in one-sided victories. The subsequent season saw Stu transfer with the Whalers to Carolina, and as a Hurricane, he proceeded to be a force in the league. He began a competition with Krzysztof Oliwa of the New Jersey Devils that season, which noticed the two men fight several times over the next few seasons, regularly to a draw.
Grimson spent the following two seasons back in Anaheim and played his last full season with the Los Angeles Kings in 2000–01. He remained an honored and elite heavyweight fighter, but in his final season, in Nashville, he endured from post-concussion syndrome and was forced to resign after a fight with Georges Laraque of the Edmonton Oilers. He had already been suffering effects before that match and even revealed he once blacked out in the midst of a fight.
Grimson enjoyed a career-long rivalry with enforcer Bob Probert, viewed by multiple commentators to be one of the top fighters in NHL history. Though the accord is that Probert got the better of the competition, Stu usually held his own and scored a couple of wins of his own against Probert. In his last seasons, Grimson built disputes with a new generation of fighters, such as Georges Laraque, Krzysztof Oliwa and Scott Parker.
Stu Grimson Statistics.
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | Lge | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1982-83 | Regina Pats | WHL | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 105 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| 1983-84 | Regina Pats | WHL | 63 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 131 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | |
| 1984-85 | Regina Pats | WHL | 71 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 248 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |
| 1985-86 | U. of Manitoba | CWUAA | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 113 | ||||||
| 1986-87 | U. of Manitoba | CWUAA | 29 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 67 | ||||||
| 1987-88 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | IHL | 37 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 268 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1988-89 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988-89 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | IHL | 72 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 397 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 86 | |
| 1989-90 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | -1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989-90 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | IHL | 62 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 319 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1990-91 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 183 | -3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 1991-92 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1991-92 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 54 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 234 | -2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1992-93 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 78 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 193 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1993-94 | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | NHL | 77 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 199 | -6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994-95 | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | NHL | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 110 | -7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994-95 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | -4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| 1995-96 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 128 | -10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996-97 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996-97 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 75 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 218 | -7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997-98 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 82 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 204 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998-99 | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | NHL | 73 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 158 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 1999-00 | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | NHL | 50 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 116 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000-01 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 72 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 235 | -2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2001-02 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 76 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| NHL Totals | 729 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 2113 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 120 | |||