Tim Gleason

Infobox Ice Hockey Player

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image_size=230px
team = Carolina Hurricanes
former_teams = Los Angeles Kings
league = NHL
position = Defense
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 217
nickname =
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1983|01|29
birth_place = Clawson, Michigan
draft = 23rd overall
draft_year = 2001
draft_team = Ottawa Senators
career_start = 2003

Tim Gleason (b. January 29 1983, Clawson, Michigan) is a professional ice hockey defenseman for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League.

Playing career

Gleason was drafted twenty-third overall from the Windsor Spitfires in the first round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators. Before playing any games with the Senators, Gleason was traded to the Los Angeles Kings on March 11 2003, for Bryan Smolinski.

After spending three years in the Kings organization, Gleason (along with Éric Bélanger) was traded to the Hurricanes on September 29 2006, for Oleg Tverdovsky and prospect Jack Johnson.

Career statistics

International play

Played for the United States in:

*2008 World Championships

International statistics

External links

*hockeydb|50279