Grant Sasser

{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1964)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | image_size = | caption = | alt = | position = Center | shoots = Right | played_for = Pittsburgh Penguins | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 180 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|2|13}} | birth_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S. | draft = 94th overall | draft_team = Pittsburgh Penguins | draft_year = 1982 | career_start = 1984 | career_end = 1985 }} '''Grant Sasser''' (born February 13, 1964) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played three games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 1983–84 season. Sasser was the first Oregon native to participate in an NHL game. Sasser played junior hockey for the hometown Portland Winterhawks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1982/82094.html|title=Grant Sasser's hockeydraftcentral.com bio}}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1980–81 | Fort Saskatchewan Traders | AJHL | 54 || 33 || 49 || 82 || 49 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1981–82 | Portland Winterhawks | WHL | 49 || 19 || 23 || 42 || 32 | 15 || 5 || 6 || 11 || 13 |- | 1981–82 | Portland Winterhawks | M-Cup | — || — || — || — || — | 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1982–83 | Portland Winterhawks | WHL | 70 || 54 || 65 || 119 || 39 | 14 || 12 || 15 || 27 || 4 |- | 1982–83 | Portland Winterhawks | M-Cup | — || — || — || — || — | 4 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1983–84 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1983–84 | Portland Winterhawks | WHL | 66 || 44 || 69 || 113 || 24 | 14 || 5 || 8 || 13 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1984–85 | Baltimore Skipjacks | AHL | 60 || 5 || 7 || 12 || 12 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1984–85 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 10 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 18 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |}

==Awards== * WHL West Second All-Star Team – 1984

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==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats}}

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