Garnet Exelby
| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
ft in
( m) 215 lb (98 kg) |
| NHL Team | Atlanta Thrashers |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | August 16 1981 , Craik SK, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 217th overall, 1999 Atlanta Thrashers |
| Pro Career | 2003 – present |
Garnet Exelby (born August 16, 1981 in Craik, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian professional hockey defenceman currently playing for the Atlanta Thrashers of the NHL.
Exelby was drafted by the Thrashers in Round 8, 217th overall at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Having already spent one year playing junior hockey for the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL, Exelby played the next two seasons at the WHL with the Blades and the Regina Pats. In the 2001-02 season, Exelby moved away from the juniors and played in the AHL for the Chicago Wolves. He stayed with the Wolves for the whole of that season, as the Wolves clinched the AHL's Calder Cup. Exelby was called up to the main Thrashers roster midway through the 2002-03 NHL season where he plays today.
Exelby has garnered a reputation as one of the heaviest hitters in the game. [citation needed]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2002-03 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003-04 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 71 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 134 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005-06 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 75 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006-07 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 58 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| NHL totals | 219 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 306 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
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