Craig Malcolm Ferguson is a retired American

United States

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-born Canadian

Canada

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 professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 player. He was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

 in the seventh round, 146th overall in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft

1989 NHL Entry Draft

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. His father is former-NHL player Norm Ferguson

Norm Ferguson

Norman Gerard Ferguson is a Canadian former ice hockey player.Ferguson was a forward who played in either centre or right wing and played in the National Hockey League with the Oakland / California Seals. Ferguson holds the Seals single-season record for goals; he scored 34 during the 1968-1969...

. Born in Castro Valley

Castro Valley, California

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, California

California

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 to Canadian parents, Ferguson was raised in Sydney

Sydney, Nova Scotia

Sydney is a Canadian urban community in the province of Nova Scotia. It is situated on the east coast of Cape Breton Island and is administratively part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality....

, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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.

College career

After graduating from Riverview Rural High School

Riverview Rural High School

Riverview Rural High School is a secondary school located in Coxheath, Nova Scotia, Canada, a suburb of Sydney, Nova Scotia. It is attended by approximately 1000 students in grades 10 to 12...

 in 1988, Ferguson played four years of college hockey for the Yale University Bulldogs

Yale University

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 of the ECAC

Eastern College Athletic Conference

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. At Yale, Ferguson lived at Calhoun College

Calhoun College

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. Ferguson was one of the twelve players named to the 1988-1989 ECAC Hockey All-Rookie team. Ferguson returned to New Haven in 1997-1998 as a member of the Beast of New Haven

Beast of New Haven

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. During the season, he became the first professional hockey player ever invited to speak at a Master's Tea at Calhoun College; past speakers had included James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

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 and Paul Newman

Paul Newman

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. Ferguson graduated from Yale with a BA in economics and political science.

Professional career

He was drafted in 1989 and turned pro in 1992. He spent much of his career bouncing around the minor leagues, but appeared in 27 National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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 games for the Canadiens, Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames

The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the...

 and Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers

The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their games at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise and are the...

. Ferguson recorded one goal (it was against the Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs

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 during Mario Tremblay

Mario Tremblay

Mario Tremblay is a former professional ice hockey player and former coach in the National Hockey League...

's first game as coach) and one assist in his NHL career. In 2000, he moved to Europe where he played three seasons for HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the Swiss

Switzerland

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 Nationalliga A, and then three more with ERC Ingolstadt

ERC Ingolstadt

The ERC Ingolstadt are a member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Commonly known as the Panthers, they play their games in Ingolstadt, Germany at the Saturn Arena. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Ingolstadt signed NHLers Marco Sturm, Andy McDonald, Jamie Langenbrunner and Aaron Ward...

 of the German

Germany

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 Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

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