Grant Sasser
Encyclopedia
Grant Sasser is a retired professional ice hockey
player who played three games in the National Hockey League
. He played for the Pittsburgh Penguins
and was the first Oregon native to participate in an NHL game. Sasser played junior hockey for the hometown Portland Winterhawkshttp://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1982/82094.html
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player who played three games in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
. He played for the Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...
and was the first Oregon native to participate in an NHL game. Sasser played junior hockey for the hometown Portland Winterhawkshttp://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1982/82094.html