What is Mike Grier?
{{Infobox Ice Hockey Player | image =Mike Grier Sharks.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Grier during his time with the Sharks in 2007 | played_for = [[Edmonton Oilers]]<br/>[[Washington Capitals]]<br/>[[San Jose Sharks]]<br/>[[Buffalo Sabres]] | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right wing/Left wing]] | shot = Right | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 227 | ntl_team = USA | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|1|5}} | birth_place = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan|MI]], [[United States|USA]] | draft = 219th overall | draft_year = 1993 | draft_team = [[St. Louis Blues]] | career_start = 1996 | career_end = 2011 |}} '''Michael James Grier''' (born January 5, 1975 in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]) is a retired [[ice hockey]] right winger and left winger that played for the Boston University Terriers as well as playing for 15 seasons in the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] with the [[Edmonton Oilers]], [[Washington Capitals]], [[San Jose Sharks]] and the [[Buffalo Sabres]]. He was picked by the St. Louis Blues with the 219th overall pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He is African American and is one of a small number of black hockey players in the league. He is also the first African American NHL player that was born and trained in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2008-01-14-cover-oree_N.htm|title=Willie O'Ree still blazing way in NHL 50 years later - USATODAY.com|website=usatoday30.usatoday.com}}</ref> On July 5th 2022, Grier became the general manager for the San Jose Sharks.<ref>{{Cite web|title=status/1544377578244284416|url=https://twitter.com/sanjosesharks/status/1544377578244284416|access-date=2022-07-05|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> He is the first black general manager in NHL history. ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == *[http://www.sabres.com/playerprofile.cfm?id=18 Mike Grier's NHL Player Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230214338/http://www.sabres.