Trent Klatt

Trent Thomas Klatt (born January 30, 1971) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks and Los Angeles Kings.

Playing career Klatt played his college hockey at the University of Minnesota. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1989 NHL entry draft by the Washington Capitals. He was traded on June 21, 1991, with Steve Maltais to the North Stars for Shawn Chambers. Klatt played four and a half years with the Stars and was traded to the Flyers in December 1995. It was in Philadelphia that Klatt enjoyed his finest offensive season in 1996–97 scoring 24 goals with 21 assists. On October 19, 1998, Klatt was traded to the Canucks for a draft pick. Klatt ended up playing five seasons with Vancouver, where he was perhaps best known for playing on a line with Daniel and Henrik Sedin in the twins' first three NHL seasons. During the 2003 offseason, Klatt signed a free agent contract with the Kings.

During the NHL lockout of 2004–05, Klatt served on the NHLPA bargaining committee. However, less than a month before the NHL was to restart for the 2005–06 season, Klatt announced his retirement from the NHL, citing family issues as the reason. Klatt coached Bantam A hockey in Grand Rapids, Minnesota along with fellow former NHL player Scot Kleinendorst.. Klatt is Director of Amateur Scouting for the New York Islanders, where he has assumed responsibility for running the Islanders' draft table following the dismissal of former Islanders Asst. GM Ryan Jankowski.

Coaching career Klatt started as the Junior Varsity and Varsity coach for Grand Rapids High School in the 2015-2016 season, where they finished 3rd in State. He won his 1st Class AA Minnesota State High School Championship on Saturday, March 11, 2017, with a 6-3 win over the Moorhead Spuds.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1986–87 Osseo Senior High School HS-MN 22 9 27 36 — — — — — — 1987–88 Osseo Senior High School HS-MN 22 19 17 36 — — — — — — 1988–89 Osseo Senior High School HS-MN 22 24 39 63 — — — — — — 1989–90 University of Minnesota WCHA 38 22 14 36 16 — — — — — 1990–91 University of Minnesota WCHA 39 16 28 44 58 — — — — — 1991–92 University of Minnesota WCHA 44 30 36 66 78 — — — — — 1991–92 Minnesota North Stars NHL 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 1992–93 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 31 8 11 19 18 — — — — — 1992–93 Minnesota North Stars NHL 47 4 19 23 38 — — — — — 1993–94 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 6 3 2 5 4 — — — — — 1993–94 Dallas Stars NHL 61 14 24 38 30 9 2 1 3 4 1995–96 Michigan K-Wings IHL 2 1 2 3 5 — — — — — 1995–96 Dallas Stars NHL 22 4 4 8 23 — — — — — 1995–96 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 49 3 8 11 21 12 4 1 5 0 1996–97 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 76 24 21 45 20 19 4 3 7 12 1997–98 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 14 28 42 16 5 0 0 0 0 1998–99 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1998–99 Vancouver Canucks NHL 73 4 10 14 12 — — — — — 1999–00 Syracuse Crunch AHL 24 13 10 23 6 — — — — — 1999–00 Vancouver Canucks NHL 47 10 10 20 26 — — — — — 2000–01 Vancouver Canucks NHL 77 13 20 33 31 4 3 0 3 0 2001–02 Vancouver Canucks NHL 34 8 7 15 10 — — — — — 2002–03 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 16 13 29 8 14 2 4 6 2 2003–04 Los Angeles Kings NHL 82 17 26 43 46 — — — — — NHL totals 782 143 200 343 307 74 16 9 25 20

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1991 United States WJC 7 6 6 12 6 1999 United States WC 6 3 0 3 0