Grant Curtis Jennings is a former National Hockey League

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 defenceman

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Jennings played junior hockey in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League

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 for the Humboldt Broncos

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 and in the Western Hockey League

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 for the Saskatoon Blades

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. He was never selected in the NHL Entry Draft

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; he was signed as a free agent by the Washington Capitals

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 on June 25, 1985. In his NHL career, he played for the Capitals, the Hartford Whalers

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, the Pittsburgh Penguins

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 (with whom he won the Stanley Cup

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 in 1991 and 1992), the Toronto Maple Leafs

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, and the Buffalo Sabres

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Jennings appeared in 389 NHL games, scoring 14 goals and adding 43 assists. He also appeared in 54 Stanley Cup playoff games, scoring two goals and recording one assist. He is currently an aircraft mechanic in Alaska.

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