| Position: | Defence |
| Played For: | Montreal Canadiens St. Louis Blues Calgary Flames Toronto Maple Leafs Philadelphia Flyers |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lb: | 210 |
| Ntl Team: | CAN |
| Birth Date: | 25 May 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Draft: | 27th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1980 |
| Draft Team: | Montreal Canadiens |
| Career Start: | 1982 |
| Career End: | 1993 |
Eric James Nattress (born May 25, 1962) is a Canadian former National Hockey League defenceman. He was drafted in the second round, 27th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.
Nattress played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Brantford Alexanders before making his NHL debut for Montreal in the 1982–83 season, appearing in 40 games.[1]
On September 23, 1983, the NHL suspended Nattress for the entirety of the 1983–84 season following a conviction for marijuana and hashish possession.[2] The suspension was later reduced to 40 games.[3]
Following his suspension, Nattress would appear in 34 games with the Canadiens in 1983–84, and five more the next season, before being traded to the St. Louis Blues for cash before the 1985–86 season.
Nattress played two seasons for the Blues, who traded him to the Calgary Flames after the 1986–87 season for two draft picks. He played four-plus seasons with the Flames before being traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the ten-player deal on January 2, 1992, which also sent Doug Gilmour to Toronto.
After joining the Philadelphia Flyers for the 1992–93 season, Nattress retired. In his NHL career, Nattress played in 536 games. He recorded 29 goals and 135 assists. He also appeared in 67 playoff games, scoring five goals and adding ten assists. He was a member of the Sherbrooke Canadiens 1985 Calder Cup team, and Calgary Flames team which won the Stanley Cup in 1989.
Nattress has been a successful radio co-host of "Blue & White Tonight", a post-game show after every Toronto Maple Leafs game on Sportsnet 590 The Fan.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1978–79 | Hamilton Huskies AAA | Midget | 40 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Brantford Alexanders | OMJHL | 65 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 94 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 38 | ||
| 1980–81 | Brantford Alexanders | OHL | 51 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 106 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 19 | ||
| 1981–82 | Brantford Alexanders | OHL | 59 | 11 | 50 | 61 | 126 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | ||
| 1981–82 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 1982–83 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 40 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 1982–83 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1983–84 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 34 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1984–85 | Sherbrooke Canadiens | AHL | 72 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 20 | ||
| 1985–86 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 78 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 52 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 24 | ||
| 1986–87 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 73 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1987–88 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 63 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1988–89 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 38 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | ||
| 1989–90 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 49 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1990–91 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 58 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1991–92 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 36 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 44 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 536 | 29 | 135 | 164 | 377 | 67 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 68 | ||||