Junior Crombeen started his junior hockey career with the
OPJHL's
Newmarket Hurricane 87's in the 2000–01 season. He then spent four seasons with the
Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s
Barrie Colts. He had 170 points in 248 regular season games and 21 points in 44 playoff games for Barrie, also recording over 100 penalty minutes in each season.
Professional Crombeen was drafted by the
Dallas Stars in the second round, 54th overall, of the
2003 NHL entry draft. In July 2005, he signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Stars. Crombeen spent most of the 2007–08 season with the Iowa Stars, but was later recalled to the Dallas Stars in January and made his NHL debut. He played eight regular season games and five
Stanley Cup playoff games for Dallas. In July 2008, he re-signed with the team as a restricted free agent. Crombeen played 15 games for Dallas early in the season, but in November, he was claimed off waivers by the
St. Louis Blues. He finished the
2008–09 season with St. Louis, playing in 66 games and scoring 17 points. In June 2011, Crombeen signed a two-year contract extension with St. Louis. He suffered a broken left shoulder blade, however, in the Blues' final pre-season game in October. He finished the season with three points and 71 penalty minutes in 40 games. Due to the
2012–13 NHL lockout, Crombeen signed a contract with the
Orlando Solar Bears of the
ECHL on November 16, 2012. He played 44 games for the Lightning that season, totaling eight points and 112 penalty minutes. On April 1, 2013, Tampa Bay announced the re-signing of Crombeen to a two-year contract extension. He skated 30 games that season, recording a goal and seven points to go along with 86 penalty minutes and a +6
plus-minus rating. Crombeen finished first on the Lightning and fifth in the NHL in penalty minutes accumulated for the
2012–13 season. On June 29, 2014, the
Arizona Coyotes acquired Crombeen and
Sam Gagner from the Lightning in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the
2015 NHL entry draft. On October 28, 2014, Crombeen scored his first goal as a member of the Coyotes in a 7–3 loss to Tampa Bay. On November 14, Crombeen played in his 400th career NHL game in Arizona's 5–0 shutout victory over the
Vancouver Canucks. Crombeen retired in 2015 and took up a career in finance. ==Personal life==