Brad Brown
| Brad Brown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
December 27, 1975 Baie Verte, NL, CAN | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 218 lb (99 kg; 15 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| AHL team | Abbotsford Heat | ||
| Played for |
Fredericton Canadiens Toronto Marlies Hartford Wolf Pack NHL Montreal Canadiens Chicago Blackhawks New York Rangers Minnesota Wild Buffalo Sabres | ||
| NHL Draft |
18th overall, 1994 Montreal Canadiens | ||
| Playing career | 1995–2009 | ||
Bradley Lorne Brown (born December 27, 1975) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman.
Playing career
Brad Brown was drafted in the first round, 18th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. Brad was drafted from the North Bay Centennials of the Ontario Hockey League. After his junior overage year with the Barrie Colts he made his professional debut in the 1995–96 season, finishing out the year with the Fredericton Canadiens of the AHL.
Brown, a defensive defensman, made his NHL debut the following year in the 1996–97 season with the Montreal Canadiens on November 1, 1996 against the Boston Bruins. Playing mostly for the Fredericton in the next two years Brown's career was established after he was traded by the Canadiens, along with Jocelyn Thibault and Dave Manson, to the Chicago Blackhawks for Jeff Hackett, Eric Weinrich, Alain Nasreddine on November 16, 1998.[1]
Brad played the next two seasons as a fixture on the Blackhawks defense. Prior to the 2000–01 season, Brown was traded by the Blackhawks along with Michal Grosek to the New York Rangers on October 5, 2000.
On July 31, 2001, Brown was signed as a free agent by the Minnesota Wild. Brown was an integral part of the Wild's defense until the end of the 2003–04 season when he was traded to the Buffalo Sabres of a fourth round pick on March 8, 2004.[2]
After the 2004 NHL Lockout, Brown was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs on September 10, 2005.[3] Brown however struggled with form and never played for the Leafs, rather playing through his contract with Leafs affiliate, the Toronto Marlies.
On September 18, 2008, Brown was invited to the Philadelphia Flyers training camp but was later released on September 30, 2008.[4] Brown instead started the 2008–09 season in the ECHL with the Fresno Falcons. He was given a tryout with the Quad City Flames of the AHL before he was signed by the Flames for the rest of the year on December 26, 2008.[5]
Personal
After hockey, Brown is an account executive at Maplesoft in the group's consulting services.[6] He is also president of the Maplesoft Hawks Hockey Organization. The program consists of boys and girls spring AAA hockey teams as well as unique skill development camps and clinics that operate year round.[7]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1991–92 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 49 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 170 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 43 | ||
| 1992–93 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 61 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 228 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | ||
| 1993–94 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 66 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 196 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 33 | ||
| 1994–95 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 64 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 172 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1995–96 | Barrie Colts | OHL | 27 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 38 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 148 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1996–97 | Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 64 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 368 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 64 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 297 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | ||
| 1998–99 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 61 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 184 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 57 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 134 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | New York Rangers | NHL | 48 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 107 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 51 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 123 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
| 2003–04 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 38 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 36 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Fresno Falcons | ECHL | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Quad City Flames | AHL | 46 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 330 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 747 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ "Pens acquire Thibault for a pick". ESPN.com. 2005-08-10. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ↑ "Sabres acquire Grier, Jillson". ESPN.com. 2004-03-08. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ↑ "Brown signs with Maple Leafs". ESPN.com. 2005-09-10. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
- ↑ "Flyers assign 13 to Phantoms". flyers.nhl.com. 2008-09-30. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ↑ "Brad Brown signed to AHL contract". qcflames.com. 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP5zbBgajw8
- ↑ http://maplesofthawks.com/page.php?page_id=31975
External links
| Preceded by Saku Koivu |
Montreal Canadiens first round draft pick 1994 |
Succeeded by Terry Ryan |
| Preceded by Filip Kuba |
Minnesota Wild captain Dec/Jan 2001–02 |
Succeeded by Andrew Brunette |
| Preceded by Brad Bombardir |
Minnesota Wild captain October 2003 |
Succeeded by Andrew Brunette |