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'''Brennan Menell''' (born May 24, 1997) is an [[Americans|American]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[Defenceman|defenseman]] playing for [[Lehigh Valley Phantoms]] of the [[American Hockey League]] (AHL), while under contract with the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL).
'''Brennan Menell''' (born May 24, 1997) is an [[Americans|American]]-[[Russia|Russian]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[Defenceman|defenseman]] currently playing under contract with [[HC Dynamo Moscow]] of the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL). In July 2023, he received Russian citizenship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202307270004|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 27.07.2023 № 554 "О приеме в гражданство Российской Федерации"|language=ru|date=2023-07-27|website=pravo.gov.ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://en.khl.ru/news/2023/08/01/515259.html | title = Brennan Menell: I want to talk Russian as Dietz does | publisher = [[Kontinental Hockey League]] | date = August 1, 2023 | accessdate = August 1, 2023}}</ref>


==Playing career==
==Playing career==
Undrafted, Menell played for the [[Vancouver Giants]] and [[Lethbridge Hurricanes]] in the [[Western Hockey League]] before signing as a free agent with the Minnesota Wild on a three-year, entry-level contract after impressing on a invitation to attend training camp on September 26, 2017, having been undrafted in the [[NHL Entry Draft]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iowawild.com/news/detail/minnesota-wild-recalls-defenseman-brennan-menell-from-iowa |title=Minnesota Wild Recalls Defenseman Brennan Menell From Iowa |publisher=Iowa Wild |date=2019-12-05 |accessdate=2019-12-10}}</ref>
Undrafted, Menell played for the [[Vancouver Giants]] and [[Lethbridge Hurricanes]] in the [[Western Hockey League]] before signing as a free agent with the Minnesota Wild on a three-year, entry-level contract after impressing on an invitation to attend training camp on September 26, 2017, having been undrafted in the [[NHL Entry Draft]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iowawild.com/news/detail/minnesota-wild-recalls-defenseman-brennan-menell-from-iowa |title=Minnesota Wild Recalls Defenseman Brennan Menell From Iowa |publisher=Iowa Wild |date=2019-12-05 |accessdate=2019-12-10}}</ref>


In his final year of his entry-level contract with the Wild, Menell was re-assigned to AHL affiliate, the Iowa Wild, for the third consecutive year. In the [[2019–20 NHL season|2019–20]] season, Menell established a career high with 47 points in 57 games for Iowa, finishing second among AHL defensemen in scoring and first in assists with 42. As Iowa’s franchise record-holder in nearly all offensive categories for blueliners, with 101 assists and 116 points in 199 games over his AHL career, Menell was selected to the AHL First All-Star Team.<ref name = All-S/> During the season, he was recalled by the Wild and made his NHL debut against the [[Anaheim Ducks]] on December 10, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last=McLellan |first=Sarah |url=http://www.startribune.com/woodbury-s-brennan-menell-to-make-nhl-debut-with-wild-vs-ducks/566030731/ |title=Woodbury's Brennan Menell to make NHL debut with Wild vs. Ducks |publisher=StarTribune.com |date=2019-11-01 |accessdate=2019-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mizutani |first=Dane |url=https://www.twincities.com/2019/12/09/woodburys-brennan-menell-fulfills-lifelong-dream-with-wild/ |title=Woodbury's Brennan Menell fulfills lifelong dream with Wild – Twin Cities |publisher=Twincities.com |date= |accessdate=2019-12-10}}</ref> He featured in 5 games with the Wild, going scoreless.
In his final year of his entry-level contract with the Wild, Menell was reassigned to AHL affiliate, the Iowa Wild, for the third consecutive year. In the [[2019–20 NHL season|2019–20]] season, Menell established a career high with 47 points in 57 games for Iowa, finishing second among AHL defensemen in scoring and first in assists with 42. As Iowa's franchise record-holder in nearly all offensive categories for blueliners, with 101 assists and 116 points in 199 games over his AHL career, Menell was selected to the AHL First All-Star Team.<ref name = All-S/> During the season, he was recalled by the Wild and made his NHL debut against the [[Anaheim Ducks]] on December 10, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last=McLellan |first=Sarah |url=http://www.startribune.com/woodbury-s-brennan-menell-to-make-nhl-debut-with-wild-vs-ducks/566030731/ |title=Woodbury's Brennan Menell to make NHL debut with Wild vs. Ducks |publisher=StarTribune.com |date=2019-11-01 |accessdate=2019-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mizutani |first=Dane |url=https://www.twincities.com/2019/12/09/woodburys-brennan-menell-fulfills-lifelong-dream-with-wild/ |title=Woodbury's Brennan Menell fulfills lifelong dream with Wild – Twin Cities |publisher=Twincities.com |date= 9 December 2019|accessdate=2019-12-10}}</ref> He featured in 5 games with the Wild, going scoreless.


As an impending restricted free agent with the Minnesota Wild and with the uncertainty of a delayed commencement of the 2020–21 North American season, Menell opted to sign abroad by signing a one-year contract with Belarusian club, [[HC Dinamo Minsk]] of the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL), on August 29, 2020.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://hcdinamo.by/news/sobytiya/dostignuta-dogovoryennost-o-podpisanii-kontrakta-s-brennanom-menellom/ | title = An agreement is reached to sign Brennan Menell | publisher = [[HC Dinamo Minsk]] | date = August 29, 2020 | accessdate = August 29, 2020 | language = Belarusian}}</ref>
As an impending restricted free agent with the Minnesota Wild and with the uncertainty of a delayed commencement of the 2020–21 North American season, Menell opted to sign abroad by signing a one-year contract with Belarusian club, [[HC Dinamo Minsk]] of the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL), on August 29, 2020.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://hcdinamo.by/news/sobytiya/dostignuta-dogovoryennost-o-podpisanii-kontrakta-s-brennanom-menellom/ | title = An agreement is reached to sign Brennan Menell | publisher = [[HC Dinamo Minsk]] | date = August 29, 2020 | accessdate = August 29, 2020 | language = Belarusian}}</ref>


On July 28, 2021 his signing rights were acquired by the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] from the Minnesota Wild for a 7th round draft pick in the [[2022 NHL Entry Draft]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/news/maple-leafs-acquire-brennan-menell-in-trade-with-wild/c-325835394 | title = Maple Leafs acquire Brennan Menell in trade with Wild | publisher = [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] | date = July 28, 2021 | accessdate = July 28, 2021}}</ref> He was then signed a one-year, two-way, $750,000 contract with Toronto on August 1, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maple Leafs sign defenceman Brennan Menell to one-year, two-way contract |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/maple-leafs-sign-defenceman-brennan-menell-one-year-two-way-contract/ |website=[[Sportsnet.ca]] | date = August 1, 2021 | accessdate = August 1, 2021}}</ref> On March 23, 2022, a day after the trade deadline, he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for future considerations.<ref>{{citeweb |title =Brennan Menell traded to the Philadelphia Flyers |publisher = [[American Hockey League]] |url=https://theahl.com/flyers-acquire-menell-from-toronto/ | date = March 23, 2022 | accessdate = March 23, 2022}}</ref>
On July 28, 2021, his signing rights were acquired by the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] from the Minnesota Wild for a 7th round draft pick in the [[2022 NHL Entry Draft]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/news/maple-leafs-acquire-brennan-menell-in-trade-with-wild/c-325835394 | title = Maple Leafs acquire Brennan Menell in trade with Wild | publisher = [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] | date = July 28, 2021 | accessdate = July 28, 2021}}</ref> He was then signed a one-year, two-way, $750,000 contract with Toronto on August 1, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maple Leafs sign defenceman Brennan Menell to one-year, two-way contract |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/maple-leafs-sign-defenceman-brennan-menell-one-year-two-way-contract/ |website=[[Sportsnet.ca]] | date = August 1, 2021 | accessdate = August 1, 2021}}</ref> On March 23, 2022, a day after the trade deadline, he was traded to the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] in exchange for future considerations.<ref>{{cite web |title =Brennan Menell traded to the Philadelphia Flyers |publisher = [[American Hockey League]] |url=https://theahl.com/flyers-acquire-menell-from-toronto/ | date = March 23, 2022 | accessdate = March 23, 2022}}</ref> He completed the season playing with the Flyers AHL affiliate, the [[Lehigh Valley Phantoms]], collecting 6 assists through 18 games.

As a free agent from the Flyers, Menell opted to return to the KHL after securing a one-year contract with Russian club, HC Dynamo Moscow, for the [[2022-23 KHL season|2022–23]] season on September 19, 2022.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.dynamo.ru/news/229667-brennan_menell______novichok_belo_golubyih | title = Brennan Menell signs with the Blue and White | publisher = [[HC Dynamo Moscow]] | language = Russian | date = September 19, 2022 | accessdate = September 19, 2022}}</ref>


==Career statistics==
==Career statistics==
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|2021–22
|[[Lehigh Valley Phantoms]]
|AHL
|18
|0
|6
|6
|19
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
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|[[2022–23 KHL season|2022–23]]
|[[HC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|KHL
|44
|2
|22
|24
|6
|6
|0
|3
|3
|2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|[[2023–24 KHL season|2023–24]]
|Dynamo Moscow
|KHL
|66
|8
|37
|45
|12
|10
|0
|12
|12
|2
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Brennan Menell
Menell at the 2020 AHL All-Star Game
Born (1997-05-24) May 24, 1997 (age 26)
Woodbury, Minnesota, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
KHL team
Former teams		 Dynamo Moscow
Minnesota Wild
Dinamo Minsk
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2017–present

Brennan Menell (born May 24, 1997) is an American-Russian professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing under contract with HC Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). In July 2023, he received Russian citizenship.[1][2]

Playing career[edit]

Undrafted, Menell played for the Vancouver Giants and Lethbridge Hurricanes in the Western Hockey League before signing as a free agent with the Minnesota Wild on a three-year, entry-level contract after impressing on an invitation to attend training camp on September 26, 2017, having been undrafted in the NHL Entry Draft.[3]

In his final year of his entry-level contract with the Wild, Menell was reassigned to AHL affiliate, the Iowa Wild, for the third consecutive year. In the 2019–20 season, Menell established a career high with 47 points in 57 games for Iowa, finishing second among AHL defensemen in scoring and first in assists with 42. As Iowa's franchise record-holder in nearly all offensive categories for blueliners, with 101 assists and 116 points in 199 games over his AHL career, Menell was selected to the AHL First All-Star Team.[4] During the season, he was recalled by the Wild and made his NHL debut against the Anaheim Ducks on December 10, 2019.[5][6] He featured in 5 games with the Wild, going scoreless.

As an impending restricted free agent with the Minnesota Wild and with the uncertainty of a delayed commencement of the 2020–21 North American season, Menell opted to sign abroad by signing a one-year contract with Belarusian club, HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), on August 29, 2020.[7]

On July 28, 2021, his signing rights were acquired by the Toronto Maple Leafs from the Minnesota Wild for a 7th round draft pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.[8] He was then signed a one-year, two-way, $750,000 contract with Toronto on August 1, 2021.[9] On March 23, 2022, a day after the trade deadline, he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for future considerations.[10] He completed the season playing with the Flyers AHL affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, collecting 6 assists through 18 games.

As a free agent from the Flyers, Menell opted to return to the KHL after securing a one-year contract with Russian club, HC Dynamo Moscow, for the 2022–23 season on September 19, 2022.[11]

Career statistics[edit]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2014–15 Vancouver Giants WHL 57 2 19 21 16 — — — — —
2015–16 Vancouver Giants WHL 69 7 46 53 36 — — — — —
2016–17 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 70 12 59 71 29 20 5 12 17 10
2017–18 Iowa Wild AHL 72 8 17 25 14 — — — — —
2018–19 Iowa Wild AHL 70 2 42 44 25 11 0 4 4 4
2019–20 Iowa Wild AHL 57 5 42 47 36 — — — — —
2019–20 Minnesota Wild NHL 5 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2020–21 Dinamo Minsk KHL 47 5 33 38 60 5 1 6 7 0
2021–22 Toronto Marlies AHL 20 1 4 5 15 — — — — —
2021–22 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 18 0 6 6 19 — — — — —
2022–23 Dynamo Moscow KHL 44 2 22 24 6 6 0 3 3 2
2023–24 Dynamo Moscow KHL 66 8 37 45 12 10 0 12 12 2
NHL totals 5 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
KHL totals 157 15 92 107 78 21 1 21 22 4

Awards and honors[edit]

Award Year
AHL
All-Star Game 2020 [12]
First All-Star Team 2020 [4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 27.07.2023 № 554 "О приеме в гражданство Российской Федерации"". pravo.gov.ru (in Russian). 2023-07-27.
  2. ^ "Brennan Menell: I want to talk Russian as Dietz does". Kontinental Hockey League. August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  3. ^ "Minnesota Wild Recalls Defenseman Brennan Menell From Iowa". Iowa Wild. 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  4. ^ a b "2019-20 AHL First, Second All-Star Team announced". American Hockey League. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  5. ^ McLellan, Sarah (2019-11-01). "Woodbury's Brennan Menell to make NHL debut with Wild vs. Ducks". StarTribune.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  6. ^ Mizutani, Dane (9 December 2019). "Woodbury's Brennan Menell fulfills lifelong dream with Wild – Twin Cities". Twincities.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  7. ^ "An agreement is reached to sign Brennan Menell" (in Belarusian). HC Dinamo Minsk. August 29, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  8. ^ "Maple Leafs acquire Brennan Menell in trade with Wild". Toronto Maple Leafs. July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  9. ^ "Maple Leafs sign defenceman Brennan Menell to one-year, two-way contract". Sportsnet.ca. August 1, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  10. ^ "Brennan Menell traded to the Philadelphia Flyers". American Hockey League. March 23, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  11. ^ "Brennan Menell signs with the Blue and White" (in Russian). HC Dynamo Moscow. September 19, 2022. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  12. ^ "Bracco, Liljegren added to All-Star roster". American Hockey League. 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2020-02-01.

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