Brennan Menell
| Brennan Menell | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Menell at the 2020 AHL All-Star Game | |||
| Born |
May 24, 1997 Woodbury, Minnesota, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| NHL team Former teams |
Toronto Maple Leafs HC Dinamo Minsk Minnesota Wild | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2017–present | ||
Brennan Menell (born May 24, 1997) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Menell has previously played for the Minnesota Wild and HC Dinamo Minsk.
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.[1]
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 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.[2] During the season, he was recalled by the Wild and made his NHL debut against the Anaheim Ducks on December 10, 2019.[3][4] 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 KHL, on August 29, 2020.[5] 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. He signed a one-year, two-way, $750,000 contract with Toronto on Aug. 1, 2021.[6]
Career statistics
| 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 | ||
| NHL totals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| KHL totals | 47 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||||
Awards and honors
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| AHL | ||
| All-Star Game | 2020 | [7] |
| First All-Star Team | 2020 | [2] |
References
- ^ "Minnesota Wild Recalls Defenseman Brennan Menell From Iowa". Iowa Wild. 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ a b "2019-20 AHL First, Second All-Star Team announced". American Hockey League. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ McLellan, Sarah (2019-11-01). "Woodbury's Brennan Menell to make NHL debut with Wild vs. Ducks". StarTribune.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ Mizutani, Dane. "Woodbury's Brennan Menell fulfills lifelong dream with Wild – Twin Cities". Twincities.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ "An agreement is reached to sign Brennan Menell" (in Belarusian). HC Dinamo Minsk. August 29, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "Maple Leafs sign defenceman Brennan Menell to one-year, two-way contract". Sportsnet.
- ^ "Bracco, Liljegren added to All-Star roster". American Hockey League. 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
External links
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- American men's ice hockey defensemen
- HC Dinamo Minsk players
- Iowa Wild players
- Lethbridge Hurricanes players
- Minnesota Wild players
- People from Woodbury, Minnesota
- Ice hockey people from Minnesota
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Vancouver Giants players
- American ice hockey defenseman stubs