Adam Brooks (ice hockey player)
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| Date of birth | May 6, 1996 |
| place of birth | Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada |
| size | 180 cm |
| Weight | 80 kg |
| position | center |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
2016 , 4th round, 92nd position Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Career stations | |
| 2012-2017 | Regina Pats |
| since 2017 | Toronto Marlies |
| since 2019 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
Adam Brooks (born May 6, 1996 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a Canadian ice hockey player . He has been under contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League (NHL) since June 2017 and also works for their farm team , the Toronto Marlies , in the American Hockey League (AHL).
Career
Adam Brooks began playing ice hockey in his home country with the Winnipeg Hawks and Winnipeg Trashers before he was drawn as the 25th player by the Regina Pats in the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft in the second round . In the 2012/13 season Brooks was first used for the Pats in the Western Hockey League (WHL), but in his first two seasons with the Pats he only scored 23 points in 115 games. In the 2015/16 season , Brooks and Brayden Burke gave the most assists in the WHL (82) and scored 120 points, making him the best scorer of the season , winning the Bob Clarke Trophy .
After Brooks was not selected in the 2014 and 2015 NHL Entry Drafts , he was drawn in the fourth round in 2016 as the 92nd player by the Toronto Maple Leafs . At the start of the 2016/17 WHL season , Brooks was named team captain of the Regina Pats. At the end of the season, the attacker beat his personal best from the previous year with 130 scorer points, with his team-mate Sam Steel scoring exactly one more scorer point.
On June 29, 2017, Brooks signed a three-year entry - level contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. In the 2017/18 season he worked for their farm team, the Toronto Marlies , in the American Hockey League (AHL). At the end of regular time he won the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy with the Marlies as the best point team in the AHL, before the team won the Calder Cup in the subsequent playoffs with a final victory over the Texas Stars .
Brooks finally made his debut for the Leafs in the National Hockey League (NHL) in late December 2019.
International
At the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck , Brooks won the bronze medal with the Canadian national team. In 2013 he took part in the World U-17 Hockey Challenge for Team Canada West , but there Brooks and his team were eliminated in the preliminary round after three defeats from four games. Canada West won the game for ninth place 4-1 against Slovakia.
Achievements and Awards
- 2016 Bob Clarke Trophy
- 2016 WHL East First All-Star Team
- 2017 WHL East First All-Star Team
- 2018 Calder Cup win with the Toronto Marlies
International
- 2012 bronze medal at the Winter Youth Olympic Games
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2019/20 season
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 2012/13 | Regina Pats | WHL | 55 | 4th | 8th | 12 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2013/14 | Regina Pats | WHL | 60 | 4th | 7th | 11 | 24 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014/15 | Regina Pats | WHL | 64 | 30th | 32 | 62 | 18th | 9 | 4th | 3 | 7th | 6th | ||
| 2015/16 | Regina Pats | WHL | 72 | 38 | 82 | 120 | 30th | 12 | 7th | 16 | 23 | 6th | ||
| 2016/17 | Regina Pats | WHL | 66 | 43 | 87 | 130 | 61 | 17th | 5 | 13 | 18th | 12 | ||
| 2017/18 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 57 | 8th | 11 | 19th | 2 | 20th | 2 | 4th | 6th | 4th | ||
| 2018/19 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 61 | 21st | 19th | 40 | 28 | 13 | 6th | 2 | 8th | 6th | ||
| 2019/20 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 29 | 9 | 11 | 20th | 19th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2019/20 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 7th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| WHL overall | 317 | 119 | 216 | 335 | 146 | 42 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 24 | ||||
| AHL total | 147 | 38 | 41 | 79 | 49 | 33 | 8th | 6th | 14th | 10 | ||||
| NHL overall | 7th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
International
Represented Canada to:
| year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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| 2012 | Canada | Youth Olympics |
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6th | 5 | 2 | 7th | 6th | |
| 2013 | Canada West | WHC | 9th place | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Juniors overall | 11 | 6th | 2 | 8th | 8th | ||||
( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1 play-downs / relegation )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mike Johnston: Maple Leafs sign Regina Pats star Adam Brooks to entry-level contract. June 29, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2018 .
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| SURNAME | Brooks, Adam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1996 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada |