Andrew Brunette
Date of birth | August 24, 1973 |
place of birth | Sudbury , Ontario , Canada |
size | 185 cm |
Weight | 96 kg |
position | Left wing |
number | # 15 |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1993 , 7th round, 174th position Washington Capitals |
Career stations | |
1990-1993 | Owen Sound Platers |
1993-1998 | Portland Pirates |
1998-1999 | Nashville Predators |
1999-2001 | Atlanta Thrashers |
2001-2004 | Minnesota Wild |
2005-2008 | Colorado Avalanche |
2008-2011 | Minnesota Wild |
2011–2012 | Chicago Blackhawks |
Andrew D. Brunette (born August 24, 1973 in Sudbury , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach and official who played 1159 games for the Washington Capitals , Nashville Predators , Atlanta during his active career between 1990 and 2012 Thrashers , Minnesota Wild , Colorado Avalanche and Chicago Blackhawks played in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . Since June 2019, Brunette has been assistant trainer for the Florida Panthers .
Career
The 1.85 m tall winger began his career with the Owen Sound Platers in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League , before he was selected ( drafted ) in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft as 174th in the seventh round of the Washington Capitals . For the Sound Platers, the left-handed shooter scored 233 points in 195 games between 1990 and 1993, and in 1993 he won the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy as the league's top scorer.
From the Capitals, Brunette was first used with the Hampton Roads Admirals in the East Coast Hockey League and then moved to the American Hockey League , where he was on the ice for two other Washington farm teams , the Providence Bruins and the Portland Pirates . The Canadian played for the Pirates until 1998, but in the 1995/96 season he was appointed to the NHL squad for the first time by the Washington Capitals. In the following years, the attacker shuttled between Washington and Portland, but in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft he was finally selected by the newly formed Nashville Predators . After the season, Brunette switched to the Atlanta Thrashers, for whom he played for two years and which he then left in 2001 for the Minnesota Wild . In the 2003 NHL playoffs , the Wild reached the semifinals through a goal by the attacker against the Colorado Avalanche , only in the conference final they failed at the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim .
After the lockout in the 2004/05 season , Andrew Brunette was finally hired as a free agent by the Colorado Avalanche , with whom he played his best season to date in the highest North American professional league in 2006/07 . He achieved an average of more than one scorer point per game. On October 26, 2007, the Canadian scored his 500th career point against the Calgary Flames . For the 2008-09 season , Brunette returned to his ex-club from Minnesota. On July 1, 2011, he signed a contract with the Chicago Blackhawks . After the 2011/12 season, the striker ended his active career at the age of 39.
Brunette then returned to the Minnesota Wild and initially took on the post of advisor to General Manager Chuck Fletcher for two years . He then worked for two years as an assistant coach under head coaches Mike Yeo and John Torchetti , before returning to his consulting work for the 2016/17 season . He finally left the franchise for the 2019/20 season , as he was hired as the new assistant coach of Joel Quenneville for the Florida Panthers in June 2019 .
Achievements and Awards
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Career statistics
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1990/91 | Owen Sound Platers | OHL | 63 | 15th | 20th | 35 | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1991/92 | Owen Sound Platers | OHL | 66 | 51 | 47 | 98 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8th | ||
1992/93 | Owen Sound Platers | OHL | 66 | 62 | 100 | 162 | 91 | 8th | 8th | 6th | 14th | 16 | ||
1993/94 | Hampton Roads Admirals | ECHL | 20th | 12 | 18th | 30th | 32 | 7th | 7th | 6th | 13 | 18th | ||
1993/94 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1993/94 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 23 | 9 | 11 | 20th | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1994/95 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 79 | 30th | 50 | 80 | 53 | 7th | 3 | 3 | 6th | 10 | ||
1995/96 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 69 | 28 | 66 | 94 | 125 | 20th | 11 | 18th | 29 | 15th | ||
1995/96 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6th | 0 | 6th | 1 | 3 | 4th | 0 | ||
1996/97 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 50 | 22nd | 51 | 73 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
1996/97 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 23 | 4th | 7th | 11 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1997/98 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 43 | 21st | 46 | 67 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 12 | ||
1997/98 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 28 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1998/99 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 77 | 11 | 20th | 31 | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1999/00 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 81 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 30th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2000/01 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 77 | 15th | 44 | 59 | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2001/02 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 81 | 21st | 48 | 69 | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2002/03 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 82 | 18th | 28 | 46 | 20th | 18th | 7th | 6th | 13 | 4th | ||
2003/04 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 82 | 15th | 34 | 49 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2005/06 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 82 | 24 | 39 | 63 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 6th | 9 | 8th | ||
2006/07 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 82 | 27 | 56 | 83 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2007/08 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 82 | 19th | 40 | 59 | 14th | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8th | 2 | ||
2008/09 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 80 | 22nd | 28 | 50 | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2009/10 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 82 | 25th | 36 | 61 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2010/11 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 82 | 18th | 28 | 46 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2011/12 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 78 | 12 | 15th | 27 | 4th | 6th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
OHL total | 195 | 128 | 167 | 295 | 146 | 13 | 13 | 6th | 19th | 24 | ||||
AHL total | 267 | 110 | 224 | 334 | 300 | 44 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 37 | ||||
NHL overall | 1110 | 268 | 465 | 733 | 314 | 49 | 17th | 18th | 35 | 14th |
( 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
- Andrew Brunette at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Andrew Brunette at eliteprospects.com (English)
Goalkeeper:
Sergei Bobrowski |
Chris Driedger
Defender:
Josh Brown |
Aaron Ekblad ( A ) |
Mike Matheson |
Mark Pysyk |
Anton Strålman |
MacKenzie Weegar |
Keith Yandle ( A )
attacker:
Noel Acciari |
Aleksander Barkov ( C ) |
Brian Boyle |
Brett Connolly |
Yevgeny Dadonov |
Erik Haula |
Mike Hoffman |
Jonathan Huberdeau ( A ) |
Dryden Hunt |
Colton Sceviour |
Dominic Toninato |
Frank Vatrano |
Lucas Wallmark
Head Coach: Joel Quenneville Assistant Coach : Andrew Brunette | Mike Kitchen | Derek MacKenzie General Manager: vacant
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Brunette, Andrew |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brunette, Andrew D. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sudbury , Ontario , Canada |