Andrew Brunette

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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

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
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 )

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