Aris Brimanis

Aris Brimanis
Date of birth	March 14, 1972
place of birth	Shaker Heights , Ohio , USA
size	188 cm
Weight	97 kg
position	defender
number	# 6
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1991 , 4th round, 86th position Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
1988-1990	Culver Academy
1990-1992	Bowling Green State University
1992-1993	Brandon Wheat Kings
1993-1996	Hershey Bears
1996-1997	Philadelphia Phantoms
1997-1998	Michigan K-Wings
1998-1999	Grand Rapids Griffins
1999	Fredericton Canadiens
1999-2000	Kansas City Blades
2000-2001	New York Islanders
2001-2002	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
2002-2005	Worcester IceCats
2005-2007	Kloten Flyers
2007-2011	Hanover Scorpions
2011–2012	Hanover Indians

Āris Aldis Brīmanis (born March 14, 1972 in Shaker Heights , Ohio ) is a former American ice hockey player of Latvian origin, who was last under contract with the Hanover Indians in the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga .

Career

Brimanis was at Bowling Green State University during his junior years and was on the ice for their team in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In the 1991 NHL Entry Draft , the Philadelphia Flyers selected the defender in the fourth round at position 86. A year after the draft, the right-shooter moved to the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League for one season with the Brandon Wheat Kings .

In the 1993/94 season Brimanis made his NHL debut, but played often in the American Hockey League with the Hershey Bears . The defender later played for other farm teams such as the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL, the Michigan K-Wings and the Grand Rapids Griffins International Hockey League , but he never played more than 17 games in a year with the Flyers.

For the 1999/00 season Aris Brimanis moved to the New York Islanders , for which he played 56 games in the second year. In the 2001/02 season , the American played for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and then moved to the St. Louis Blues . After the defender was mostly used in the AHL at the Worcester IceCats , he decided in the summer of 2005 to move to Europe. Brimanis played for two years with the Kloten Flyers in Switzerland and finally moved to the Hannover Scorpions in the German Ice Hockey League for the 2007/08 season , where he was German champion in the 2009/10 season .

In December 2011 Brimanis was signed by the Hanover Indians before Brimanis ended his career in 2012.

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 German champion with the Hannover Scorpions

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1988-89	Culver Academy	High-IN		38	10	13	23	24
1989-90	Culver Academy	High-IN		37	15th	10	25th	52
1990-91	Bowling Green State University	CCHA		38	3	6th	9	42
1991-92	Bowling Green State University	CCHA		32	2	9	11	38
1992-93	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL		71	8th	50	58	110		4th	2	1	3	7th
1993-94	Hershey Bears	AHL		75	8th	15th	23	65		11	2	3	5	12
1993-94	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Hershey Bears	AHL		76	8th	17th	25th	68		6th	1	1	2	14th
1995-96	Hershey Bears	AHL		54	9	22nd	31	64		5	1	2	3	4th
1995-96	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		17th	0	2	2	12		-	-	-	-	-
1996-97	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		65	14th	18th	32	69		10	2	2	4th	13
1996-97	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		3	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	Michigan K-Wings	IHL		35	3	9	12	24		4th	1	0	1	4th
1997-98	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		30th	1	11	12	26th		-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		8th	2	4th	6th	6th		15th	3	10	13	18th
1998-99	Grand Rapids Griffins	IHL		66	16	21st	37	70		-	-	-	-	-
1999-00	New York Islanders	NHL		18th	2	1	3	6th		-	-	-	-	-
1999-00	Providence Bruins	AHL		7th	0	2	2	2		14th	3	4th	7th	10
1999-00	Kansas City Blades	IHL		46	5	17th	22nd	28		-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	Chicago Wolves	IHL		20th	2	2	4th	14th		16	3	1	4th	8th
2000-01	New York Islanders	NHL		56	0	8th	8th	26th		-	-	-	-	-
2001-02	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	AHL		72	2	9	11	44		3	1	0	1	0
2001-02	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL		5	0	0	0	9		-	-	-	-	-
2002-03	Worcester IceCats	AHL		38	8th	13	21st	51		3	0	0	0	2
2003-04	Worcester IceCats	AHL		65	4th	15th	19th	56		10	1	0	1	6th
2003-04	St. Louis Blues	NHL		13	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	Worcester IceCats	AHL		69	4th	13	17th	44		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Kloten Flyers	NLA		36	2	8th	10	56		11	0	4th	4th	16
2006-07	Kloten Flyers	NLA		44	5	10	15th	80		-	-	-	-	-
2007-08	Hanover Scorpions	DEL		53	4th	7th	11	44		3	0	0	0	0
2008-09	Hanover Scorpions	DEL		49	5	11	16	38		11	0	0	0	8th
2009-10	Hanover Scorpions	DEL		56	8th	18th	26th	48		11	1	4th	5	4th
2010-11	Hanover Scorpions	DEL		52	6th	13	19th	50		5	3	0	3	2
NHL overall				113	2	12	14th	57		-	-	-	-	-

( 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

• Aris Brimanis at eurohockey.com
• Aris Brimanis at legendsofhockey.net (English)