Benoît Brunet

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CanadaCanada  Benoît Brunet Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 24, 1968
place of birth Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue , Québec , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 92 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1986 , 2nd lap, 27th position
Canadiens de Montréal
Career stations
1985-1988 Olympiques de Hull
1988-1990 Canadiens de Sherbrooke
1990-2001 Canadiens de Montréal
2001-2002 Dallas Stars
2002 Ottawa Senators

Joseph Jean Luc Benoît Brunet (born August 24, 1968 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 593 games for the Canadiens de Montréal , Dallas Stars, between 1985 and 2002 and Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . In the service of the Canadiens de Montréal Brunet won the Stanley Cup in 1993 and thus celebrated his greatest career success.

Career

Brunet completed an outstanding junior career between 1985 and 1988 at the Olympiques de Hull in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . In his rookie season , after which he was selected in the second round in the second round of the Canadiens de Montréal from the National Hockey League in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft , he collected 89 scorer points in 86 missions and won the championship with the team the LHJMQ in the form of the Coupe du Président . In the following two years, the striker increased to 122 and then 156 season points. He went into his third and final junior year as team captain and led the team to their second championship title within three years.

For the 1988/89 season Brunet was finally taken under contract by the Canadiens de Montréal. They put the French-Canadian on their farm team in the American Hockey League , the Canadiens de Sherbrooke , for the next two years . There he formed in his first year, in which he also made his debut in the NHL, an attacking duo with Stéphan Lebeau . Both made it with well over 100 points among the top three players in the scorer ranking and were thus primarily responsible for Sherbrooke finishing the regular season as the team with the highest points. Nevertheless, the team was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs ; Brunet and Lebeau, however, were appointed to the AHL First All-Star Team . From his third professional year, Brunet commuted for two seasons between the NHL squad Montréals and that of the new AHL farm team Fredericton Canadiens , before he finally managed to establish himself in the National Hockey League for the 1992/93 season . In that game year he won the Stanley Cup with the Canadiens and was henceforth an integral part of the team for the following eight game years, which was able to contribute between 25 and 30 scorer points with an optimal season. In contrast to his time as a junior player, which was characterized by his offensive qualities, Brunet managed to make a name for himself over the years as a primarily defensive striker.

After a 2000/01 season marked by injuries , Brunet was transferred to the Dallas Stars in the first third of the following season together with the Czech Martin Ručínský , who in return gave Donald Audette and Shaun Van Allen to the French-Canadian metropolis. In Dallas, however, the Canadian only spent four months and played 32 games as he was again part of a transfer deal. In exchange for a six- round suffrage in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft , Brunet moved to the Canadian capital for the Ottawa Senators . There he ended the season and announced the end of his active career in October 2002 at the age of 34.

Subsequently, after a break of several years, he worked for the French-speaking Canadian television station Réseau des sports (RDS) as an expert on its broadcasts of NHL games.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1985/86 Olympiques de Hull LHJMQ 71 33 37 70 81 15th 5 14th 19th 33
1986 Olympiques de Hull Memorial Cup 5 1 2 3 2
1986/87 Olympiques de Hull LHJMQ 60 43 67 110 105 6th 7th 5 12 8th
1987/88 Olympiques de Hull LHJMQ 62 54 89 143 131 10 3 10 13 11
1988 Olympiques de Hull Memorial Cup 4th 1 3 4th 0
1988/89 Canadiens de Sherbrooke AHL 73 41 76 117 95 6th 2 0 2 4th
1988/89 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 2 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1989/90 Canadiens de Sherbrooke AHL 72 32 35 67 82 12 8th 7th 15th 20th
1990/91 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 24 13 18th 31 16 6th 5 6th 11 2
1990/91 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 17th 1 3 4th 0 - - - - -
1991/92 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 6th 7th 9 16 27 - - - - -
1991/92 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 18th 4th 6th 10 14th - - - - -
1992/93 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 47 10 15th 25th 19th 20th 2 8th 10 8th
1993/94 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 71 10 20th 30th 20th 7th 1 4th 5 16
1994/95 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 45 7th 18th 25th 16 - - - - -
1995/96 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 3 2 1 3 6th - - - - -
1995/96 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 26th 7th 8th 15th 17th 3 0 2 2 0
1996/97 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 39 10 13 23 14th 4th 1 3 4th 4th
1997/98 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 68 12 20th 32 61 8th 1 0 1 4th
1998/99 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 60 14th 17th 31 31 - - - - -
1999/00 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 50 14th 15th 29 13 - - - - -
2000/01 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 35 3 11 14th 12 - - - - -
2001/02 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 16 0 2 2 4th - - - - -
2001/02 Dallas Stars NHL 32 4th 9 13 8th - - - - -
2001/02 Utah grizzlies AHL 5 3 1 4th 6th - - - - -
2001/02 Ottawa Senators NHL 13 5 3 8th 0 12 0 3 3 0
LHJMQ total 193 130 193 323 317 31 15th 29 44 52
AHL total 183 98 130 238 232 24 15th 13 28 26th
NHL overall 539 101 161 262 229 54 5 20th 25th 32

( 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

personal data
SURNAME Brunet, Benoît
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brunet, Joseph Jean Luc Benoît (full name); Brunet, Benoit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and sports journalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue , Quebec