Brad Bergen

Brad Bergen
Date of birth	March 16, 1966
place of birth	Disraeli , Québec , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1984-1985	Saskatoon Blades
1986-1987	Prince Albert Raiders
1987-1988	ERC Westphalia Dortmund
1988-1992	TSV Königsbrunn
1992-1994	EC Ratingen
1994-1995	Krefeld penguins
1995-1998	Düsseldorfer EG
1998-2000	Augsburg panther
2000-2002	Adler Mannheim
2002-2004	Polar bears Berlin
2004-2008	Schwenninger Wild Wings

Bradley Ronald Bergen (born March 16, 1966 in Prince Albert , Saskatchewan , Canada ) is a professional German - Canadian ice hockey player who last played in the 2nd Bundesliga at SERC Wild Wings . He ended his career after the 2007/08 season.

Player career

The 1.80 m tall defender began his career with the Saskatoon Blades and the Prince Albert Raiders in the Canadian junior league Western Hockey League , before moving to Germany in the Oberliga in Dortmund in the summer of 1987 . After a season he moved within the league to Königsbrunn . From there he moved to EC Ratingen in the ice hockey Bundesliga in the summer of 1992 .

After one and a half years with the Löwen, the right-handed shooter went to local rivals Krefelder EV , for whose DEL team Krefeld Pinguine he was on the ice even after the introduction of the new German professional ice hockey class. In 1995 , Bergen moved to Düsseldorfer EG , with whom he was able to become German champion in his first year . After three years in Düsseldorf, the Canadian finally switched to the Augsburger Panthers , and in 2000 he worked for the Adler Mannheim , with whom he won his second championship in 2001. His last DEL station so far before he went to the Wild Wings were the Eisbären Berlin , for whom Bergen was on the ice from 2002 to 2004 . After the 2007/08 season, he ended his ice hockey career at the age of 42.

In the German national team he came to missions between 1996 and 1998, while he was part of the team at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano .

Rape charges

Before the 2003/04 season , Bergen was with the Eisbären Berlin team in Sweden in preparation for the upcoming season. There he and his teammate Yvon Corriveau were reported to have been raped by a 20-year-old Swede on August 23 . Although both protested their innocence, they were for a total of 18 days in custody taken. After the allegations were proven false, Bergen and Corriveau were released from custody on September 10 and the investigation was terminated.

Achievements and Awards

• 1996 German champion with the Düsseldorfer EG
• 2001 German champion with the Adler Mannheim

Career statistics

				Main round						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM
1984/85	Saskatoon Blades	WHL		1	0	2	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
1986/87	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		10	1	3	4th	8th		-	-	-	-	-
1987/88	ERC Dortmund	OL N
1988/89	TSV Königsbrunn	OL S
1989/90	TSV Königsbrunn	OL S
1990/91	TSV Königsbrunn	OL S
1991/92	TSV Königsbrunn	OL S
1992/93	EC Ratingen	1st BL		30th	9	14th	23	14th
1993/94	EC Ratingen	1st BL		19th	10	5	15th	18th
1993/94	Krefelder EV	1st BL		18th	1	2	3	8th
1994/95	Krefeld penguins	DEL		43	7th	17th	24	40		15th	2	7th	9	14th
1995/96	Düsseldorfer EG	DEL		49	7th	18th	25th	20th
1996/97	Düsseldorfer EG	DEL		47	5	21st	26th	32
1997/98	Düsseldorfer EG	DEL		43	11	25th	36	39
1998/99	Augsburg panther	DEL		51	7th	22nd	29	44
1999/00	Augsburg panther	DEL		55	10	27	37	40		3	1	2	3	2
2000/01	Adler Mannheim	DEL		59	3	17th	20th	32		12	0	6th	6th	2
2001/02	Adler Mannheim	DEL		47	6th	8th	14th	30th		12	2	5	7th	8th
2002/03	Polar bears Berlin	DEL		52	3	16	19th	28		9	1	2	3	14th
2003/04	Polar bears Berlin	DEL		44	2	3	5	45		11	0	0	0	10
2004/05	SERC Wild Wings	2nd BL		52	9	41	50	56
2005/06	SERC Wild Wings	2nd BL		52	9	45	54	0
2006/07	SERC Wild Wings	2nd BL		50	8th	34	42	0
2007/08	SERC Wild Wings	2nd BL		50	6th	28	34	76
WHL overall				11	1	5	6th	8th		0	0	0	0	0
2. Bundesliga overall				204	32	148	180	132
1st Bundesliga overall				67	20th	21st	41	40
DEL total				490	61	174	235	350		62	6th	22nd	28	50

( 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 ) Play- off statistics may be incomplete

Web links

• Brad Bergen at hockeydb.com (English)
• Brad Bergen at eurohockey.com