Brad Isbister

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CanadaCanada  Brad Isbister Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 7, 1977
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 191 cm
Weight 100 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1995 , 3rd lap, 67th position
Winnipeg Jets
Career stations
1993-1997 Portland Winter Hawks
1997-1999 Phoenix Coyotes
1999-2003 New York Islanders
2003-2005 Edmonton Oilers
2005 HC Innsbruck
2005-2006 Boston Bruins
2006 Albany River Rats
2006-2007 New York Rangers
2007-2008 Vancouver Canucks
2008-2009 EV train

Bradley Isbister (born May 7, 1977 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 559 games for the Phoenix Coyotes , New York Islanders , Edmonton Oilers , Boston Bruins , New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks played in the National Hockey League on the left winger position .

Career

Isbister played for the Portland Winter Hawks in the Western Hockey League between 1993 and 1997 during his junior years . There he collected 186 scorer points in 249 games over the four years . During this time, the winger was selected in the third round in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft in 67th place by the Winnipeg Jets from the National Hockey League . In July 1996, the rights to his person passed to the Phoenix Coyotes after the franchise was relocated and renamed.

After the end of the WHL season 1996/97 , the Canadian switched to the professional field and made there with the Springfield Falcons , the farm team of the Coyotes, in the American Hockey League first attempts to gain a foothold there. In the 1997/98 season , the rookie earned a regular place in the Phoenix squad and played a total of 66 games. His second NHL year was less positive, as Isbister was repeatedly thrown back from injuries and he only played 32 games for the Coyotes. In March 1999, they separated from their talent and transferred it to the New York Islanders with a third-round vote in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft . These gave the Czechs Robert Reichel and a third and fourth round vote in the same draft to Phoenix.

Due to his injuries, the winger made his debut for the Islanders in the 1999/2000 season . With 42 scorer points in 64 encounters, he had his best NHL season. It was only when the productivity of the Power Forward declined noticeably that New York decided in March 2003 to let him and Raffi Torres move to the Edmonton Oilers . As compensation, the Islanders received Finnish defender Janne Niinimaa and a second-round vote in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft . The striker stayed with the Oilers until August 2006, but only played a little more than one season and 70 games for the team in his hometown because of the lockout and the associated complete failure of the 2004/05 NHL season . After he had spent parts of the lockout season in Austria at HC Innsbruck , the management of Edmontons sent him for a four-round draft right in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft to the Boston Bruins , where he spent the 2005/06 season.

In August 2006, Isbister joined the reigning Stanley Cup winner Carolina Hurricanes as a free agent on the basis of a one-year contract . There the attacker could not earn a regular place and was deported to the Albany River Rats in the American Hockey League. Isbister then requested a transfer in November 2006 and ended up with the New York Rangers in exchange for Jakub Petružálek . After these did not renew his contract, Isbister moved to the Vancouver Canucks for the 2007/08 season and after a year there to the Ottawa Senators . He did not take on the contract signed there in September 2008 and instead moved back to Europe in the following October . When EV train in the Swiss National League A Canadian completed his last professional season before giving the official end of his active career known in the age of 32 on 26 September, 2009.

During the 2010/11 season, Isbister worked as an assistant coach in the University of Calgary's ice hockey program in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport .

International

Isbister represented his home country in the junior division at the 1997 Junior World Championships in Switzerland , where he won the gold medal with the team. In the senior sector, he played at the World Championships in Russia in 2000 and in Germany in 2001 . A medal was not won by reaching fourth and fifth place.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1993/94 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 64 7th 10 17th 45 10 0 2 2 0
1994/95 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 67 16 20th 36 123 - - - - -
1995/96 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 71 45 44 89 184 7th 2 4th 6th 20th
1996/97 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 24 15th 18th 33 45 6th 2 1 3 16
1996/97 Springfield Falcons AHL 7th 3 1 4th 14th 9 1 2 3 10
1997/98 Springfield Falcons AHL 9 8th 2 10 36 - - - - -
1997/98 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 66 9 8th 17th 102 5 0 0 0 2
1998/99 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 32 4th 4th 8th 46 - - - - -
1998/99 Springfield Falcons AHL 4th 1 1 2 12 - - - - -
1998/99 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 2 0 0 0 9 - - - - -
1999/00 New York Islanders NHL 64 22nd 20th 42 100 - - - - -
2000/01 New York Islanders NHL 51 18th 14th 32 59 - - - - -
2001/02 New York Islanders NHL 79 17th 21st 38 113 3 1 1 2 17th
2002/03 New York Islanders NHL 53 10 13 23 34 - - - - -
2002/03 Edmonton Oilers NHL 13 3 2 5 9 6th 0 1 1 12
2003/04 Edmonton Oilers NHL 51 10 8th 18th 54 - - - - -
2004/05 HC Innsbruck EBEL 11 7th 4th 11 41 5 3 1 4th 6th
2005/06 Boston Bruins NHL 58 6th 17th 23 46 - - - - -
2006/07 Albany River Rats AHL 9 3 5 8th 54 - - - - -
2006/07 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 34 12 8th 20th 22nd - - - - -
2006/07 New York Rangers NHL 19th 1 4th 5 14th 4th 0 0 0 2
2007/08 Vancouver Canucks NHL 55 6th 5 11 38 - - - - -
2008/09 EV train NLA 24 10 7th 17th 55 3 1 1 2 12
WHL overall 226 83 92 175 397 23 4th 7th 11 36
IHL total 2 0 0 0 9 - - - - -
AHL total 63 27 17th 44 138 9 1 2 3 10
NHL overall 541 106 116 222 615 18th 1 2 3 33
EBEL total 11 7th 4th 11 41 5 3 1 4th 6th
NLA total 24 10 7th 17th 55 3 1 1 2 12

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1997 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 4th 3 7th 8th
2000 Canada WM 4th Place 9 4th 3 7th 18th
2001 Canada WM 5th place 7th 5 0 5 16
Juniors overall 7th 4th 3 7th 8th
Seniors total 16 9 3 12 34

( 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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personal data
SURNAME Isbister, Brad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Isbister, Bradley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta