Brad Maxwell

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CanadaCanada  Brad Maxwell Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 8, 1957
place of birth Brandon , Manitoba , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1977 , 1st round, 7th position
Minnesota North Stars
WHA Amateur Draft 1977 , 2nd round, 12th position
Birmingham Bulls
Career stations
1973-1974 Bellingham Blazers
1974-1977 New Westminster Bruins
1977-1984 Minnesota North Stars
1984-1985 Nordiques de Québec
1985-1986 Toronto Maple Leafs
1986-1987 Vancouver Canucks
1987 New York Rangers
Minnesota North Stars

Bradley Robert "Brad" Maxwell (born July 8, 1957 in Brandon , Manitoba ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played 691 games for the Minnesota North Stars , Nordiques de Québec , Toronto Maple Leafs in the course of his active career between 1973 and 1987 , Vancouver Canucks and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League (NHL) on the position of defender . Maxwell, who took part in the NHL All-Star Game in 1984 , won bronze medals with the Canadian national team at the 1978 and 1982 World Championships .

Career

Maxwell began his junior career first in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League (BCJHL), where he was active in the 1973/74 season for the American junior team of the Bellingham Blazers . For the season 1974/75 he then moved in the junior system of the Canadian Hockey League in the higher-class Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) to the New Westminster Bruins . The defender spent three very successful years in the service of the Bruins. In every year of his membership in the team he won the President's Cup , the championship trophy of the WCHL. Thus Maxwell took part in all three seasons in the prestigious Memorial Cup , which New Westminster finally won in 1977 . Both at this tournament and two years earlier, the defensive player was appointed to the All-Star team. After he had completed his junior career in the WCHL with 295 points scorer in 260 missions, the versatile defender was selected in the NHL Amateur Draft in 1977 in seventh overall position by the Minnesota North Stars from the National Hockey League (NHL). He was also drawn in the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft in the second round in twelfth place by the Birmingham Bulls from the World Hockey Association (WHA), which was competing with the NHL at the time .

For the 1977/78 season, the talent immediately moved to the NHL and was henceforth in the regular squad of the Minnesota North Stars. In his rookie year he collected 47 points scorer. These included 18 goals, of which he scored twelve in the power play , leading this statistic across the league. However, his plus / minus balance of −56 turned out to be the second worst value in the entire league. Nevertheless, Maxwell remained in Minnesota for another six seasons, which were marked by ups and downs for him. The season record from his first year in the league he was only able to increase to a career record of 73 points in the 1983/84 season . In the same year he also took part in the NHL All-Star Game for the only time . In the years in between, the Canadian was repeatedly handicapped by injuries. Between 1978 and 1982 he only played more than 70 games in one season. Nevertheless, he was a crucial part of the team that reached the final series in the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1981 , which was lost 4-1 to the New York Islanders . During the playoffs he had collected 14 points in 18 missions.

Shortly after the start of the 1984/85 season , which he had missed due to a renewed injury, the North Stars separated from their former draft choice. Together with Brent Ashton , the All-Star was transferred to the Nordiques de Québec in exchange for Tony McKegney and Bo Berglund . With the move to the French Canadians, the 27-year-old began an unsteady time in the NHL. At the end of the season he was again part of a transfer deal when he was given to the Toronto Maple Leafs for John Anderson in August 1985 . Also in the Canadian metropolis, the defensive player only spent one season, since he was sent to the Vancouver Canucks in October 1986 for a five-round suffrage in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft . It was there that Maxwell began the 1986/87 season , but after 30 missions in January 1987 he joined the New York Rangers on the waiver list . The Rangers employed him again for only a month, as they sold him to his ex-team from Minnesota in February 1987 after playing nine games. There the defender finally ended the season and became a free agent at the end of the season . After a trial training session with the North Stars in the fall of 1987 was unsuccessful, he then ended his active career at the age of 30 after 691 NHL games.

International

For his home country, Maxwell took part in a total of three world championships . In 1978 he played in the Czechoslovakian capital Prague , 1979 in the Soviet capital Moscow and 1982 in Finland in the jersey of the Canadian national team . As part of the tournaments, the defender played a total of 21 World Cup games, in which he scored four points scorer. There were three gates below. Both 1978 and 1982 Maxwell returned home with a bronze medal, in 1979 the Canadians narrowly missed another place in the medal ranks with fourth place.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1977 Memorial Cup win with the New Westminster Bruins
  • 1977 Memorial Cup All-Star Team
  • 1984 Participation in the NHL All-Star Game

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1973/74 Bellingham Blazers BCJHL 61 20th 37 57 132 - - - - -
1974/75 New Westminster Bruins WCHL 69 13 47 60 124 18th 7th 13 20th 33
1975 New Westminster Bruins Memorial Cup 3 0 5 5 8th
1975/76 New Westminster Bruins WCHL 72 19th 80 99 239 17th 3 12 15th 86
1976 New Westminster Bruins Memorial Cup 4th 1 3 4th 29
1976/77 New Westminster Bruins WCHL 70 21st 58 79 205 14th 7th 15th 22nd 39
1977 New Westminster Bruins Memorial Cup 5 2 4th 6th 6th
1977/78 Minnesota North Stars NHL 75 18th 29 47 100 - - - - -
1978/79 Minnesota North Stars NHL 70 9 28 37 145 - - - - -
1978/79 Oklahoma City Stars CHL 2 0 1 1 21st - - - - -
1979/80 Minnesota North Stars NHL 58 7th 30th 37 126 11 0 8th 8th 20th
1980/81 Minnesota North Stars NHL 27 3 13 16 98 18th 3 11 14th 35
1981/82 Minnesota North Stars NHL 51 10 21st 31 96 4th 0 3 3 13
1982/83 Minnesota North Stars NHL 77 11 28 39 157 9 5 6th 11 23
1983/84 Minnesota North Stars NHL 78 19th 54 73 225 16 2 11 13 40
1984/85 Minnesota North Stars NHL 18th 3 7th 10 53 - - - - -
1984/85 Nordiques de Québec NHL 50 7th 24 31 119 18th 2 9 11 35
1985/86 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 52 8th 18th 26th 108 3 0 1 1 12
1986/87 Vancouver Canucks NHL 30th 1 7th 8th 28 - - - - -
1986/87 New York Rangers NHL 9 0 4th 4th 6th - - - - -
1986/87 Minnesota North Stars NHL 17th 2 7th 9 31 - - - - -
WCHL overall 211 53 185 238 568 49 17th 40 57 158
NHL overall 612 98 270 368 1292 79 12 49 61 178

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1978 Canada WM 3rd place, bronze 10 2 1 3 12
1979 Canada WM 4th Place 4th 1 0 1 8th
1982 Canada WM 3rd place, bronze 7th 0 0 0 10
Men overall 21st 3 1 4th 30th

( 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 )

family

Maxwell's brother-in-law Rick Lapointe also played in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1975 and 1986 , where he played for the Detroit Red Wings , Philadelphia Flyers , St. Louis Blues , Nordiques de Québec and Los Angeles Kings . Dan , Lapointe's son and Maxwell's nephew, was also a professional ice hockey player. Between 2007 and 2012 he was active in the ECHL , International Hockey League (IHL) and Central Hockey League (CHL). Like his father and uncle, he had spent his junior years in the Western Hockey League (WHL).

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personal data
SURNAME Maxwell, Brad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maxwell, Bradley Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Brandon , Manitoba , Canada