Brad May

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Brad May
Date of birth November 29, 1971
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 100 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1990 , 1st round, 14th position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
1988-1991 Niagara Falls Thunder
1991-1998 Buffalo Sabers
1998-2000 Vancouver Canucks
2000-2003 Phoenix Coyotes
2003-2005 Vancouver Canucks
2005-2007 Colorado Avalanche
2007-2009 Anaheim Ducks
2009 Toronto Maple Leafs
2009-2010 Detroit Red Wings

Bradley Scott "Brad" May (born November 29, 1971 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 1129 games for the Buffalo Sabers , Vancouver Canucks , Phoenix Coyotes in the course of his active career between 1988 and 2010 , Colorado Avalanche , Anaheim Ducks , Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . May, who embodied the gambler type of plague , celebrated his greatest career success with the Anaheim Ducks by winning the Stanley Cup in 2007 .

Career

Brad May was selected by the Buffalo Sabers as the 14th player in the first round during the 1990 NHL Entry Draft . May was previously active for the Niagara Falls Thunder in the Ontario Hockey League since 1988 . After seven successful years with a total of five playoff appearances with the Sabers, he was exchanged on February 4, 1998 for Geoff Sanderson at the Vancouver Canucks . May stayed in his Canadian homeland for three years, starting with the 2000/01 season for the Phoenix Coyotes . Towards the end of the 2002/03 season , the attacker returned to his former club Vancouver Canucks. During the lockout of the 2004/05 NHL season , May was one of the few players who did not join a club in Europe or in any of the other North American professional leagues.

On August 20, 2005, May signed a two-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche as a free agent . Before his contract expired, on February 27, 2007, May was given in exchange for goalkeeper Michael Wall to the Anaheim Ducks and won the Stanley Cup for the first time in his career that same season . In the playoffs, the attacker had previously played in 18 games. Overall, May stayed in California until January 2009, when former Ducks general manager Brian Burke , who was now employed by the Toronto Maple Leafs, hired him in exchange for a six- round performance-related vote in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft .

Brad May completed his 1000th NHL game on April 8, 2009 in the game against the Buffalo Sabers . In October 2009, May signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings . In September 2010 he declared his active career closed and now works as an analyst for the American Hockey League for CBC Sports . In the 2011/12 season he was assistant coach for the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors of the Ontario Hockey League.

Incident in 2000

As a player, the Phoenix Coyotes May was banned in November 2000 for 20 NHL games, he the attacker the Columbus Blue Jackets , Steve Heinze struck his stick against the nose. This had to be sewn with nine stitches. After the game, he apologized to Heinze, who accepted May's apology. At the time, the 20-game penalty was the fourth longest in NHL history.

Steve Moore's retirement

May was held responsible for the retirement of Steve Moore , who was so badly injured by Todd Bertuzzi during a game that he had to end his career. May was accused of putting a bounty on Moore. He took May to court, but the lawsuit was later dropped.

Kim Johnsson

Brad May was suspended for three games in the 2006-07 Stanley Cup playoffs after punching the Minnesota Wild's Kim Johnsson in the face in the closing minutes of game four. Without any warning, May turned around and knocked Johnsson down, who then remained unconscious on the ice for a short time. May yanked the still unconscious Johnsson up to throw him on the ground again. However, Johnsson was not seriously injured.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1988/89 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 65 8th 14th 22nd 304 17th 0 1 1 55
1989/90 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 61 33 58 91 223 16 9 13 22nd 64
1990/91 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 34 37 32 69 93 14th 11 14th 25th 53
1991/92 Buffalo Sabers NHL 69 11 6th 17th 309 7th 1 4th 5 2
1992/93 Buffalo Sabers NHL 82 13 13 26th 242 8th 1 1 2 14th
1993/94 Buffalo Sabers NHL 84 18th 27 45 171 7th 0 2 2 9
1994/95 Buffalo Sabers NHL 33 3 3 6th 87 4th 0 0 0 2
1995/96 Buffalo Sabers NHL 79 15th 29 44 295 - - - - -
1996/97 Buffalo Sabers NHL 42 3 4th 7th 106 10 1 1 2 32
1997/98 Buffalo Sabers NHL 36 4th 7th 11 113 - - - - -
1997/98 Vancouver Canucks NHL 27 9 3 12 41 - - - - -
1998/99 Vancouver Canucks NHL 66 6th 11 17th 102 - - - - -
1999/00 Vancouver Canucks NHL 59 9 7th 16 90 - - - - -
2000/01 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 62 11 14th 25th 107 - - - - -
2001/02 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 72 10 12 22nd 95 5 0 0 0 0
2002/03 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 20th 3 4th 7th 32 - - - - -
2002/03 Vancouver Canucks NHL 3 0 0 0 10 14th 0 0 0 15th
2003/04 Vancouver Canucks NHL 70 5 6th 11 137 6th 1 0 1 6th
2004/05 Vancouver Canucks NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Colorado Avalanche NHL 54 3 3 6th 82 3 0 0 0 0
2006/07 Colorado Avalanche NHL 10 0 3 3 8th - - - - -
2006/07 Anaheim Ducks NHL 14th 0 1 1 13 18th 0 1 1 28
2007/08 Anaheim Ducks NHL 61 3 1 4th 53 6th 0 0 0 4th
2008/09 Anaheim Ducks NHL 20th 0 5 5 28 - - - - -
2008/09 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 38 1 1 2 61 - - - - -
2009/10 Detroit Red Wings NHL 40 0 2 2 66 - - - - -
2009/10 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 17th 5 5 10 40 - - - - -
OHL total 160 78 104 182 620 47 20th 28 48 172
NHL overall 1041 127 162 289 2248 88 4th 9 13 112

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1991 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 1 0 1 2
1996 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 8th 0 0 0 6th
Juniors overall 7th 1 0 1 2
Men overall 8th 0 0 0 6th

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CBC Sports, CBC Sports hires Brad May as AHL analyst
  2. ^ CBS News, Coyotes' May Suspended 20 Games
  3. ↑ Associated Press: Go north: Judge tosses Moore suit, suggests Canada. In: espn.com. October 14, 2005, accessed March 20, 2017 .
  4. ↑ startribune.com, http://www.startribune.com/sports/wild/11661581.html ( Memento from April 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME May, Brad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES May, Bradley Scott (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario