Brandon Saad

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Brandon Saad
Date of birth October 27, 1992
place of birth Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA
size 185 cm
Weight 91 kg
position Left wing
number # 20
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2011 , 2nd round, 43rd position
Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
2008-2009 Mahoning Valley Phantoms
2009-2010 USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2010–2012 Saginaw Spirit
2012-2013 Rockford IceHogs
2013-2015 Chicago Blackhawks
2015-2017 Columbus Blue Jackets
since 2017 Chicago Blackhawks

Brandon Saad (born October 27, 1992 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) is an American ice hockey player of Syrian descent who has been under contract with the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League since June 2017 . The left winger was selected in the second round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Blackhawks in 43rd position and won the Stanley Cup with the team in 2013 and 2015 . From 2015 to 2017 he was active for the Columbus Blue Jackets .

On an international level, Saad won the gold medal with the U18 national team of his country at the U18 World Cup in 2010 .

Career

youth

Brandon Saad, who grew up in Gibsonia , began playing ice hockey in his hometown with the Pittsburgh Hornets. There he got 94 points scorer in a total of 76 games in the Midwest Elite Hockey League . In 2008 he joined the Saginaw Spirit from the Ontario Hockey League via the OHL Priority Selection . This, however, initially gave him to the Mahoning Valley Phantoms from the North American Hockey League . In the 2008/09 season he completed 47 games for the Phantoms, in which he scored 47 points scorer. This achievement made him NAHL Rookie of the Year . At the same time he was on the ice for the U17s of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program , a support program for young players under the age of 18. There he scored six goals and made five assists in seven games. He won the bronze medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2009 and was elected to the tournament's All-Star Team.

In the following season Saad finally switched to the youth program and played there for a year for the U18s. This took part in the game operations of the United States Hockey League , in which he came to 24 scorer points in 24 games and thus became the best shooter and best preparer of his team. He also took part with the team in the U18 World Cup in Belarus that year and won the gold medal there. For the 2010/11 season he finally returned to the Saginaw Spirit and played with the team in the Ontario Hockey League. With regard to the NHL Entry Draft 2011 , he was rated at the turn of the year (midterm rank) in eighth place, while he was in the final assessment in 19th place. This allowed him to take part in the CHL Top Prospects Game , which he won 7-1 with the Orr team . In the Entry Draft he was then selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in 43rd position in the second round.

Chicago Blackhawks

Saad in the Rockford IceHogs jersey (2012).

After preparing for the 2011/12 season, he signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Hawks in October 2011 , which earned him an annual salary of $ 700,000. In the subsequent away win against the Dallas Stars (2-1) Saad made his NHL debut and was also on the ice in the second leg a day later (5-2 win). As a result, he was at position 43, the lowest draft pick since Lasse Kukkonen (151st position; 2003/04 season), who makes his debut for the Blackhawks in the draft year. A week later he was given back to the Saginaw Spirit for the rest of the season in order to gain more match practice. With the U20, he took part in the U20 World Cup in his own country during the season and came in seventh there. From January 2012 he was also the team's captain and at the end of the season was awarded the William Hanley Trophy as the fairest athletic player in the OHL. After 44 games and 76 scorer points in the OHL Saad posted the best value of 1.73 points per game, was elected to the OHL First All-Star team and recalled in April 2012 for the following play-offs to the Blackhawks. As a result, he came to two missions in the Conference quarter-finals against the Phoenix Coyotes , in which he was able to book his first assist in the second; nevertheless, the team failed with 2: 4 to the Coyotes.

Due to the lockout in the beginning of the 2012/13 season, Saad and a number of other players were transferred to the farm team , the Rockford IceHogs , in the American Hockey League . After 31 games for the IceHogs, he was appointed to the Hawks' squad for the remainder of the season shortened by the lockout. From then on Saad was used regularly and scored his first NHL goal on April 5, 2013 against the San Jose Sharks . At the same time he became the first player in the Mahoning Valley Phantoms to score an NHL goal. With his underpaid goal for the 2-1 final in the game against the Sharks on February 22, he played a major role in the Blackhawks breaking the record for most games with points since the start of the season. This held since the 2006/07 season, the Anaheim Ducks with 16 games, with the Blackhawks could expand the series after the 17th game against the Sharks by a further seven games; only in the 25th game after the start of the season failed in regular time at the Colorado Avalanche .

At the end of the regular season, the team secured the Presidents' Trophy for the most points. In the subsequent play-offs, the Blackhawks prevailed 4-2 in the final against the Boston Bruins , so that Saad won the Stanley Cup directly in his first NHL season . He also scored his first play-off goal in the first final game against the Bruins. In total, he came to 69 appearances in the season, 23 of them in the play-offs. In addition, Saad was nominated on May 6, alongside Brendan Gallagher and Jonathan Huberdeau for the Calder Memorial Trophy , which, however, received the latter.

Saad was able to repeat the Stanley Cup win with the Blackhawks in the 2014/15 season.

Columbus and return to Chicago

On June 30, 2015, a few weeks after winning the Stanley Cup second, Saad was transferred to the Columbus Blue Jackets . In addition, the Blackhawks gave up the young players Alex Broadhurst and Michael Paliotta to the Blue Jackets, which in turn sent the four players Artjom Anissimow , Marko Daňo , Corey Tropp and Jeremy Morin as well as a four-round vote for the 2016 NHL Entry Draft to Chicago. In January 2016, he represented the Blue Jackets at the NHL All-Star Game 2016 , before taking part in the World Cup of Hockey 2016 with Team North America, a selection of U23 players from Canada and the USA, in the subsequent off-season .

In June 2017, the attacker returned to the Blackhawks as part of a major swap. The Blue Jackets and Anton Forsberg sent him to Chicago as well as a five-round vote for the 2018 NHL Entry Draft and received Artemi Panarin , Tyler Motte and a six- round vote for the 2017 NHL Entry Draft .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2009 NAHL Rookie of the Year
  • 2009 NAHL First All-Star-Team
  • 2009 NAHL All-Rookie Team
  • 2012 OHL First All-Star Team

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2008/09 Mahoning Valley Phantoms NEAR 47 29 18th 47 +21 48 7th 5 1 6th +5 10
2009/10 USA Hockey NTDP USHL 24 12 14th 26th +15 18th - - - - - -
2010/11 Saginaw Spirit OHL 59 27 28 55 +8 47 12 3 8th 11 +1 10
2011/12 Saginaw Spirit OHL 44 34 42 76 +35 38 12 8th 9 17th +3 4th
2011/12 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 2 0 0 0 ± 0 0 2 0 1 1 +2 0
2012/13 Rockford IceHogs AHL 31 8th 12 20th +1 10 - - - - - -
2012/13 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 46 10 17th 27 +17 12 23 1 5 6th -1 4th
2013/14 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 78 19th 28 47 +20 20th 19th 6th 10 16 +10 6th
2014/15 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 23 29 52 +7 12 23 8th 3 11 +5 6th
2015/16 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 78 31 22nd 53 +1 14th - - - - - -
2016/17 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 82 24 29 53 +23 8th 5 1 2 3 -5 0
2017/18 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 18th 17th 35 -10 14th - - - - - -
2018/19 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 80 23 24 47 –9 12 - - - - - -
OHL total 103 61 70 131 +43 85 24 11 17th 28 +4 14th
NHL overall 530 148 166 314 +49 92 72 16 21st 37 +11 16

International

Represented the USA at:

Represented team North America at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2009 United States U17-WHC 3rd place, bronze 7th 6th 5 11 2
2010 United States U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 3 3 6th 4th
2012 United States U20 World Cup 7th place 6th 1 5 6th 0
2016 North America team World cup 5th place 3 0 0 0 2
Juniors overall 20th 10 13 23 6th
Men overall 3 0 0 0 2

( 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 )

Personal

Saad's father is a native Syrian . Until his time in the USA Hockey National Team Development Program , he played with his brother George, who, however, did not get beyond the college level .

Web links

Commons : Brandon Saad  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Profile at Hockey's Future (English, accessed June 8, 2013)
  2. ↑ oursportscentral.com: "Phantoms' Saad named NAHL Rookie of the Year" (English, April 9, 2009, accessed June 8, 2013)
  3. ↑ nahl.com: "U17's take bronze at World Challenge" (English, January 4, 2009, accessed June 8, 2013)
  4. ↑ a b nhl.com: NHL Draft Prospect on Brandon Saad (accessed June 8, 2013)
  5. ↑ csnchicago.com: "Saad inks deal with Hawks, will start Friday" (English, October 4, 2011, accessed June 8, 2013)
  6. ↑ a b espn.go.com: "Blackhawks sign Brandon Saad, 18" (English, October 4, 2011, accessed June 8, 2013)
  7. ↑ blackhawks.nhl.com: "Blackhawks assign Saad to OHL's Saginaw" (English, October 12, 2011, accessed June 8, 2013)
  8. ↑ "Brandon Saad named Saginaw Spirit captain, Brandon Archibald named assistant captain" (English, January 17, 2012, accessed June 8, 2013)
  9. ↑ ontariohockeyleague.com: "Saad OHL's Most Sportsmanlike Player" (accessed June 8, 2013)
  10. ↑ ontariohockeyleague.com: "OHL Announces 2011-12 All-Star Teams" (English, accessed on June 8, 2013)
  11. ↑ mlive.com: "Chicago Blackhawks recall Saginaw Spirit forward Brandon Saad" (April 17, 2012, accessed June 8, 2013)
  12. ↑ espn.com: "Blackhawks make roster moves" (English, September 15, 2012, accessed June 8, 2013)
  13. ↑ chicagotribune.com: "Blackhawks' roster set for season opener" (English, January 17, 2013, accessed June 8, 2013)
  14. ↑ youngstownphantoms.com: "Former Phantom Brandon Saad Scores 1st NHL Goal" ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (English, accessed June 8, 2013)
  15. ↑ espn.com: "Blackhawks set NHL record for best start to season" (English, February 22, 2013, accessed on June 8, 2013)
  16. ↑ nhl.com: Boston – Chicago match report from June 13, 2013, accessed on June 25, 2013
  17. ↑ nhl.com: "Gallagher, Huberdeau, Saad named Calder finalists" (English, May 6, 2013, accessed June 8, 2013)
  18. ^ Saad traded to Blue Jackets by Blackhawks. nhl.com, June 30, 2015, accessed July 1, 2015 .
  19. ^ Blackhawks acquire Saad, Forsberg from Columbus for Panarin, Motte. nhl.com, June 23, 2017, accessed June 23, 2017 .
Squad of the Chicago Blackhawks in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Saad, Brandon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania