Brendan Gallagher

Brendan Gallagher
Date of birth	May 6, 1992
place of birth	Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size	175 cm
Weight	74 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 11
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2010 , 5th lap, 147th position Canadiens de Montréal
Career stations
2008–2012	Vancouver Giants
2012	Hamilton Bulldogs
since 2013	Canadiens de Montréal

Brendan Gallagher (born May 6, 1992 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey player . The right winger has been under contract with the Canadiens de Montréal in the National Hockey League since 2011 . With the Canadian national team , he won the gold medal at the 2016 World Cup .

Career

Brendan Gallagher began his career with the Greater Vancouver Canadians in the British Columbia Major Midget League before he was signed by the Vancouver Giants from the Western Hockey League . In his rookie season he scored 31 points with a plus / minus balance of +26. In the play-offs , the Vancouver Giants moved into the Conference Finals, but failed there at the Kelowna Rockets . After he scored 41 goals in the following season and he was fifth-best scorer in the play-offs with 21 points, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2010 in the fifth round of the Canadiens de Montréal . He then stayed two more years with his junior club in the WHL. He managed to score over 40 goals in three consecutive seasons from 2009 to 2012. He was most successful in the 2010/11 season , when he scored 44 goals and 47 assists in 66 games. With 91 scorer points, he finished eighth in a league-wide comparison. At the same time he collected over 100 penalty minutes.

Gallagher holds the Vancouver Giants franchise records for most goals scored (136) and scorer points (280).

Gallagher in the Hamilton Bulldogs jersey

On November 16, 2011, Gallagher signed with the Canadiens an entry contract for three years from the 2012/13 season. On October 13, 2012, he played his first game with the farm team of the Canadiens in the AHL , the Hamilton Bulldogs , and was able to achieve an assist. In January 2013, after the lockout in the NHL, he was named to the Canadiens squad.

In his NHL debut against the Florida Panthers on January 22, 2013, he was able to achieve his first scorer point with a template before he also scored his first goal two games later in the game against the New Jersey Devils . Gallagher immediately established himself as a regular with the Canadiens and was temporarily promoted to the team's first row after the change from Erik Cole . At the end of the season he was the second best scorer with 15 goals and fourth best scorer among the league's rookies with 28 points and was nominated for the Calder Memorial Trophy , which is awarded annually to the best new professionals. He was also elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team .

In the course of the following years, Gallagher established himself as a regular scorer with the Canadiens and reached the mark of 30 goals for the first time in the 2017/18 season, an achievement which he confirmed in the following season.

International

Gallagher played his first international tournament at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2009 when he won the silver medal with the Canada Pacific selection . He then attended a selection camp for the Canadian junior national team three times in 2010 and 2011 without immediately making the leap into the selection. After all, he was appointed to Team Canada for the first time at the 2012 U20 World Youth Championship , which was held in his home province of Alberta . After being eliminated in the semi-finals against the Russian team, the team won the bronze medal. Gallagher scored a total of three goals and three assists, and he also gave 35 shots on goal in the course of the tournament, more than any other Canadian player.

In the men's area, Gallagher made his debut at the 2016 World Championships and won the gold medal there with the team.

Achievements and Awards

• 2011 WHL West First All-Star Team
• 2012 WHL West First All-Star Team
• 2013 AHL All-Star Classic
• 2013 NHL All-Rookie Team

International

• 2009 silver medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge
• 2012 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2016 gold medal at the world championship

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
2007/08	Greater Vancouver Canadians	BCMML		39	23	33	56		66		2	0	1	1		0
2008/09	Vancouver Giants	WHL		52	10	21st	31	+26	61		16	1	2	3	-2	10
2009/10	Vancouver Giants	WHL		72	41	40	81	+9	111		16	11	10	21st	+10	14th
2010/11	Vancouver Giants	WHL		66	44	47	91	+30	108		4th	2	0	2	± 0	16
2011/12	Vancouver Giants	WHL		54	41	36	77	+19	79		6th	5	5	10	± 0	16
2012/13	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		36	10	10	20th	± 0	61		-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		44	15th	13	28	+10	33		5	2	0	2	–7	5
2013/14	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		81	19th	22nd	41	+4	73		17th	4th	7th	11	± 0	6th
2014/15	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		82	24	23	47	+18	31		12	3	2	5	+5	0
2015/16	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		53	19th	21st	40	+13	24		-	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		64	10	19th	29	+7	39		6th	1	2	3	-3	8th
2017/18	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		82	31	23	54	-13	34		-	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		82	33	19th	52	+10	49		-	-	-	-	-	-
WHL overall				244	136	144	280	+84	359		42	19th	17th	36	+8	56
NHL overall				488	151	140	291	+49	283		40	10	11	21st	-5	19th

International

Represented Canada to:

• World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2009
• U20 Junior World Championship 2012
• World Championship 2016

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2009	Canada Pacific	U17-WHC			6th	2	3	5	12
2012	Canada	U20 World Cup			6th	3	3	6th	12
2016	Canada	WM			10	2	3	5	12
Juniors overall					12	5	6th	11	24
Men overall					10	2	3	5	12

( 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

Commons : Brendan Gallagher  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the Canadiens de Montréal website
• Brendan Gallagher at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Franchise Records on the Vancouver Giants website
2. ↑ Arpon Basu: Galchenyuk Gallagher travel divergent paths to Habs, NHL.com, January 18, 2013
3. ↑ Earning every inch , Montréal Canadiens, June 14, 2013
4. ↑ Player Statistics by Team (PDF; 165 kB), IIHF , January 5, 2012