Brenden Dillon

Brenden Dillon
Date of birth	November 13, 1990
place of birth	Surrey , British Columbia , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	92 kg
position	defender
number	# 4
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2006-2007	Hope Icebreakers
2007-2011	Seattle Thunderbirds
2011–2012	Texas Stars
2012-2014	Dallas Stars
2014-2020	San Jose Sharks
since 2020	Washington Capitals

Brenden Dillon (born November 13, 1990 in Surrey , British Columbia ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League since February 2020 . Previously, the defender played in the NHL for the Dallas Stars (2012-2014) and the San Jose Sharks (2014-2020).

Career

Brenden Dillon began his career as a hockey player in the youth team Hope Icebreakers, for which he was active in the 2006/07 season in the Pacific Junior Hockey League. The defender then played for the Seattle Thunderbirds in Canada's top junior league, Western Hockey League , for four years . On March 1, 2011, he signed a contract as a free agent with the Dallas Stars from the National Hockey League . With their farm team Texas Stars , he finished the 2010/11 season in the American Hockey League . In the 2011/12 season , the Canadian was able to convince with 29 scorer points, including six goals, in 76 AHL games for the Texas Stars, whereupon he came parallel to his NHL debut for the Dallas Stars, but stayed on point in his only appearance. and goalless. In the 2012/13 season , which was shortened due to a lockout , he first played again for the Texas Stars in the AHL, before he was appointed to the NHL squad of the Dallas Stars after the start of the NHL season.

In November 2014, the Dallas Stars gave him up to the San Jose Sharks and in return received Jason Demers and a third-round vote for the 2016 NHL Entry Draft . The Canadian was active in California for almost five years before he was transferred to the Washington Capitals in February 2020 . In return, they sent a second-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 2020 and a conditional third-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 2021 to San Jose. In addition, the Sharks continue to pay half of Dillon's salary.

International

At the international level, Dillon represented his home country at the 2013 World Cup in Sweden and Finland . Dillon was used in all eight tournament games of the Canadians and scored one goal. The team took fifth place at the end of the tournament.

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2006/07	Hope Icebreakers	PIJHL		45	4th	27	31	38		2	0	0	0	0
2007/08	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL		71	1	10	11	54		12	0	2	2	21st
2008/09	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL		70	0	10	10	68		5	0	1	1	6th
2009/10	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL		67	2	12	14th	101		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL		72	8th	51	59	139		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Texas Stars	AHL		10	0	0	0	8th		6th	0	2	2	7th
2011/12	Texas Stars	AHL		76	6th	23	29	97		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Dallas Stars	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Texas Stars	AHL		37	3	11	14th	45		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Dallas Stars	NHL		48	3	5	8th	65		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Dallas Stars	NHL		80	6th	11	17th	86		2	0	0	0	2
2014/15	Dallas Stars	NHL		20th	0	1	1	23		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	San Jose Sharks	NHL		60	2	7th	9	54		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	San Jose Sharks	NHL		76	2	9	11	61		24	0	2	2	11
2016/17	San Jose Sharks	NHL		81	2	8th	10	60		6th	0	1	1	4th
2017/18	San Jose Sharks	NHL		81	5	17th	22nd	60		10	0	4th	4th	32
2018/19	San Jose Sharks	NHL		82	1	21st	22nd	61		20th	0	2	2	24
WHL overall				280	11	83	94	362		17th	0	3	3	27
AHL total				123	9	34	43	150		6th	0	2	2	7th
NHL overall				528	21st	79	100	470		62	0	9	9	71

International

Represented Canada to:

• World Championship 2013

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2013	Canada	WM	5th place		8th	1	0	1	0
Men overall					8th	1	0	1	0

( 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 : Brenden Dillon  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the Washington Capitals website
• Brenden Dillon at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Brenden Dillon at eliteprospects.com (English)