Brent Ashton
Date of birth | May 18, 1960 |
place of birth | Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada |
size | 185 cm |
Weight | 95 kg |
position | Left wing |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1979 , 2nd round, 26th position Vancouver Canucks |
Career stations | |
1975-1976 | Saskatoon Olympics |
1976-1979 | Saskatoon Blades |
1979-1981 | Vancouver Canucks |
1981-1982 | Colorado Rockies |
1982-1983 | New Jersey Devils |
1983-1984 | Minnesota North Stars |
1984-1987 | Nordiques de Québec |
1987-1988 | Detroit Red Wings |
1988-1991 | Winnipeg Jets |
1991-1993 | Boston Bruins |
1993 |
Calgary Flames Las Vegas Thunder |
Brent Kenneth Ashton (born May 18, 1960 in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played 1083 games for the Vancouver Canucks , Colorado Rockies , New Jersey Devils , Minnesota North Stars , Nordiques de Québec , Detroit Red Wings , Winnipeg Jets , Boston Bruins and Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League on the position of the left winger . Ashton celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning a silver medal at the 1989 World Cup . With a total of nine investments in transfer deals, he and Mike Sillinger hold the NHL record in these statistics. His son Carter Ashton is also a professional ice hockey player, as is his older brother Ron Ashton .
Career
Ashton played during his junior years between 1975 and 1979 for the Saskatoon Olympics in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and the Saskatoon Blades in the Western (Canada) Hockey League . After he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1979 in the second round in 26th place by the Vancouver Canucks from the National Hockey League , he moved to the professional camp in the same year.
At the beginning of the 1979/80 season , the striker ran for the Canucks in the NHL and was part of the regular squad for the following two seasons. In the summer of 1981, Ashton was involved in two transfers within one day. Initially, his transfer rights were given to the Winnipeg Jets , as Vancouver had to compensate the jets by signing the Czechoslovak Ivan Hlinka . For their part, the Jets immediately gave the striker a third-round vote in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft to the Colorado Rockies , who let Lucien DeBlois move to Winnipeg for it. The commitment paid off quickly for the Rockies, as the attacker repaid their trust in him with 60 scorer points in the 1981/82 season . By moving the Colorado franchise Ashton spent the 1982/83 season with the New Jersey Devils , who had taken over the business of the Rockies. After a mixed season in New Jersey, the Devils finally gave it to the Minnesota North Stars for Dave Lewis . There, too, the Canadian only spent a little more than a season, as he was transferred to the Nordiques de Québec in December 1984 together with Brad Maxwell for Tony McKegney and Bo Berglund .
After two half and a full season with the French Canadians, Ashton returned in January 1987 again via a transfer to the United States , so that he ran up for the Detroit Red Wings until the end of the 1987/88 season. With him, Gilbert Delorme and Mark Kumpel moved to the Autostadt, while Basil McRae , John Ogrodnick and Doug Shedden moved to the Nordiques in return . In the summer of 1988 it went to the Winnipeg Jets, which sent Paul MacLean to Detroit. Ashton had the most successful period of his career in Winnipeg. He remained loyal to the team for three seasons and was able to set career highs in his first year there with 31 goals and 68 points.
Shortly after the start of the 1991/92 season , the striker found a new employer in the Boston Bruins , which in return let the Finn Petri Skriko move to the Winnipeg Jets. There Ashton found himself in the course of the game year 1992/93 also in the American Hockey League , where he went for Boston's farm team , the Providence Bruins , on the hunt for goals after his points in the NHL dropped dramatically. During the season he finally moved - for the ninth time in his career - for CJ Young to the Calgary Flames . There he ended his last NHL season. The 1993/94 season Ashton ran for the Las Vegas Thunder in the International Hockey League , but had to end this prematurely in November 1993. A serious knee injury prevented him from continuing his career at the age of 33.
International
At the international level, Ashton played for his home country at the 1989 World Cup in Sweden . He scored six points in ten tournament games. The Canadians won the silver medal at the end of the tournament.
Achievements and Awards
- 1989 silver medal at the world championship
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1975/76 | Saskatoon Olympics | SJHL | 47 | 40 | 50 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1975/76 | Saskatoon Blades | WCHL | 11 | 3 | 4th | 7th | 11 | 18th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
1976/77 | Saskatoon Blades | WCHL | 54 | 26th | 25th | 51 | 84 | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15th | ||
1977/78 | Saskatoon Blades | WCHL | 46 | 38 | 26th | 64 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1978/79 | Saskatoon Blades | WHL | 62 | 64 | 55 | 119 | 80 | 11 | 14th | 4th | 18th | 5 | ||
1979/80 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 47 | 5 | 14th | 19th | 11 | 4th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6th | ||
1980/81 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 77 | 18th | 11 | 29 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1981/82 | Colorado Rockies | NHL | 80 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1982/83 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 76 | 14th | 19th | 33 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1983/84 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 68 | 7th | 10 | 17th | 54 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22nd | ||
1984/85 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 29 | 4th | 7th | 11 | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1984/85 | Nordiques de Québec | NHL | 49 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 38 | 18th | 6th | 4th | 10 | 13 | ||
1985/86 | Nordiques de Québec | NHL | 77 | 26th | 32 | 58 | 64 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||
1986/87 | Nordiques de Québec | NHL | 46 | 25th | 19th | 44 | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1986/87 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 35 | 15th | 16 | 31 | 22nd | 16 | 4th | 9 | 13 | 6th | ||
1987/88 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 73 | 26th | 27 | 53 | 50 | 16 | 7th | 5 | 12 | 10 | ||
1988/89 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 75 | 31 | 37 | 68 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1989/90 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 79 | 22nd | 34 | 56 | 37 | 7th | 3 | 1 | 4th | 2 | ||
1990/91 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 61 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1991/92 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 7th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1991/92 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 61 | 17th | 22nd | 39 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1992/93 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 26th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1992/93 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 11 | 4th | 8th | 12 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1992/93 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 32 | 8th | 11 | 19th | 41 | 6th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
1993/94 | Las Vegas Thunder | IHL | 16 | 4th | 10 | 14th | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
W (C) HL total | 173 | 131 | 110 | 241 | 222 | 35 | 16 | 7th | 23 | 25th | ||||
NHL overall | 998 | 284 | 345 | 629 | 635 | 85 | 24 | 25th | 49 | 70 |
International
Represented Canada to:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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1989 | Canada | WM | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6th | 2 | ||
Men overall | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6th | 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 )
Web links
- Brent Ashton at legendsofhockey.net ( Memento from June 2, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- Brent Ashton at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Brent Ashton at hockeydraftcentral.com
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ashton, Brent |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ashton, Brent Kenneth (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1960 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saskatoon , Saskatchewan |