Brent Ashton

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CanadaCanada  Brent Ashton Ice hockey player
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

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
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
1989 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 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 )

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personal data
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