Brent Severyn

Brent Severyn
Date of birth	February 22, 1966
place of birth	Vegreville , Alberta , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1984 , 5th lap, 99th position Winnipeg Jets
Career stations
1983-1984	Seattle Breakers
1984-1985	Brandon Wheat Kings
1985-1986	Saskatoon Blades Seattle Thunderbirds
1986-1988	University of Alberta
1988-1991	Halifax Citadels
1991-1993	Utica Devils
1993-1995	Florida panthers
1995-1996	New York Islanders
1996-1997	Colorado Avalanche
1997-1998	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1998-1999	Dallas Stars
1999-2000	Munich Barons
2000-2001	Krefeld penguins

Brent Leonard Severyn (born February 22, 1966 in Vegreville , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who worked for the Québec Nordiques , Florida Panthers , New York Islanders , Colorado Avalanche , Mighty Ducks of Anaheim from 1983 to 2001 and Dallas Stars played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Brent Severyn began his career as a hockey player in Canada's top junior division, Western Hockey League , where he played for the Seattle Breakers , Brandon Wheat Kings , Saskatoon Blades and Seattle Thunderbirds from 1983 to 1986 . During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1984 in the fifth round as the 99th player of the Winnipeg Jets , for which he however never played. Instead, the defender played from 1986 to 1988 for the team of the University of Alberta before it to 1991 for the 1988 farm team of the Quebec Nordiques , the Halifax Citadels of the American Hockey League , ran aground, and he in the 1989/90 season debut in the National Hockey League for the Nordiques. The left shooter then spent two more years in the AHL with the Utica Devils , before he was given to the Florida Panthers on October 3, 1993 in exchange for Milan Tichý .

Shortly before the end of the trade deadline in the 1994/95 season, the Florida Panthers Severyn transferred to their league rival New York Islanders , for whom he was on the ice in the NHL for the following year and a half. He then spent a season each with the Colorado Avalanche , Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Dallas Stars , where he won the Stanley Cup with Dallas in the 1998/99 season . Although he had not played enough games to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup, he benefited from an exemption as he was out with injury for much of the season. Following this successful season, the Canadian left the Texans and moved to the newly founded Munich Barons in the DEL , with whom he became German champions in the 1999/2000 season . After another season in the DEL with the Krefeld Penguins , he ended his career in Germany in 2001.

Achievements and Awards

• 1993 AHL First All-Star Team
• 1999 Stanley Cup win with the Dallas Stars
• 2000 German champion with the Munich Barons

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	7th	328	10	30th	40	825
NHL playoffs	1	8th	0	0	0	12
DEL main round	2	74	8th	18th	26th	155
DEL playoffs	1	12	0	3	3	14th

Web links

• Brent Severyn at hockeydb.com (English)
• Brent Severyn at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Brent Severyn at hockeydraftcentral.com