Brent Sopel

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Brent Sopel
Date of birth 7th January 1977
place of birth Calgary , Alberta , Canada
size 187 cm
Weight 93 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1995 , 6th lap, 144th position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
1993-1994 Saskatoon Blades
1994-1997 Swift Current Broncos
1996-2000 Syracuse crunch
1999-2004 Vancouver Canucks
2005-2006 New York Islanders
2006-2007 Los Angeles Kings
2007 Vancouver Canucks
2007-2010 Chicago Blackhawks
2010-2011 Atlanta Thrashers
2011 Canadiens de Montréal
2011-2013 Metallurg Novokuznetsk
2013-2014 Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2014-2015 Chicago Wolves

Brent Sopel (born January 7, 1977 in Calgary , Alberta ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . The defender played over 700 National Hockey League games between 1999 and 2011 , most of them for the Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks , with whom he won the 2010 Stanley Cup . In addition, Sopel came in his 20 seasons professional career on 223 appearances in the American Hockey League and 168 games in the Continental Hockey League .

Career

Sopel with the Stanley Cup (2010)

Sopel began his career in 1993 in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League with the Saskatoon Blades . During the NHL Entry Draft 1995 he was selected by those in charge of the Vancouver Canucks in the sixth round in a total of 144th position. The right-handed shooter stayed for another two years in the WHL with the Swift Current Broncos before moving to the American Hockey League (AHL) for the Syracuse Crunch , the Vancouver Canucks' farm team at the time, in the summer of 1997 . The trained defender received his first appearances in the NHL during the 1998/99 season when he played five games for the Canucks. After he was again mainly used in the AHL in the following year and was only used in 18 NHL games, he made his breakthrough in the 2000/01 season . From then on he was part of the Canucks' regular squad and played almost all of the regular season's games.

The 2004/05 season sat Sopel due to the lockout in the NHL completely. A year later, on August 3, 2005, he was transferred to the New York Islanders , who in return gave a conditional six- round vote for the 2006 NHL Entry Draft to the Canucks. He then wore the Islanders' jersey 57 times and scored 27 points scorer before he was handed over to the Los Angeles Kings in March 2006 with Mark Parrish . In return, the Islanders received Denis Grebeschkow , Jeff Tambellini and a third-round suffrage for the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. After a little less than a year with the Kings, the defender was transferred back to the Vancouver Canucks in February, which gave him a second-round suffrage for the NHL Entry Draft 2007 as well as a four-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 2008 to Los Angeles.

In the summer of 2007, Sopel joined the Chicago Blackhawks as a free agent , who provided him with a one-year contract that guaranteed him around $ 1.5 million. He had previously turned down an offer from the Detroit Red Wings , which had offered him significantly less money. At the end of the 2007/08 season , the management of the Blackhawks extended his contract for another three years. During that time he made seven million dollars. In the 2009/10 season he won the playoffs for the Stanley Cup with Chicago . In June 2010 he was handed over to the Atlanta Thrashers in a larger transfer business with Dustin Byfuglien , Ben Eager and Akim Aliu , while Marty Reasoner , Joey Crabb , Jeremy Morin and two voting rights for the 2010 NHL Entry Draft moved to Chicago. At the Thrashers, he held a regular place during the 2010/11 season, before the defender was given up to the Canadiens de Montréal in February 2011 together with Nigel Dawes in exchange for Ben Maxwell and a four-round vote in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft .

On July 30, 2011 Sopel signed a two-year contract with Metallurg Novokuznetsk from the Continental Hockey League . In January 2013 he was given to Salawat Yulayev Ufa after Novokuznetsk had no chance of reaching the playoffs. After a total of three years in Russia, the American returned to North America for the 2014/15 season, where he joined the Chicago Wolves from the AHL for one season and made 29 appearances. Finally, in February 2015, he announced the end of his active career.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1993/94 Saskatoon Blades WHL 11 2 2 4th 2 - - - - - -
1994/95 Saskatoon Blades WHL 22nd 1 10 11 31 - - - - - -
1994/95 Swift Current Broncos WHL 41 4th 19th 23 50 3 0 3 3 0
1995/96 Swift Current Broncos WHL 71 13 48 61 87 6th 1 2 3 +4 4th
1995/96 Syracuse crunch AHL 1 0 0 0 -2 0 - - - - - -
1996/97 Swift Current Broncos WHL 62 15th 41 56 +39 109 10 5 11 16 +6 32
1996/97 Syracuse crunch AHL 2 0 0 0 ± 0 0 3 0 0 0 +1 0
1997/98 Syracuse crunch AHL 76 10 33 43 -4 70 5 0 7th 7th +5 12
1998/99 Syracuse crunch AHL 53 10 21st 31 -33 59 - - - - - -
1998/99 Vancouver Canucks NHL 5 1 0 1 -1 4th - - - - - -
1999/00 Syracuse crunch AHL 50 6th 25th 31 +11 67 4th 0 2 2 +2 8th
1999/00 Vancouver Canucks NHL 18th 2 4th 6th +9 12 - - - - - -
2000/01 Kansas City Blades IHL 4th 0 1 1 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
2000/01 Vancouver Canucks NHL 52 4th 10 14th +4 10 4th 0 0 0 -1 2
2001/02 Vancouver Canucks NHL 66 8th 17th 25th +21 44 6th 0 2 2 -1 2
2002/03 Vancouver Canucks NHL 81 7th 30th 37 -15 23 14th 2 6th 8th -2 4th
2003/04 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 10 32 42 +11 36 7th 0 1 1 -4 0
2004/05 not played due to the lockout
2005/06 New York Islanders NHL 57 2 25th 27 –9 64 - - - - - -
2005/06 Los Angeles Kings NHL 11 0 1 1 -4 6th - - - - - -
2006/07 Los Angeles Kings NHL 44 4th 19th 23 +2 14th - - - - - -
2006/07 Vancouver Canucks NHL 19th 1 4th 5 ± 0 10 11 0 0 0 +1 2
2007/08 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 58 1 19th 20th +9 28 - - - - - -
2008/09 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 23 1 1 2 -4 8th - - - - - -
2009/10 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 73 1 7th 8th +3 34 22nd 1 5 6th +7 8th
2010/11 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 59 2 5 7th +7 16 - - - - - -
2010/11 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 12 0 0 0 -1 0 7th 1 0 1 -2 2
2011/12 Metallurg Novokuznetsk KHL 47 2 6th 8th –9 33 - - - - - -
2012/13 Metallurg Novokuznetsk KHL 47 4th 6th 10 +2 12 - - - - - -
2012/13 Salawat Yulayev Ufa KHL 4th 0 2 2 ± 0 0 14th 4th 1 5 +4 6th
2013/14 Salawat Yulayev Ufa KHL 38 1 9 10 +2 14th 18th 0 1 1 +4 19th
2014/15 Chicago Wolves AHL 29 1 7th 8th -3 46 - - - - - -
WHL overall 207 35 120 155 279 19th 6th 16 22nd 36
AHL total 211 27 86 113 -31 242 12 0 9 9 +8 20th
KHL total 136 7th 23 30th -5 59 32 4th 2 6th +8 25th
NHL overall 658 44 174 218 +32 309 71 4th 14th 18th -2 20th

( 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 )

Personal

Sopel suffers from dyslexia and dysgraphia , but the diseases were not diagnosed in him until he was an adult. In this context, he is involved in several non-profit organizations.

He is divorced and has four children.

Web links

Commons : Brent Sopel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tsn.ca, Sopel leaves Wings, signs with Chicago
  2. ↑ tsn.ca, Sopel inks three-year deal with Hawks
  3. ↑ Blackhawks acquire two 2010 draft picks, Jeremy Morin, Marty Reasoner and Joey Crabb from Atlanta Thrashers. blackhawks.nhl.com, June 24, 2010, accessed March 7, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Brian Sandalow: Brent Sopel Announces retirement. chicago.suntimes.com, February 27, 2015, accessed March 7, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Sopel, Brent
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 7th January 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Calgary , Alberta , Canada