Brett McLean

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Brett McLean
Date of birth August 14, 1978
place of birth Comox , British Columbia , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 84 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1997 , 9th round, 242nd position
Dallas Stars
Career stations
1994-1995 Tacoma Rockets
1995-1999 Kelowna Rockets
1999 Brandon Wheat Kings
1999-2000 Saint John Flames
2000-2001 Cleveland Lumberjacks
2001-2002 Houston Eros
2002-2004 Chicago Blackhawks
2004-2005 Malmö IF
2005-2007 Colorado Avalanche
2007-2009 Florida panthers
2009-2011 SC Bern
2011–2012 Rockford IceHogs
2012-2015 HC Lugano
2015-2017 EHC Linz

Brett McLean (born August 14, 1978 in Comox , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who played 393 games for the Chicago Blackhawks , Colorado Avalanche and Florida Panthers in the course of his playing career between 1994 and 2017 National Hockey League has contested on the position of the center . He also played in Europe for SC Bern and HC Lugano in the Swiss National League A and EHC Linz in the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League .

Career

Brett McLean began his career as a hockey player in the Western Hockey League , in which he was active from 1994 to 1995 for the Tacoma Rockets and from 1995 to 1999 for the Kelowna Rockets after the franchise was relocated. During this time, the center was selected in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft in the ninth round as a total of 242nd player by the Dallas Stars . In September 1999, McLean was hired by the Calgary Flames as a free agent , but in the following season he only played for their farm team , the Saint John Flames , from the American Hockey League . After one season each with the Cleveland Lumberjacks from the International Hockey League and the Houston Eros from the AHL, the Canadian was signed on July 23, 2002 by the Chicago Blackhawks from the National Hockey League as a free agent.

McLean in the jersey of the EHC Linz

After he had missed only four regular season games with the Blackhawks in the 2003/04 season , McLean bridged the lockout in the 2004/05 NHL season at Malmö IF from the Swedish Elitserien . After resumption of play in the NHL McLean signed a contract with the Colorado Avalanche , for which he was the following two seasons on the ice. On July 1, 2007, the attacker was signed by the Florida Panthers , who gave him a three-year contract. In the 2007/08 season he scored 37 points scorer, while he only got 19 points in the following season. So the Panthers bought him out of his current contract. In September 2009, he took part in a Tampa Bay Lightning training camp , but was not given a contract.

In October 2009 he was signed by SC Bern from the National League A and won the Swiss championship with the Bernese in the 2009/10 season . On July 1, 2011, he signed a two-way contract with the Chicago Blackhawks, but was subsequently used exclusively with the Rockford IceHogs . In January 2012 he returned to the NLA and was signed by HC Lugano .

There McLean was assistant captain for the next three years and led Team Canada at the Spengler Cup 2013 and 2014 as an "assistant". In total, he played 286 games in the NLA by 2015, in which he scored 80 goals and 126 assists. After two years at EHC Linz in the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League , he ended his career in 2017 and became assistant coach at Iowa Wild in the AHL.

International

For his home country, McLean took part with the Canadian U20 national team at the 1998 Junior World Cup in Finland . The striker was used in all seven American tournament games and scored two points. The Canadians finished the tournament outside of the medal ranks in eighth place.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1994/95 Tacoma Rockets WHL 67 11 23 34 33 4th 0 1 1 0
1995/96 Kelowna Rockets WHL 71 37 42 79 60 6th 2 2 4th 6th
1996/97 Kelowna Rockets WHL 72 44 60 104 96 6th 4th 2 6th 12
1997/98 Kelowna Rockets WHL 54 42 46 88 91 7th 4th 5 9 17th
1998/99 Kelowna Rockets WHL 44 32 38 70 46 - - - - -
1998/99 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 21st 15th 16 31 20th 5 1 6th 7th 8th
1998/99 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 7th 0 3 3 6th - - - - -
1999/00 Johnstown Chiefs ECHL 8th 4th 7th 11 6th - - - - -
1999/00 Saint John Flames AHL 72 15th 23 38 115 3 0 1 1 2
2000/01 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 74 20th 24 44 54 4th 0 0 0 18th
2001/02 Houston Eros AHL 78 24 21st 45 71 14th 1 6th 7th 12
2002/03 Norfolk Admirals AHL 77 23 38 61 60 9 2 6th 8th 9
2002/03 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2003/04 Norfolk Admirals AHL 4th 3 3 6th 6th - - - - -
2003/04 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 76 11 20th 31 54 - - - - -
2004/05 Malmo Redhawks Elitserien 38 7th 6th 13 102 - - - - -
2005/06 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 9 31 40 51 8th 0 1 1 4th
2006/07 Colorado Avalanche NHL 78 15th 20th 35 36 - - - - -
2007/08 Florida panthers NHL 67 14th 23 37 34 - - - - -
2008/09 Florida panthers NHL 80 7th 12 19th 29 - - - - -
2009/10 SC Bern NLA 34 13 20th 33 24 15th 5 7th 12 8th
2010/11 SC Bern NLA 50 10 17th 27 22nd 6th 3 0 3 6th
2011/12 Rockford IceHogs AHL 36 7th 14th 21st 20th - - - - -
2011/12 HC Lugano NLA 10 5 1 6th 4th 6th 0 3 3 4th
2012/13 HC Lugano NLA 50 13 24 37 44 6th 1 6th 7th 6th
2013/14 HC Lugano NLA 50 18th 26th 44 52 5 0 0 0 10
2014/15 HC Lugano NLA 47 9 21st 30th 14th 6th 3 0 3 2
2015/16 EHC Linz EBEL 52 13 47 60 40 12 3 8th 11 4th
2016/17 EHC Linz EBEL 39 9 27 36 14th 5 0 1 1 0
WHL overall 329 181 225 406 346 28 11 16 27 43
AHL total 274 72 102 174 278 26th 3 13 16 23
NHL overall 385 56 106 162 204 8th 0 1 1 4th
NLA total 241 68 109 177 160 45 12 17th 29 36
EBEL total 91 22nd 74 96 54 17th 3 9 12 4th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1998 Canada June World Cup 8th place 7th 1 1 2 4th
Juniors overall 7th 1 1 2 4th

( 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 : Brett McLean  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. eaasand: Brett McLean joins Iowa's coaching staff. In: theahl.com. July 14, 2017, accessed on August 23, 2017 .