Brian Benning

Brian Benning
Date of birth	June 10, 1966
place of birth	Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1984 , 2nd lap, 26th position St. Louis Blues
Career stations
1982-1983	St. Albert Saints
1983-1984	Portland Winter Hawks
1984-1985	Kamloops Blazers
1985-1989	St. Louis Blues
1989-1992	Los Angeles Kings
1992-1993	Philadelphia Flyers
1993	Edmonton Oilers
1993-1995	Florida panthers

Brian Anthony Benning (born June 10, 1966 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League from 1985 to 1995 for the St. Louis Blues , Los Angeles Kings , Philadelphia Flyers , Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers Has. His brother Jim also played in the NHL.

Career

Brian Benning began his career as a hockey player with the Portland Winter Hawks , for whom he played in the 1983/84 season in the Western Hockey League . He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1984 in the second round as a total of 26th player from the St. Louis Blues . He began the following season, however, with the Kamloops Blazers from the WHL, before he made his debut for St. Louis in the National Hockey League , for which he was a total of four times by the end of the season.

The 1985/86 season Benning spent in the junior team of Team Canada, for which he was active the entire regular season. He then ran in 6 games for the Blues in the NHL playoffs. After three more years in St. Louis, the defender was given on November 10, 1989 to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for their third-round suffrage in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft . After almost 2½ years Benning had to leave the Kings again and was transferred to the Philadelphia Flyers for Paul Coffey along with the Kings' first round suffrage in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft . After only one year in Philadelphia Benning was given in January 1993 to the Edmonton Oilers , who did not renew his contract at the end of the 1992/93 season. On July 13, 1993 Benning was finally committed by the Florida Panthers , with whom he ended his career in 1995.

International

For Canada , Brian Benning took part in the 1993 Ice Hockey World Championship and reached fourth place with his team.

Achievements and Awards

• 1987 NHL All-Rookie Team

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	10	568	63	233	296	963
Playoffs	6th	48	3	20th	23	70

Web links

• Brian Benning at hockeydb.com (English)
• Brian Benning at legendsofhockey.net (English)