Brian Engblom

Brian Engblom
Date of birth	January 27, 1955
place of birth	Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
WHA Amateur Draft	1974 , 2nd lap, 22nd position Winnipeg Jets
NHL Amateur Draft	1975 , 2nd lap, 22nd position Canadiens de Montréal
Career stations
1972-1973	Winnipeg Monarchs
1973-1975	University of Wisconsin – Madison
1975-1977	Nova Scotia Voyageurs
1977-1982	Canadiens de Montréal
1982-1983	Washington Capitals
1983-1986	Los Angeles Kings
1986	Buffalo Sabers
1986-1987	Calgary Flames

Brian Paul Engblom (born January 27, 1955 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player (defender) who played national hockey for the Canadiens de Montréal , Washington Capitals , Los Angeles Kings , Buffalo Sabers and Calgary Flames from 1976 to 1987 League played.

Career

Engblom studied at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and played for their ice hockey team. The professional teams became aware of him because of his good performance. In the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft , the Winnipeg Jets , a team from his hometown, secured the rights for the World Hockey Association in the second round as 22. A year later, also in the second round as 22, it was the Canadiens de Montréal who tried to tie him to the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft .

He chose Montreal, where he was used in the first year with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs in the American Hockey League . After another year in Nova Scotia, the Canadiens brought him to the playoffs in 1977 in their squad. There he helped the team to win the Stanley Cup with two appearances , but was not immortalized on the trophy due to fewer appearances. He made up for this with two further successes in 1978 and 1979 .

The jump into the NHL was made, but next to Larry Robinson , Guy Lapointe and Serge Savard there was little room for much ice age. With a lot of effort and constant defensive work, he earned a regular place and led the league in the 1980/81 season in the plus / minus rating. In a large swap he was given to the Washington Capitals for the 1982/83 season together with Rod Langway , Doug Jarvis and Craig Laughlin , who in return sent Rick Green and Ryan Walter to Montreal.

After a year with the Capitals, he was handed over to the Los Angeles Kings for Larry Murphy shortly after the start of the 1983/84 season . In late January 1986 he joined the Buffalo Sabers together with Doug Smith until the end of the season . There was another move to the Calgary Flames before the 1986/87 season , but after 32 games, a neck injury suffered in December 1986 ended his career.

Achievements and Awards

1975 WCHA First All-Star Team 1975 NCAA West First All-American Team 1976 Calder Cup win with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs 1977 Calder Cup win with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs 1977 AHL First All-Star Team

1977 Eddie Shore Award 1978 Stanley Cup win with the Canadiens de Montréal 1979 Stanley Cup win with the Canadiens de Montréal 1981 leader of the plus / minus scoring (from 1983 the NHL plus / minus award was given for this) 1982 NHL Second All-Star Team

International

• 1983 bronze medal at the world championship

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	10	659	29	177	206	599
Playoffs	8th	48	3	9	12	43

Web links

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