Brian Gibbons (ice hockey player, 1988)

Brian Gibbons
Date of birth	February 26, 1988
place of birth	Braintree , Massachusetts , USA
size	173 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2004-2006	Thayer Academy
2006-2007	Salisbury School
2007-2011	Boston College
2011-2013	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2013-2014	Pittsburgh Penguins
2014-2015	Columbus Blue Jackets
2015-2016	Hartford Wolf Pack
2016-2017	Albany Devils
2017-2018	New Jersey Devils
2018-2019	Anaheim Ducks
2019	Ottawa Senators
2019-2020	Carolina Hurricanes Charlotte Checkers
since 2020	Lausanne HC

Brian Robert Gibbons (born February 26, 1988 in Braintree , Massachusetts ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with Lausanne HC from the Swiss National League since July 2020 and plays there in the position of right winger .

Career

Gibbons in the jersey of the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins

Gibbons spent his high school years at Thayer Academy and Salisbury School between 2004 and 2007 . The striker then moved to Boston College , where he spent the following four years extremely successful. In addition to his studies, he played between 2007 and 2011 for the hockey team of the college in Hockey East , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In his first year he won with the team both the title of Hockey East and then the national championship of the NCAA. After a mixed second year in college gaming, the team again secured both titles in the 2009/10 season. In addition, Gibbons found himself in the First All-Star Team after he had been elected to the Hockey East All-Academic Team the previous year. In the following season he was then represented in the Second All-Star Team and celebrated the third division title with the college within four years. He played a total of 160 games during this period and posted 164 points scorer .

After successfully completing his studies in the spring of 2011, the undrafted attacker was drawn to the professional field. There he received an offer from the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League in April 2011 . The Penguins then used him at the beginning of the 2011/12 season in their farm team , the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins , in the American Hockey League . There the American was a regular player in the two game years up to the summer of 2013, after which Pittsburgh extended his contract by one year in July 2013. As a result, Gibbons was able to prepare his first NHL games in the first half of the 2013/14 season , before he finally secured a regular place in the second half. At the end of the game year, including the play-offs, there were 49 appearances and 20 scorer points to book.

Nevertheless, both parties did not extend the expiring contract in summer 2014, so the American signed a one-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets as a free agent . There he spent the season in roughly equal parts in the NHL and with the Springfield Falcons in the AHL. The brief stint in the Blue Jackets franchise was followed by a move to the New York Rangers . Also with a one-year contract, Gibbons was in the squad of the Hartford Wolf Pack farm team in the AHL for the entire 2015/16 season and did not find a new employer from the NHL after the season. Instead, he accepted an offer from the Albany Devils of the American Hockey League in early October 2016 , where he finally spent the game year. Previously, he had taken part in the training camp of the cooperation partner New Jersey Devils in September , but had not been able to recommend himself for an NHL contract. In July 2017, however, Gibbons received this contract from New Jersey Devils. He then signed a one-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks as a free agent in July 2018 . He did not end the season there, however, as he was given to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Patrick Sieloff after 44 missions in February 2019 . With the Senators he played 20 games by the end of the season and then moved to the Carolina Hurricanes as a free agent . There he commuted between the NHL squad and the AHL squad of the Charlotte Checkers , before joining Lausanne HC from the Swiss National League in July 2020 .

International

At the 2018 World Cup , Gibbons took part in an international tournament for the first time and won the bronze medal there with the USA national team .

Achievements and Awards

2008 Hockey East Championship with Boston College 2008 NCAA Division I Championship with Boston College 2009 Hockey East All-Academic Team 2010 Hockey East Championship with Boston College 2010 Hockey East First All-Star Team

2010 NCAA Division I Championship with Boston College 2011 Hockey East Championship with Boston College 2011 Hockey East Second All-Star Team 2014 participation in the AHL All-Star Classic

International

• 2018 bronze medal at the world championship

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2007/08	Boston College	Hockey East		43	13	22nd	35	32
2008/09	Boston College	Hockey East		36	9	19th	28	52
2009/10	Boston College	Hockey East		42	16	34	50	78
2010/11	Boston College	Hockey East		39	18th	33	51	79
2011/12	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL		70	11	19th	30th	26th		9	0	0	0	8th
2012/13	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL		70	8th	22nd	30th	34		15th	3	5	8th	22nd
2013/14	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL		28	11	19th	30th	43		10	1	2	3	18th
2013/14	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		41	5	12	17th	6th		8th	2	1	3	2
2014/15	Springfield Falcons	AHL		26th	3	8th	11	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		25th	0	5	5	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		63	6th	17th	23	30th		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Albany Devils	AHL		72	16	20th	36	38		4th	1	0	1	2
2017/18	New Jersey Devils	NHL		59	12	14th	26th	20th		2	0	0	0	0
2018/19	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		44	2	3	5	16		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Ottawa Senators	NHL		20th	6th	8th	14th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		15th	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Charlotte Checkers	NHL		26th	4th	14th	18th	40		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				160	56	108	164	241
AHL total				355	59	119	178	225		39	5	7th	12	50
NHL overall				204	25th	42	67	58		10	2	1	3	2

International

Represented the USA at:

• World Championship 2018

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2018	United States	WM			7th	0	0	0	2
Men overall					7th	0	0	0	2

( 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 : Brian Gibbons  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Brian Gibbons in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
• Brian Gibbons at eliteprospects.com (English)