Brian Lawton

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United StatesUnited States  Brian Lawton Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 29, 1965
place of birth New Brunswick , New Jersey , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1983 , 1st round, 1st position
Minnesota North Stars
Career stations
1981-1983 Mount Saint Charles Academy
1983-1988 Minnesota North Stars
1988 New York Rangers
1988-1989 Hartford Whalers
1989-1990 Nordiques de Québec
1990 Boston Bruins
1990-1991 Phoenix Roadrunners
1991-1993 San Jose Sharks

Brian Robert Lawton (born June 29, 1965 in New Brunswick , New Jersey ) is a former American ice hockey player and official who played 494 games for the Minnesota North Stars , New York Rangers between 1983 and 1993 , Hartford Whalers , Nordiques de Québec , Boston Bruins and San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League on the position of left winger . Lawton was selected in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft as the overall first by the Minnesota North Stars, making it the first American and the first player from a North American high school to be drawn in first position.

Career

Lawton played for the Mount Saint Charles Academy high school team between 1981 and 1983 during his junior years . He also appeared in 1983 with the United States U20 national team at the Junior World Cup . After completing the 1982/83 season, the striker was selected in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft as the overall first by the Minnesota North Stars from the National Hockey League . It made him the first American and the first high school player to be drawn first in the draft.

In his rookie season 1983/84 the American reached 31 points scorer with the North Stars . After a weaker second season, he brought it to 35 to 45 points in each of the following three seasons. For the 1988/89 season, however , he was given in a total of seven players comprehensive transfer business to the New York Rangers . Already in the course of the game year he moved again, this time to the Hartford Whalers . The following season, which he began again in Hartford, also brought him a brief stint with the Nordiques de Québec , before he played eight games for the Boston Bruins .

It followed a year in the International Hockey League with the Phoenix Roadrunners , before the new team of the San Jose Sharks secured his services for the 1991/92 season . He was with the Sharks for two years, but was also repeatedly used in the IHL farm teams Kansas City Blades and Cincinnati Cyclones . In 1993 he ended his career and became a player's agent. He founded his own agency, Lawton Sport and Financial , which he ran with Mike Liut . After selling his agency to Octagon Athlete Represantation in 1998, Lawton became chairman of the company's ice hockey division. Sergei Fyodorov was one of his clients .

In the summer of 2008, he left Octagon and became vice president of the Tampa Bay Lightning ice hockey business before being named general manager just months later. After a change of ownership, Lawton was released in April 2010 along with head coach Rick Tocchet .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1981/82 Mount Saint Charles Academy US high school 26th 45 43 88
1982/83 Mount Saint Charles Academy US high school 23 40 43 83
1982/83 USA hockey International 7th 3 2 5 6th
1983/84 Minnesota North Stars NHL 58 10 21st 31 33 5 0 0 0 10
1984/85 Minnesota North Stars NHL 40 5 6th 11 24 - - - - -
1984/85 Springfield Indians AHL 42 14th 28 42 37 4th 1 1 2 2
1985/86 Minnesota North Stars NHL 65 18th 17th 35 36 3 0 1 1 2
1986/87 Minnesota North Stars NHL 66 21st 23 44 86 - - - - -
1987/88 Minnesota North Stars NHL 74 17th 24 41 71 - - - - -
1988/89 New York Rangers NHL 30th 7th 10 17th 39 - - - - -
1988/89 Hartford Whalers NHL 35 10 16 26th 28 3 1 0 1 0
1989/90 Hartford Whalers NHL 13 2 1 3 6th - - - - -
1989/90 Nordiques de Québec NHL 14th 5 6th 11 10 - - - - -
1989/90 Maine Mariners AHL 5 0 0 0 14th - - - - -
1989/90 Boston Bruins NHL 8th 0 0 0 14th - - - - -
1990/91 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 63 26th 40 66 108 11 4th 9 13 40
1991/92 San Jose Sharks NHL 59 15th 22nd 37 42 - - - - -
1992/93 Kansas City Blades IHL 9 6th 4th 10 10 - - - - -
1992/93 San Jose Sharks NHL 21st 2 8th 10 12 - - - - -
1992/93 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 17th 5 11 16 30th - - - - -
AHL total 47 14th 28 42 51 4th 1 1 2 2
IHL total 89 37 55 92 148 11 4th 9 13 40
NHL overall 483 112 154 266 401 11 1 1 2 12

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1983 United States U20 World Cup 5th place 7th 3 1 4th 6th
1983 United States B-WM 1st place Statistics not known
1984 United States Canada Cup 4th Place 6th 5 0 5 4th
1987 United States WM 7th place 8th 3 3 6th 14th
Juniors overall 7th 3 1 4th 6th
Men overall 14th 8th 3 11 18th

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sports.espn.go.com, Time to bolt: Lightning fire coach, GM
personal data
SURNAME Lawton, Brian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lawton, Brian Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player and official
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH New Brunswick, New Jersey