Brian Pothier

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Brian Pothier
Date of birth April 15, 1977
place of birth New Bedford , Massachusetts , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 90 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1996-2000 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2000-2001 Orlando Solar Bears
2001-2002 Chicago Wolves
2002-2004 Binghamton Senators
2005-2006 Ottawa Senators
2006-2010 Washington Capitals
2010 Carolina Hurricanes
2010–2012 Genève-Servette HC

Brian Pothier (born April 15, 1977 in New Bedford , Massachusetts ) is a former American ice hockey player and current coach who played 391 games for the Ottawa Senators , Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes in the course of his active career between 1996 and 2012 of the National Hockey League in the position of defender . Pothier also spent part of his active career in the American Hockey League and International Hockey League , where he received numerous individual awards and won both the Turner Cup of the IHL and the Calder Cup of the AHL.

Career

The 1.83 m tall defender began his career with the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute team before he was signed as a free agent by the Atlanta Thrashers for the 1999/2000 season .

Pothier at the AHL All-Star Classic 2003

The right- handed shooter played his first game in the NHL during the 2000/01 season , in 2002 he moved to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Shawn McEachern , until the 2005/06 season he was used, as in Atlanta, for most of the time in lower-class farm teams , only then did he make the leap into the NHL regular squad. In 2006, Brian Pothier was hired by the Capitals as a free agent. There he was used regularly in the following four seasons before he was transferred to the Carolina Hurricanes in March 2010 in a transfer business . After 20 games for the Hurricanes he left North America in July 2010 and signed a two-year contract with the Genève-Servette HC in the National League A .

After missing much of the 2008-09 season due to the aftereffects of a concussion , he suffered another concussion in March 2012. Due to the aftermath of this trauma, he completely missed the following two seasons and then ended his career. During the 2013-14 season, he began working as an unpaid assistant coach at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth from Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . He also runs an ice hockey school.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1996/97 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NCAA 34 1 11 12 42
1997/98 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NCAA 35 2 9 11 28
1998/99 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NCAA 37 5 13 18th 36
1999/00 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NCAA 36 9 24 33 44
2000/01 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 76 12 29 41 69 16 3 5 8th 11
2000/01 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 3 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2001/02 Chicago Wolves AHL 39 6th 13 19th 30th - - - - -
2001/02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 33 3 6th 9 22nd - - - - -
2002/03 Binghamton Senators AHL 68 7th 40 47 58 8th 2 8th 10 4th
2002/03 Ottawa Senators NHL 14th 2 4th 6th 6th 1 0 0 0 2
2003/04 Ottawa Senators NHL 52 2 6th 8th 24 7th 0 0 0 6th
2003/04 Binghamton Senators AHL 55 2 6th 8th 24 7th 0 0 0 6th
2005/06 Ottawa Senators NHL 77 5 30th 35 59 8th 2 1 3 2
2006/07 Washington Capitals NHL 72 3 25th 28 44 - - - - -
2007/08 Washington Capitals NHL 38 5 9 14th 20th - - - - -
2008/09 Washington Capitals NHL 9 1 2 3 4th 13 0 2 2 8th
2008/09 Hershey Bears AHL 4th 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2009/10 Washington Capitals NHL 41 4th 7th 11 10 - - - - -
2009/10 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 20th 1 3 4th 11 - - - - -
2010/11 Genève-Servette HC NLA 44 8th 25th 33 26th 6th 2 4th 6th 10
2011/12 Genève-Servette HC NLA 50 6th 20th 26th 32 4th 0 1 1 4th
NCAA overall 142 17th 57 74 150
AHL total 188 25th 89 114 154 14th 2 9 11 10
NHL overall 362 26th 92 118 202 29 2 3 5 18th
NLA total 94 14th 45 59 58 10 2 5 7th 14th

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2007 United States WM 5th place 7th 0 1 1 4th
Men overall 7th 0 1 1 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 : Brian Pothier  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SouthCoastToday.com, complicated comeback path for Brian Pothier , 12 November 2013
  2. ↑ Blueline Hockey
personal data
SURNAME Pothier, Brian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH New Bedford , Massachusetts, USA