Brian Skrudland

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Brian Skrudland
Date of birth July 31, 1963
place of birth Peace River , Alberta , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 91 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1980-1983 Saskatoon Blades
1983-1984 Nova Scotia Voyageurs
1984-1985 Canadiens de Sherbrooke
1985-1993 Canadiens de Montréal
1993 Calgary Flames
1993-1997 Florida panthers
1997-1998 New York Rangers
1998-2000 Dallas Stars

Brian Norman Skrudland (born July 31, 1963 in Peace River , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player , coach and functionary who played 1045 games for the Canadiens de Montréal , Calgary Flames , Florida Panthers , New York Rangers and Dallas Stars competed in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . During his 15 seasons in the NHL, Skrudland, who was the first team captain in the Florida Panthers franchise history , won the Stanley Cup twice  - in 1986 with the Canadiens de Montréal and in 1999 with the Dallas Stars. He then worked as a trainer and official for his ex-teams from Calgary and Florida in the NHL.

Career

Brian Skrudland began his career as a hockey player with the Saskatoon Blades , for which he was active from 1980 to 1983 in the Canadian junior league Western Hockey League . Then the attacker played for a season each for the Nova Scotia Voyageurs and Sherbrooke Canadiens in the American Hockey League , where he won the Calder Cup with Sherbrooke in the 1984/85 season . As the best player in the playoffs, he also received the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy . He then received a contract with the Montréal Canadiens , for which he ran up as a regular player in the National Hockey League in the following eight years . The 1992/93 season , in which Montréal won the Stanley Cup , he ended with their league rivals Calgary Flames .

On June 24, 1993 Skrudland was selected in the NHL Expansion Draft by the newly formed Florida Panthers , in which he was under contract as team captain for the following four seasons . After he started the 1997/98 season with the New York Rangers , he moved to the Dallas Stars , with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 1999. With the Texans, the left shooter ended his active career after the 1999/2000 season at the age of 36.

From 2000 to 2003 the Canadian worked as an assistant coach for his ex-club Calgary Flames in the NHL. From 2010 on, Skrudland was responsible for player development in the Florida Panthers' coaching team before he took over the position of assistant coach in November 2013 when Kevin Dineen was fired . Following the 2013/14 season, two new assistant coaches, Mike Kelly and Mark Morris, were hired, so that Skrudland took over responsibility for player development again. He resigned from this position in summer 2016.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1980/81 Saskatoon Blades WHL 66 15th 27 42 97 - - - - -
1981/82 Saskatoon Blades WHL 71 27 29 56 135 5 0 1 1 2
1982/83 Saskatoon Blades WHL 71 35 59 94 42 6th 1 3 4th 19th
1983/84 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 56 13 12 25th 55 12 2 8th 10 14th
1984/85 Canadiens de Sherbrooke AHL 70 22nd 28 50 109 17th 9 8th 17th 23
1985/86 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 65 9 13 22nd 57 20th 2 4th 6th 76
1986/87 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 79 11 17th 28 107 14th 1 5 6th 29
1987/88 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 79 12 24 36 112 11 1 5 6th 24
1988/89 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 71 12 29 41 84 21st 3 7th 10 40
1989/90 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 59 11 31 42 56 11 3 5 8th 30th
1990/91 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 57 15th 19th 34 85 13 3 10 13 42
1991/92 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 42 3 3 6th 36 11 1 1 2 20th
1992/93 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 23 5 3 8th 55 - - - - -
1992/93 Calgary Flames NHL 16 2 4th 6th 10 6th 0 3 3 12
1993/94 Florida panthers NHL 79 15th 25th 40 136 - - - - -
1994/95 Florida panthers NHL 47 5 9 14th 88 - - - - -
1995/96 Florida panthers NHL 79 7th 20th 27 129 21st 1 3 4th 18th
1996/97 Florida panthers NHL 51 5 13 18th 48 - - - - -
1997/98 New York Rangers NHL 59 5 6th 11 39 - - - - -
1997/98 Dallas Stars NHL 13 2 0 2 10 17th 0 1 1 16
1998/99 Dallas Stars NHL 40 4th 1 5 33 19th 0 2 2 16
1999/00 Dallas Stars NHL 22nd 1 2 3 22nd - - - - -
WHL overall 208 77 115 192 274 11 1 4th 5 21st
AHL total 126 35 40 75 164 29 11 16 27 37
NHL overall 881 124 219 343 1107 164 15th 46 61 323

( 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. ↑ tsn.ca: "PANTHERS FIRE HEAD COACH DINEEN, NAME HORACHEK INTERIM COACH" (English, November 8, 2013, accessed November 24, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Skrudland, Brian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skrudland, Brian Norman (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Peace River , Alberta , Canada