Doug Brown (ice hockey player)

United States Doug Brown

Date of birth	June 12, 1964
place of birth	Southborough , Massachusetts , USA
size	178 cm
Weight	84 kg

position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right

Career stations

1982-1986	Boston College
1986-1987	Maine Mariners
1987-1993	New Jersey Devils
1993-1994	Pittsburgh Penguins
1994-2001	Detroit Red Wings

Douglas "Doug" Brown (born June 12, 1964 in Southborough , Massachusetts ) is a former American ice hockey player who played 963 games for the New Jersey Devils , Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings in the course of his active career between 1982 and 2001 has played in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . In the service of the Detroit Red Wings, Brown won the Stanley Cup twice in 1997 and 1998 . His brother Greg was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Doug Brown began his career as a hockey player in the team at Boston College , for which he was active from 1982 to 1986 in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In his last two university years he was elected to the second All-Star Team of Hockey East . Then the winger was on August 6, 1986 as a free agent by the New Jersey Devils contracted for which he in the next seven years in the National Hockey League played, and he in his rookie year, mainly for their farm team , the Maine Mariners of the American Hockey League , stood on the ice. In the following years he was only used sporadically in New Jersey's new AHL farm team Utica Devils , as he was able to fight for a regular place in the NHL team.

The 1993/94 season Brown spent with the Pittsburgh Penguins . He then played until his retirement at the age of 37 in the summer of 2001 with their league rivals Detroit Red Wings . With the Michigan team , he won the prestigious Stanley Cup twice in a row in 1997 and 1998 .

Brown was selected by the Nashville Predators in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft , but was sent back to the Red Wings in a barter a few weeks later. In exchange, Petr Sýkora and a third-round vote were given to the Predators.

For the United States Brown participated in the world championships in 1986 , 1989 , 1991 and 2001 and at the 1991 Canada Cup in part.

Represented the USA at:

year	team	event	result	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1986	United States	WM	6th place	10	2	1	3	2
1989	United States	WM	6th place	10	1	2	3	0
1991	United States	WM	4th Place	10	0	1	1	0
1991	United States	Canada Cup	2nd place	8th	1	2	3	0
2001	United States	WM	4th Place	8th	1	3	4th	4th
Men overall				46	5	9	14th	6th

( 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 )

personal data
SURNAME	Brown, Doug
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brown, Douglas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	June 12, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	Southborough , Massachusetts