Jake Brenk

Jake Brenk
Date of birth	April 16, 1982
place of birth	Detroit Lakes , Minnesota , USA
size	189 cm
Weight	89 kg
position	striker
number	# 26
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 5th lap, 154th position Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
2001-2005	Minnesota State University, Mankato
2005-2006	Nijmegen Emperors
2006	New Mexico Scorpions
2007	Nijmegen Emperors
2007-2008	Kallinge / Ronneby IF
2008-2009	Ruijters Eaters Geleen
since 2009	EHC Dortmund

Jake Brenk (born April 16, 1982 in Detroit Lakes , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with EHC Dortmund from the major league since the 2009/10 season .

Career

Brenk began his career in 2001 at Minnesota State University, Mankato , where he was active for the ice hockey team in the American college league Western Collegiate Hockey Association . During the 2001 NHL Entry Draft , those responsible for the Edmonton Oilers selected him in the fifth round at a total of 154th position. The offensive player then finished his studies during the 2004/05 season and joined the Greenville Grrrowl from the ECHL for eleven games .

For the 2005/06 season he first signed a contract with the Adirondack Frostbite from the former United Hockey League , but moved a little later back to the ECHL to the Pensacola Ice Pilots . The then 23-year-old played three season games for the Ice Pilots and did not score a scorer point. At the end of the current season, he forced a move to Europe and went on the ice for the Nijmegen Emperors from the Dutch Eredivisie . There the right-shooter was one of the team's best scorers and was able to score 47 times in a total of 34 games.

Due to the performances shown, he went back to North America in the summer of 2006 for the Central Hockey League , where he laced his skates for the New Mexico Scorpions . After he couldn't convince there and only scored four points in 19 missions, he returned to the Nijmegen Emperors during the season. In Nijmegen he finally ended the 2006/07 season. After a stint in Sweden at Kallinge / Ronneby IF, he went on the ice for the Ruijters Eaters Geleen in the 2008/09 season . At the end of May 2009, the now 27-year-old moved to the third-highest German division, the Oberliga, at EHC Dortmund.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2001/02	Minnesota State University, Mankato	WCHA		21st	3	3	6th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Minnesota State University, Mankato	WCHA		36	3	9	12	38		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Minnesota State University, Mankato	WCHA		30th	4th	7th	11	36		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Minnesota State University, Mankato	WCHA		33	6th	13	19th	18th		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Greenville Grrrowl	ECHL		11	2	1	3	0		2	0	0	0	0
2005/06	Adirondack Frostbite	UHL		1	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Pensacola Ice Pilots	ECHL		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Nijmegen Emperors	E (NL)		20th	19th	11	30th	75		9	4th	8th	12	22nd
2006/07	New Mexico Scorpions	CHL		19th	2	2	4th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Nijmegen Emperors	E (NL)		17th	10	15th	25th	20th		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Kallinge / Ronneby IF	Div 2 (SWE)
2008/09	Ruijters Eaters Geleen	E (NL)		24	18th	19th	37	20th		5	0	1	1	26th
2009/10	EHC Dortmund	OIL
NCAA overall				120	16	32	48	98		-	-	-	-	-
ECHL total				14th	2	1	3	0		7th	2	0	0	0
UHL overall				1	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
CHL total				19th	2	2	4th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
Div 2 (SWE) total
E (NL) total				41	28	34	62	40		5	0	1	1	26th

( 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

• Jake Brenk at eurohockey.com
• Jake Brenk at hockeydb.com (English)