Wade Brookbank

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Wade Brookbank
Date of birth 29th September 1977
place of birth Lanigan , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 193 cm
Weight 103 kg
position defender
number # 28
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1996-1998 Melville Millionaires
1998-1999 Anchorage Aces
1999-2000 Oklahoma City Blazers
2000-2001 Orlando Solar Bears
2001-2002 Grand Rapids Griffins
2002-2003 Binghamton Senators
2003 Nashville Predators
2003-2006 Vancouver Canucks
2006 Boston Bruins
2006-2007 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2007-2009 Carolina Hurricanes
2009 Norfolk Admirals
2009-2010 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2010-2014 Rockford IceHogs

Wade Brookbank (born September 29, 1977 in Lanigan , Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . The defender played 127 games for the Nashville Predators , Vancouver Canucks , Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes in the National Hockey League , but spent most of his career in minor leagues .

Career

The 1.93 m tall winger began his career with the Melville Millionaires in the Canadian Junior League Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and then played in various North American minor leagues . After his engagement with the Anchorage Aces from the West Coast Hockey League and the Oklahoma City Blazers from the Central Hockey League , the left-shooter was finally hired as a free agent by the Ottawa Senators . However, Brookbank never played an NHL game for the Senators and was eventually selected by the Nashville Predators in the 2003 NHL Waiver Draft .

For the Predators, the striker, who can also be used as a defender , completed his first appearances in the National Hockey League in the 2003/04 season , but was then transferred to the Vancouver Canucks in the current season . For the 2006/07 season Brookbank was hired again as a free agent, this time by the Boston Bruins , who soon gave him up to the Pittsburgh Penguins . However, they only used the attacker on their farm team, the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins , in the American Hockey League , so that he was obliged by the Carolina Hurricanes after the season .

Although Brookbank was there regularly in the NHL squad, the Carolina Hurricanes transferred him in the course of the 2008/09 season together with Josef Melichar to the Tampa Bay Lightning to secure the services of the Finnish attacker Jussi Jokinen . With the Bolts , however, the Canadian remained without NHL use and acted exclusively in the farm team with the Norfolk Admirals . As a free agent, Brookbank hired in late July 2009 with the Pittsburgh Penguins, where he was also active on the AHL farm team.

After his contractual relationship had expired in the summer of 2010, he agreed on a contract for one season with the Rockford IceHogs for the 2010/11 season . The following game year Brookbank was mostly without a contract, before the defender was hired by the Rockford IceHogs in February 2012 for a so-called professional try-out (PTO). Subsequently, the defender was active for the team until the end of the 2013-14 season before ending his playing career. He then stayed in the organization of the Chicago Blackhawks , the NHL cooperation partner of the IceHogs, and has worked for the team as a scout ever since .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1996/97 Melville Millionaires SJHL 60 1 10 11 412 - - - - -
1997/98 Melville Millionaires SJHL 58 8th 21st 29 330 - - - - -
1997/98 Anchorage Aces WCHL 7th 0 0 0 46 4th 0 0 0 20th
1998/99 Anchorage Aces WCHL 54 0 4th 4th 337 5 0 0 0 7th
1999/00 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 68 3 9 12 354 7th 1 1 2 29
2000/01 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 9 0 0 0 38 - - - - -
2000/01 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 29 0 1 1 122 4th 0 0 0 6th
2001/02 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 73 1 6th 7th 337 3 0 1 1 14th
2002/03 Binghamton Senators AHL 8th 0 0 0 28 - - - - -
2003/04 Nashville Predators NHL 9 0 0 0 38 - - - - -
2003/04 Vancouver Canucks NHL 20th 2 0 2 95 - - - - -
2003/04 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 9 0 0 0 38 - - - - -
2003/04 Binghamton Senators AHL 4th 0 0 0 31 - - - - -
2003/04 Manitoba mosses AHL 4th 0 0 0 12 - - - - -
2004/05 Manitoba mosses AHL 68 0 10 10 285 9 0 0 0 10
2005/06 Vancouver Canucks NHL 32 1 2 3 81 - - - - -
2006/07 Boston Bruins NHL 7th 1 0 1 15th - - - - -
2006/07 Providence Bruins AHL 4th 0 0 0 15th - - - - -
2006/07 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 39 1 0 1 116 5 0 0 0 6th
2007/08 Albany River Rats AHL 25th 0 2 2 28 - - - - -
2007/08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 32 1 1 2 76 - - - - -
2008/09 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 27 1 0 1 40 - - - - -
2008/09 Norfolk Admirals AHL 24 0 1 1 46 - - - - -
2009/10 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 68 3 4th 7th 168 4th 0 0 0 6th
2010/11 Rockford IceHogs AHL 56 2 0 2 143 - - - - -
2011/12 Rockford IceHogs AHL 17th 1 4th 5 44 - - - - -
2012/13 Rockford IceHogs AHL 28 0 1 1 100 - - - - -
2013/14 Rockford IceHogs AHL 27 0 1 1 30th - - - - -
SJHL overall 118 9 31 40 742 0 0 0 0 0
WCHL overall 61 0 4th 4th 383 9 0 0 0 27
CHL total 77 3 9 12 392 7th 1 1 2 29
AHL total 451 8th 29 37 1389 21st 0 1 1 36
NHL overall 127 6th 3 9 345 - - - - -

( 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

His younger brother Sheldon Brookbank was just as active in the NHL as his cousin Geoff Sanderson .

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personal data
SURNAME Brookbank, Wade
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 29th September 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Lanigan , Saskatchewan , Canada