T. J. Brennan
Terrance James Brennan ( born April 3, 1989 in Willingboro, New Jersey ) is an American professional ice hockey player on the position of the defender. He stands in July 2013 in the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League under contract and comes in parallel for their AHL farm team, the Toronto Marlies, is used.
Career
TJ Brennan began his career in a unterklassigen junior league in the state of Pennsylvania before he moved to the St. John's Fog Devils in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec in 2006, one of the top three Canadian junior leagues. In his rookie season of 2006 /07 he was able to establish with 16 goals and 41 points immediately as an attacking defender in the team and was eventually awarded the Trophée Raymond Lagacé as the best defensive rookie in the league. In 2007 NHL Entry Draft, he was selected in the second round by a total of 31 position of the Buffalo Sabres.
In the following season succeeded the defender to repeat his point yield exact, but he showed with a plus / minus score of -15 weaknesses in the defensive area. After the St. John's Fog Devils was moved to Montreal at the end of the season, also switched to the new Brennan team Junior de Montréal has been called. He spent one more season in which he was able to increase both the number of his models and his plus / minus balance. However, the defender scored only five goals in the season.
In April 2009, Brennan signed an initial three-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres and then moved up to the 2009/10 season with the Portland Pirates, the Sabres farm team in the American Hockey League. After he earned a regular place in the squad of the Pirates at the end of the season, he improved the following season his offensive statistics and achieved so 2010/11 a total of 72 inserts 15 goals. He also won with the Pirates, the Emile Francis Trophy as the best team in the Atlantic Division, but the team failed in the second round of the play -offs. The 2011/12 season began TJ Brennan initially the new AHL partner of the Sabres, the Rochester Americans. In November 2011 he was finally appointed to the Buffalo Sabres NHL squad and made his debut against the Boston Bruins. In this case, the defender also achieved his first NHL goal when he scored the intermediate 3-1 with a slap shot. During the lockout in the NHL, which delayed the start of next season until January, 2013, Brennan played initially continued in Rochester and was appointed there as assistant captain. In 36 missions Brennan was able to achieve 35 points scorer and was the second best scorer among the defenders in the league. At the same time he was with 14 goals also the most successful defender - scorer of the Americans.
On March 15th, 2013 Brennan was delivered to the Florida Panthers in exchange for a fifth -round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 2013. In June 2013, the Panthers him transferred in exchange for Bobby Butler to the Nashville Predators. In July 2013 he signed a one year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. In September 2013 Brennan was then submitted to the AHL farm team, the Toronto Marlies.
Awards and achievements
- Raymond Lagacé Trophy 2007
- 2014 AHL All- Star Classic
Career Stats
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )