Andrew Brunette

Andrew Brunette ( born August 24, 1973 in Sudbury, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League.

Career

The 1.85 m wide winger began his career with the Owen Sound Platers in the Canadian Junior Football League Ontario Hockey League, before he selected at the NHL Entry Draft in 1993 as 174th in the seventh round by the Washington Capitals ( drafted ) was. For the Sound Platers of the links Sagittarius achieved between 1990 and 1993 in 195 games 233 points scorer in 1993, he won the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy as top scorer in the league.

Of the Capitals brunette was first used in the Hampton Roads Admirals in the East Coast Hockey League and then moved to the American Hockey League, where he. For two more Washington - farm teams and the Portland Pirates, was Providence Bruins on the ice For the Pirates played the Canadians until 1998, in the 1995/96 season but he was also the first time appointed by the Washington Capitals in the NHL squad. In the following years, the attacker swung between Washington and Portland, in the NHL Expansion Draft 1998, he was eventually selected by the Nashville Predators newly established. After the season Brunette moving to the Atlanta Thrashers for whom he played for two years and then in 2001 he left towards Minnesota Wild. Add to NHL Playoffs 2003 Wild reached through a gate of the attacker against the Colorado Avalanche the semi-finals, only in the Conference Finals one failed because of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

After the lockout in the 2004/05 season Andrew Brunette was finally committed itself of the Colorado Avalanche as a free agent, where he played in 2006 /07, his best ever season in the top North American professional league. He scoring average more than a point per game scorer. On 26 October 2007, the Canadians scored his 500th career point against the Calgary Flames. For the season 2008/ 09 Brunette returned to his former club from Minnesota. On 1 July 2011, he signed a contract with the Chicago Blackhawks.

Awards and achievements

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 )