Brad Purdie
Brad Purdie ( born July 11, 1972 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who stormed last for EHC Black Wings Linz LIWEST . In the 1990s, he was also active as a professional inline hockey player in the North American Roller Hockey International. Purdie is since 2011 working as the Manitoba Bisons Cotrainer at the University of Manitoba in the League of Canadian Interuniversity Sport.
Career
At the University of Maine team Brad Purdie began his career Hockey in 1992. During the season 1995/96 he played for the first time as a professional in the East Coast Hockey League for the Dayton Bombers and in the American Hockey League for the Cornwall Aces. The next three years denied Purdie at various teams in the IHL. In the season 1999/2000 he hired in the Austrian Hockey League during VSV Villach. After his personally successful season with 82 points scorer then brought him the Krefeld Penguins in the German Hockey League. Under coach Doug Mason, he was there for the best center in the league. The forward line to Purdie, Patrik Augusta and Christoph Brandner was called the "magic triangle " and was a mainstay in the team of penguins.
After the championship title in 2003 he moved to the then Budget Croesus, the Hamburg Freezers. However, when the Hanseatic League he lived mainly in his second year a difficult time. With 34 scorer points in 58 games he scored less than half of the points which he had been accustomed from his Krefeld time. That's why he wanted the season 2005 /06 rejoining the club. His former coach Mason brought him to the Iserlohn Roosters, where he stabilized after streaky start to the end of the season. He extended his contract until the end of the season 2006/07. In summer 2007, Brad Purdie returned to Austria and signed a contract with EHC there Black Wings Linz, which he extended to the end of the season 2007/ 08 a further two years. After a very successful 2008/09 season (49 assists, 24 goals) Brad Purdie extended his contract by one year at the EHC Black Wings Linz. 2011 entscheidete Purdie to end his active career as a coach and to take foot. So he made his way to the Manitoba Bisons, where he currently serves as Cotrainer in the CIS.
Awards and achievements
- 2002 DEL - scorer
- 2003 German champion with the Krefeld Penguins
- 2003 Most Valuable Player of the playoffs
- Best Center in the DEL in 2001, 2002, 2003
- 4 caps for Canada
Career Stats
Inline Hockey
( 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 )