Brent Meeke

Brent Meeke ( born July 20, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was active in Germany for the Mannheimer ERC.

Career

Brent Meeke began his career as a striker at the Niagara Falls Flyers in the North American League OHA in 1969. After three seasons in which he scored 10 goals in 142 games and had 50 assists, he moved to the Phoenix Roadrunners in the WHL. After a year, he then made ​​the jump to the NHL, where he played for the Golden Seals and Cleveland Barons. The team from California had selected him in 1972 as number 118 in the eighth round of the NHL Amateur Draft 1972. In the long run Meeke but could not establish himself in the NHL. Until the season 1976/1977 he had always return to the CHL to the Salt Lake Golden Eagles, a farm team of the California Golden Seals. Nevertheless, he succeeded in the NHL 9 goals and 22 assists.

After a year of Hockey abstinence, he moved to Germany in 1978 in the Hockey league to the Mannheimer ERC, the current Adler Mannheim. In three seasons he scored 24 goals in 101 games and 66 assists. Meeke was known in Germany for his tough physical game and had in three seasons for a total of 257 minutes in the penalty box. He had been employed in Mannheim as a defender. Despite its many penalty time he was one of the guarantors for winning the German championship in season 1979/1980, to which the team of coach Heinz Bach was way out. 1981 Meeke finished his career. In 1998, Meeke was elected by his former team-mate Harold Kreis occasion of his farewell game as a defender in the MERC Dream Team.