Justin Braun (ice hockey)
Justin Timothy Brown (born 10 February 1987 in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota ) is an American professional ice hockey player who is on since June 2010, with the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League and their farm team, the Worcester Sharks in the American Hockey League plays the position of defender.
Career
After Brown had graduated from high school, he began during the 2004/05 season his junior career in the United States Hockey League with the Green Bay Gamblers. In his first season he played ten games without it being possible to record a point scorer. For the following season the defender was an integral part of the squad of Gamblers and completed 59 games in which he scored 13 points. In the summer of 2006, Brown decided to study at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to start. There he played in parallel for the Hockey Team of the University, the UMass Minutemen in the Hockey East, one of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division. Overall, the defender remained four years in college and was able to celebrate the appointment to the All- Rookie Team Hockey East in his rookie year. He was then selected in the summer of 2007 in the seventh round at 201 instead of the San Jose Sharks in the NHL Entry Draft in 2007. After the following season his statistical values were almost unchanged on the offensive with the previous season, Brown was nominated for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award. However, this won Kevin Porter. In the 2008 /09 season, Brown increased the offensive again. Consequently, he was elected on the end of the season in the Second All-Star Team of the Hockey East. The fourth and final year of college Braun was finally be personally successful. With eight goals, 23 assists and 31 points he set personal records. In addition, he was appointed to the First All -Star Team of the Hockey East and East Second All-American Team and the NCAA named best defensive defender of Hockey East.
Because of its services, the San Jose Sharks submitted to him immediately after the end of the college season a professional contract with a term of two years. This signed the Americans on 25 March 2010, before he gave his debut April 7 for the Worcester Sharks, San Jose's farm team in the American Hockey League. By the end of the season he ran into two other parts of the regular season and eleven playoff encounters. After the summer break, the Americans took part in the preparatory season training camp of the San Jose Sharks. There he initially could not recommend it for a regular place and thus began the season 2010/ 11 in the AHL. On November 26, 2011, he finally made his debut in the National Hockey League.
Awards and achievements
- 2007 Hockey East All- Rookie Team
- 2009 Hockey East Second All-Star Team
- 2010 Hockey East First All-Star Team
- 2010 Hockey East Best Defensive Defenseman
- 2010 NCAA East Second All-American Team
- 2011 AHL All- Star Classic
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the U.S. at:
- World Cup 2012
( 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 )