Troy Brouwer
Troy Brouwer ( born August 17, 1985 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since June 2011 the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League contract.
Career
Troy Brouwer was in the seventh round of the NHL Entry Draft, selected during 2004 a total of 214 players from the Chicago Blackhawks. His career as a hockey player began the Canadians at the Moose Jaw Warriors, for whom he played from 2001 to 2006 a total of five years in the Western Hockey League. In his last season with the Warriors, he received the Bob Clarke Trophy as the top scorer of the WHL with 102 points, including 49 goals. In addition, he was elected team in the WHL East First All-Star. He was then taken in summer 2006 in the cadre of Norfolk Admirals, the former farm team of the Chicago Blackhawks. In his first season in professional hockey Brouwer scored 79 points, including 41 goals, for Norfolk in the American Hockey League and made his debut for Chicago in the National Hockey League. For the Blackhawks, however, he remained no points in ten games.
In the 2007 /08 season Brouwer played 75 times for the Rockford IceHogs, the new farm team in Chicago, and scored 54 points, including 35 goals in the AHL. 23 March 2008 Brouwer scored in a game against the St. Louis Blues his first point scorer in the NHL, as he managed an assist. In the 2009/10 season he won the Stanley Cup with Chicago. On June 24, 2011, the Blackhawks gave him off in exchange for a first-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 2011 to the Washington Capitals.
Awards and achievements
- 2006 Bob Clarke Trophy
- 2006 WHL East First All-Star Team
- 2006 CHL Second All-Star Team
- 2007 AHL All- Rookie Team
- 2007 AHL Second All-Star Team
- 2010 Stanley Cup win with the Chicago Blackhawks
NHL stats
(End of season 2012/ 13)