Benoît Brunet
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Benoît Brunet | ||||||
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Born |
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada | August 24, 1968|||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||
Weight | 184 lb (83 kg; 13 st 2 lb) | |||||
Position | Left wing | |||||
Shot | Left | |||||
Played for |
NHL Draft | 27th overall, | ||||
Playing career | 1988–2002 |
Joseph Jean Luc Benoît Brunet (French pronunciation:
Playing career
After playing three seasons for the
Brunet became a fixture on the Canadiens' roster, playing with them until the
In his NHL career, Brunet appeared in 539 games. He scored 101 goals and added 161 assists. He also appeared in 54 playoff games, scoring five goals and adding 20 assists. He was a member of the Canadiens team that won the Stanley Cup in 1993.[1]
Colour commentator
A few years after his retirement, Brunet was hired as a colour commentator for the French-language sports network RDS for NHL games that did not involve the Montreal Canadiens. For the 2008-09 season he was promoted as the main colour commentator alongside play-by-play man Pierre Houde for all Montreal Canadiens games, replacing longtime veteran Yvon Pedneault.
Career statistics
Regular season
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Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1984–85 | Lac St-Louis Lions | QMAAA | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
1985–86 | Hull Olympiques |
QMJHL |
71 | 33 | 37 | 70 | 81 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 33 | ||
1986–87 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 60 | 43 | 67 | 110 | 105 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | ||
1987–88 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 62 | 54 | 89 | 143 | 131 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | ||
1988–89 | Sherbrooke Canadiens | AHL | 73 | 41 | 76 | 117 | 95 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
1988–89 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1989–90 | Sherbrooke Canadiens | AHL | 72 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 82 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 20 | ||
1990–91 | Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 24 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | ||
1990–91 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1991–92 | Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 6 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1991–92 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992–93 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 47 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | ||
1993–94 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 71 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | ||
1994–95 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 45 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1995–96 | Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1995–96 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 26 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
1996–97 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 39 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
1997–98 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 68 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 61 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
1998–99 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 60 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1999–2000 |
Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 50 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2000–01 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 35 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2001–02 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2001–02 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 32 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2001–02 | Utah Grizzlies | AHL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2001–02 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
AHL totals | 183 | 98 | 140 | 238 | 232 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 26 | ||||
NHL totals | 539 | 101 | 161 | 262 | 229 | 54 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 32 |
References
- ^ Zurkowsky, Herb (June 18, 2023). "Savard's pivotal speech may have carried Canadiens to 1993 Cup, Carbonneau says". The Gazette. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database