Brian Bradley (ice hockey, born 1965)
Brian Bradley | |||
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Born |
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | January 21, 1965||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for |
Calgary Flames Vancouver Canucks Toronto Maple Leafs Tampa Bay Lightning | ||
National team | Canada | ||
NHL draft |
51st overall, 1983 Calgary Flames | ||
Playing career | 1986–1998 |
Brian Richard Walter Bradley (born January 21, 1965) is a
Playing career
As a youth, Bradley played in the 1978 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Kitchener, Ontario.[1]
Brian Bradley's NHL debut came in the
In 1988, after arriving back from playing with Canadian National Men's Hockey Team, where he spent most of the 1986–87 NHL season playing, Bradley was traded to the Vancouver Canucks. During the 1989 playoffs, Bradley would tie rookie Trevor Linden with a team-leading 7 points in seven games. His best regular season totals with the Canucks came in the 1989–90 season when he scored a team respectable 48 points and was awarded The Canucks' "Most Exciting Player Award" by Canuck fans. He started out the 1990–91 season playing strongly, only to be traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for mobile defenceman Tom Kurvers.
In
Post-hockey life
Bradley is still affiliated with the Lightning's organization and makes frequent appearances on Bally Sports Sun television, which broadcasts regular season Lightning games.
On March 29, 2017, Bradley was inducted into the Sports Club of Tampa Bay Hall of Fame as part of the Hall's 34th class. Bradley became the third member of the Lightning organization to be inducted. This is Bradley's second hall of fame induction in that he is also a member of the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame in his hometown of Kitchener, Ontario.[2][3]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
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Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1980–81
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Guelph Platers | OPJHL
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42 | 31 | 40 | 71 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1980–81 | Wexford Raiders
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OPJHL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1981–82 | London Knights | OHL | 62 | 34 | 44 | 78 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
1982–83 | London Knights | OHL | 67 | 37 | 82 | 119 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
1983–84 | London Knights | OHL | 49 | 40 | 60 | 100 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
1983–84 | Colorado Flames | CHL | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
1984–85 | London Knights | OHL | 32 | 27 | 49 | 76 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | ||
1985–86 | Moncton Golden Flames | AHL | 59 | 23 | 42 | 65 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | ||
1985–86 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1986–87 | Moncton Golden Flames | AHL | 20 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | ||
1986–87 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 40 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1987–88 | Canada | Intl | 54 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1987–88 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1988–89 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 71 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | ||
1989–90 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 67 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990–91 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 44 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990–91 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 26 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1991–92 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 59 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992–93 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 80 | 42 | 44 | 86 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 78 | 24 | 40 | 64 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994–95 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 46 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1995–96 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 75 | 23 | 56 | 79 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
1996–97 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 35 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1997–98 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 651 | 182 | 321 | 503 | 528 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 |
International
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1985 | Canada | WJC
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7 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | |
1988 | Canada | OG | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Awards and honours
- Selected to two 1994
- Held the NHL record for most goals scored (42) by a single player in an expansion team's inaugural season from 1993-2018.
References
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- ^ Burns, Bryan (March 29, 2017). "Brian Bradley earns local Hall of Fame distinction". TampaBayLightning.com. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Sports Club of Tampa Bay Hall of Fame Induction Banquet". tampasportsclub.org. Sports Club of Tampa Bay. March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database