Brad Winchester
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| Position | Left wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| Nickname | Winny The Winch The Rifle |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) |
| NHL Team | Edmonton Oilers |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | March 1, 1981, Madison, USA |
| NHL Draft | 35th overall, 2000 Edmonton Oilers |
| Pro Career | 2003 – present |
Brad Winchester (b. 1 March 1981 in Madison, Wisconsin), is a professional ice hockey left winger. He was selected in the second round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, 35th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers, who have held his rights ever since and where he is currently playing.
Despite playing in the NCAA, where small scorers have tended to thrive, Winchester has spent his entire career as a power forward and all-round tough guy, recording 103 penalty minutes in a tenure with the United States' national hockey development program. After two seasons with the development program, Winchester moved to his hometown University of Wisconsin, where he played for four seasons.
Standing at six feet, five inches tall and weighing an impressive 215 pounds, Winchester was the largest player the Oilers had drafted since the little-known defenseman Steven Douglas in eighth round of the 1995 NHL Entry Draft (first-round pick Alexei Mikhnov was as tall but not as bulky). In December of that year, Winchester participated in the 2000 World Junior Hockey Championship with the United States, finishing in fourth position.
Winchester made his professional debut in the 2003-04 American Hockey League season, playing for Edmonton's farm affiliate, the Toronto Roadrunners. He moved with the team to Edmonton during the 2004-05 NHL lockout, where he tied for the team lead in goals and was six points behind Tony Salmelainen and Raffi Torres, both of whom had NHL experience, for the team scoring lead. Winchester split 2005-06 between the Oilers and the Hamilton Bulldogs, going scoreless during the NHL regular season but scoring the game-winning goal in his playoff debut, the second game of a series with the Detroit Red Wings. The surprise goal brought Winchester's stock with fans to a new high and gave the underdog Oilers their first win in the series on the road. The Oilers went on to lose to the Carolina Hurricanes in seven games of the Stanley Cup final, with Winchester spending most of the latter games as a healthy scratch.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1997-98 | United States U-18 | USDP | 74 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 162 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998-99 | United States U-18 | USDP | 65 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 103 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999-00 | University of Wisconsin | WCHA | 33 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 48 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000-01 | University of Wisconsin | WCHA | 41 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 71 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001-02 | University of Wisconsin | WCHA | 38 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 38 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | University of Wisconsin | WCHA | 38 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 58 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Toronto Roadrunners | AHL | 65 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2004-05 | Edmonton Road Runners | AHL | 76 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 143 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 40 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 118 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
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