Rod Brind'Amour

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Position	Center
Shoots	Left
Nickname	Rod the Bod
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Carolina Hurricanes St. Louis Blues Philadelphia Flyers
Nationality	Canada
Born	August 9, 1970, Ottawa, ON, CAN
NHL Draft	9th overall, 1988 St. Louis Blues
Pro Career	1989 – present

Rod Brind'Amour (b. August 9, 1970 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey forward. He currently plays for the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Awards 3 Career statistics 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Playing career

Born in Ottawa but raised in Campbell River, British Columbia, Brind'Amour played at Michigan State University where he played until he was drafted to the NHL. He Dated Tom Jordon's cousin. Brind'Amour became well-known for working out constantly, earning the nickname "Rod the Bod". This became all the more evident due to a crazy story out of Michigan State that occurred when Brind'Amour was a sophomore there. Allegedly, in an effort to end Brind'Amour's constant workouts, the weight room at the university was locked so he could not get in. Not welcoming the deterrent, Brind'Amour literally took matters into his own hands, breaking the lock off of the door by his own strength, and continuing his workout regimen.^{[citation needed]}

Brind'Amour was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, first round, ninth overall. He began his career with the Blues, then was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers with Dan Quinn for Murray Baron and Ron Sutter following the 1990-91 season. Following his return from an ankle injury during the 1999-2000 season, he was dealt to the Carolina Hurricanes along with Jean-Marc Pelletier in exchange for Keith Primeau.

Rod was one of Philadelphia's most popular players. He spent his years in Philadelphia as an alternate captain to Kevin Dineen and then Eric Lindros, even filling in as Captain for part of the 1996-97 season with Lindros out for 23 games. During his stint with Philadelphia he was considered one of the league's 'ironmen', with a consecutive games streak of 484 played, a Flyers franchise record. Additionally, he was one-third of the "BBC Line" featuring Bates Battaglia and Erik Cole during the Carolina Hurricanes’ Stanley Cup run in 2002. Brind'Amour was named Captain of the Hurricanes before the 2005-06 season.

He won his first Stanley Cup on June 19, 2006 with the Hurricanes, defeating the Edmonton Oilers in 7 games winning 4 of 7. In December of 2006, he joined the exclusive list of players with 1000 or more points.

[edit] Awards

• Stanley Cup - 2006
• Frank J. Selke Trophy - 2006

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1988-89	Michigan State University	NCAA		42	27	32	59	63		-	-	-	-	-
1988-89	St. Louis Blues	NHL		-	-	-	-	-		5	2	0	2	4
1989-90	St. Louis Blues	NHL		79	26	35	61	46		12	5	8	13	6
1990-91	St. Louis Blues	NHL		78	17	32	49	93		13	2	5	7	10
1991-92	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		80	33	44	77	100		-	-	-	-	-
1992-93	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		81	37	49	86	89		-	-	-	-	-
1993-94	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		84	35	62	97	85		-	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		48	12	27	39	33		15	6	9	15	8
1995-96	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		82	26	61	87	110		12	2	5	7	6
1996-97	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		82	27	32	59	41		19	13	8	21	10
1997-98	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		82	36	38	74	54		5	2	2	4	7
1998-99	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		82	24	50	74	47		6	1	3	4	0
1999-00	Philadelphia/Carolina	NHL		45	9	13	22	22		-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		79	20	36	56	47		6	1	3	4	6
2001-02	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		81	23	32	55	40		23	4	8	12	16
2002-03	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		48	14	23	37	37		-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		78	12	26	38	28		-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	Kloten Flyers	Swiss		2	2	1	3	0		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		78	31	39	70	68		25	12	6	18	16
2006-07	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		17	5	16	21	10		-	-	-	-	-
NHL totals				1204	387	615	1002	954		141	50	57	107	89

Stats as of November 11th, 2006.

[edit] See also

• Captain (ice hockey)
• List of NHL players
• List of NHL players with 1000 points

[edit] External links

Preceded by Ron Francis	Carolina Hurricanes captain 2005 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Kris Draper (2004)	Winner of the Frank J. Selke Trophy 2006 – present	Incumbent