Wade Brookbank

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Position Defence/Wing
Shoots Left
Height
Weight
ft 4 in (1.93 m)
221 lb (100 kg)
NHL Team
F. Teams
Pittsburgh Penguins
Nashville Predators
Vancouver Canucks
Boston Bruins
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born September 29, 1977,
Lanigan, CAN
Pro Career 1997 – present

Wade Brookbank (born on September 29, 1977 in Lanigan, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey defenceman. He currently plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins' American Hockey League affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. He has played for WCHL Anchorage Aces, Central Hockey League Oklahoma City Blazers, IHL Orlando Solar Bears, AHL Grand Rapids Griffins, AHL Providence Bruins, Binghamton Senators, Milwaukee Admirals, Manitoba Moose, NHL Nashville Predators and Vancouver Canucks.

Wade's younger brother Sheldon is currently playing in the Nashville Predators' system, and he is the cousin of fellow NHLer Geoff Sanderson.

Wade has been in 37 career NHL fights. In his rookie season he had 17 fights,with a record of 9-4-4.

[edit] Career NHL Statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003-04 Nashville Predators NHL 9 0 0 0 38 - - - - -
2003-04 Vancouver Canucks NHL 20 2 0 2 95 - - - - -
2005-06 Vancouver Canucks NHL 32 1 2 3 81 - - - - -
2006-07 Boston Bruins NHL 7 1 0 1 15 - - - - -
NHL Totals 68 4 2 5 229 - - - - -

Stats as of November 7, 2006.