Brent Sopel
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| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Right |
| Nickname(s) | Sopes |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg/14 st 9 lb) |
| NHL Team F. teams |
Chicago Blackhawks Vancouver Canucks Los Angeles Kings New York Islanders |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | January 7, 1977 , Calgary, AB, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 144th overall, 1995 Vancouver Canucks |
| Pro career | 1997 – present |
Brent Sopel (born January 7, 1977) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League.
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[edit] Playing career
[edit] Vancouver Canucks
On April 3, 1996, just under a year after being drafted, Sopel signed his first professional contract with his draft team, the Vancouver Canucks.[1] Sopel scored his first NHL goal on April 10, 1999 against the Edmonton Oilers' Tommy Salo.[2]
Sopel was traded back to the Canucks during their 2006-07 season, on February 1, 2007, the trading deadline. He missed the first game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Dallas Stars after he injured his back picking a cracker up off the floor.[3] The Canucks beat the Stars in quadruple overtime, in the sixth longest game in NHL history.[4]
[edit] New York Islanders
On August 3, 2005, the Canucks traded Sopel to the New York Islanders for a conditional draft pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.[5] On August 16, just under a week after being traded, Sopel signed a two-year, $4.8-million with the Islanders.[6]
[edit] Chicago Blackhawks
Heading into the 2007-08 season with no contract, Sopel was invited to the Detroit Red Wings' training camp.[7] However, on September 28, 2007, Sopel left Red Wings camp, signing a one-year, $1.5-million contract with the Chicago Blackhawks after the Red Wings had only offered a one-year, $500,000 contract.[8][9] On January 10, 2008, Sopel signed a 3-year, $7-million contract extension with the Blackhawks, keeping him in Chicago through the 2010-11 NHL season.[10]
[edit] Awards
- 2002 – NHL Player of the Week (January 21 – 27)
[edit] Transactions
- August 3, 2005 – Traded by the Vancouver Canucks to the New York Islanders for a conditional draft pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft
- March 8, 2006 – Traded by the New York Islanders with Mark Parrish to the Los Angeles Kings for Denis Grebeshkov, Jeff Tambellini, and a 3rd round draft pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft
- February 26, 2007 – Traded by the Los Angeles Kings to the Vancouver Canucks for a 2nd round draft pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft and 4th round draft pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft
- September 28, 2007 – Signed by the Chicago Blackhawks
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | ||
| 1993-94 | Saskatoon Blades | WHL | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1994-95 | Saskatoon Blades | WHL | 22 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 31 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 41 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1995-96 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 71 | 13 | 48 | 61 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1995-96 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996-97 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 62 | 15 | 41 | 56 | 109 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 32 | ||
| 1996-97 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1997-98 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 76 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 12 | ||
| 1998-99 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 53 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 59 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998-99 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999-00 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 50 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1999-00 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000-01 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000-01 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 52 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2001-02 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 66 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2002-03 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 81 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 2003-04 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 80 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005-06 | New York Islanders | NHL | 57 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 64 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 2006-07 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 44 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| NHL Totals | 434 | 39 | 142 | 181 | 223 | 42 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ Jamieson, Jim. "Sports", The Province, 4 April 1996. Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ Jamieson, Jim. "Canucks wear ugly tie", The Province, 11 April 1999. Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ Ziemer, Brad. "Sopel's heard enough cracker jokes", The Vancouver Sun, 13 April 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ Heika, Mike. "Stars lose to Canucks in fourth OT", The Dallas Morning News, 12 April 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ Pap, Elliott. "Brent Sopel moves on to New York Islanders", The Vancouver Sun, 4 August 2005. Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ "Sopel signs on", The Province, 17 August 2005. Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ Hunter, Paul. "A Leaf training camp hopeful", Toronto Star, 16 September 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ "Sopel leaves Wings, signs with Chicago", TSN, 28 September 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ Sassone, Tim. "Sopel's poise big part of Hawks' early success", Daily Herald, 17 October 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ "Sopel inks three-year deal with Hawks", TSN, 10 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
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| NAME | Sopel, Brent |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Professional ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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