Eric Brewer (ice hockey)

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Position Defence
Shoots Left
Nickname(s) Brew[1]
Height
Weight		 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
230 lb (104 kg/16 st 6 lb)
NHL Team
F. teams		 St. Louis Blues
Edmonton Oilers
New York Islanders
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born April 17, 1979 (1979-04-17) (age 29),
Vernon, BC, CAN
NHL Draft 5th overall, 1997
New York Islanders
Pro career 1998 – present

Eric Charles Brewer (born April 17, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently serving as captain for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted in the first round, fifth overall by the New York Islanders in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, Brewer has spent portions of his nine-year NHL career with the Islanders, the Edmonton Oilers, and the Blues. He has also suited up for the Prince George Cougars of the Western Hockey League (WHL) and the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Brewer is an NHL All-Star and Olympic gold medalist. He has represented Canada at eight International Ice Hockey Federation sanctioned events, winning three Ice Hockey World Championships gold medals and one World Cup of Hockey gold medal. His Olympic gold medal came during the 2002 Winter Olympics. For this accomplishment, he was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame with his fellow British Columbian teammates in 2003.[2]

Earlier Brewer had a distinguished junior ice hockey career. In his final season he was named to the WHL West Second All-Star Team and the Western Conference roster for the 1998 WHL All-Star Game, although he missed the game due to injury. In February 1999, in honour of his achievements, Brewer was named to the Prince George Cougars' all-time team in a Canadian Hockey League promotion.[3]

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[edit] Personal life

Brewer was born on April 17, 1979 in Vernon, British Columbia, to parents Anna and Frank Brewer and raised in Ashcroft, British Columbia where he began playing ice hockey in the Ashcroft Minor Hockey program.[4][5][6] When Brewer was fourteen, his family moved to Kamloops, British Columbia where he attended junior and senior high school.[4] It was here that Brewer excelled with the Kamloops Bantam AAA Jardine Blazers of the BCAHA.[6] In 1995, Brewer was exposed to BCAHA Best Ever, a program designed to find and develop players and coaches for play in international competition.[7] As a young hockey player, Brewer looked up to NHL stars Scott Niedermayer and Jeremy Roenick as role models.[5] In the summer of 2004, Brewer married his wife, Rebecca Flann whom he met while playing junior hockey with the Prince George Cougars.[8][9] Together they live in Vancouver, British Columbia.[10] Brewer also has a sister, Kristy, who played for the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds women's ice hockey team.[6]

Brewer has had an ongoing involvement in charitable organizations. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Brewer participated in several charity hockey games, playing in the four-game Ryan Smyth and Friends All-Star Charity Tour as well as the three-game Brad May and Friends Hockey Challenge.[11][12][13] Brewer also played in the Our Game to Give charity hockey game held at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario during the lockout.[14] During off-seasons, Brewer has participated in numerous charity golf tournaments, including the Burn Fund Golf Tournament in Prince George and the Recchi-Doan Charity Classic in Kamloops.[15][16]

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Prince George Cougars

Brewer was drafted in the sixth round, 81st overall by the Prince George Cougars in the 1994 WHL Bantam Draft.[17] After he was drafted he completed one final season with the Jardine Blazers, recording 38 points in only forty games.[18] The following year Brewer began his WHL career with the Cougars, playing 63 games in the 1995–96 season as a sixteen-year old. Brewer finished his rookie WHL season with fourteen points, including four goals. This performance led to Brewer being named as the Cougars' Rookie of the Year.[10]

In his sophomore season, Brewer became a leader on the Cougars' blue line and was named to play for Team Orr in the 1997 CHL Top Prospects Game in February of 1997 at Maple Leaf Gardens.[19] Brewer went on to double his point total from the previous season, finishing with 29 points in 71 games played. Brewer followed his regular season by helping the Cougars go on a playoff run.[20] After clinching the last spot in the West Division with a losing record, the Cougars defeated the top-ranked Portland Winter Hawks in the conference quarterfinals and the third-ranked Spokane Chiefs in the conference semifinals before finally losing to the second-ranked Seattle Thunderbirds in the Western Conference final.[20] Brewer finished this run with six points in the Cougars' fifteen games. Because of Brewer's performance he was ranked as the top defenceman at sixth overall among North American skaters heading into the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.[21] In the end, Brewer was drafted in the first round, fifth overall by the New York Islanders on June 21, 1997.[22]

Brewer's final season with Prince George turned out to be his best in the WHL. After representing Canada at the 1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Brewer was named to the Western Conference team for the WHL All-Star Game in Regina, Saskatchewan, although he missed the game and much of the season due to injury.[23][18] Brewer finished the year with 33 points in only 34 games, a near point-per-game average, which lead to Brewer being named to the WHL West Second All-Star Team.[24]

[edit] New York Islanders

Just over a year after being drafted, Brewer signed his first professional contract with his draft team, the New York Islanders, in August of 1998. Entering the NHL, Brewer was regarded as a future Norris Trophy candidate, and as a result, his contract was an entry level three-year, $2.775-million deal complimented by a $1-million signing bonus, the highest base salary available for a rookie.[25][26][27] With this contract in place, Brewer made his NHL debut on October 10, 1998 against the Pittsburgh Penguins and, on November 5, Brewer scored his first career goal against the Carolina Hurricanes' Trevor Kidd.[18] Throughout his rookie season, Brewer was considered an integral part of the Islanders' defence and along with Zdeno Chara, Kenny Jonsson, and Roberto Luongo, was the only player on the Islanders roster that management considered untouchable at the 1999 NHL trade deadline.[28] Brewer finished his rookie season with 11 points in 63 games. However, Brewer's 1999–00 NHL season was not as productive.

After playing just three games of the 1999–00 NHL season, Brewer was assigned to the Islanders' AHL affiliate, the Lowell Lock Monsters.[29] It was speculated that the reason behind this move was laziness by Brewer who had been benched during the final thirty minutes by head coach Butch Goring after losing a race for the puck against Mike Knuble in the Islanders' October 11, 1999 loss to the New York Rangers.[30] Brewer had also taken a bad penalty earlier in the game, putting the Islanders down two men.[30] After a two-week, five-game stint with the Lock Monsters, Brewer was subsequently recalled by the Islanders.[31] After playing twenty-six games with the Islanders in which he only recorded two assists, Brewer was sent to the Lock Monsters on January 8, 2000 for the remainder of the season.[32] Shortly after joining the Lock Monsters, Brewer suffered a sprained knee and missed the next two-and-a-half months of the season.[33] Brewer would go on to play twenty-five games for the Lock Monsters, recording two goals and two assists. He also participated in his first professional playoffs as the Lock Monsters swept the Saint John Flames three games to none in the first round before being swept four games to none in the Eastern Conference semifinals by the Providence Bruins.[34]

[edit] Edmonton Oilers

In June at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, the Islanders traded Brewer, Josh Green and their second round selection (Brad Winchester) in the draft to the Edmonton Oilers for Roman Hamrlik.[35] Although surprised to be traded, Brewer was excited at the prospect of playing for the Oilers who saw Brewer as a top-four defenceman.[36][37] However, Brewer's Oiler career began on a sour note as he suffered a bruised left hip and tailbone in his first game with the team.[38] He would go on to miss the next four games before returning to the lineup.[39] On November 7, 2000, in a game against the New York Rangers, Brewer recorded his first goal with the Oilers.[40] Brewer went on to finish his first Oiler season with career highs in goals, assists, and points. Brewer also finished his season with the best plus/minus rating on the Oilers team, a plus-15.[10] Further, Brewer gained his first NHL playoff experience, a quarterfinal series versus the Dallas Stars.[41] Brewer finished the playoffs with six points before the Oilers were eliminated four games to two by the Stars, a point-per-game average.[42]

The Oilers rewarded Brewer's first Oiler season by re-signing the free agent to a one-year, $907,500 contract in August of 2001.[1][43] In his second season with the Oilers, Brewer began to evolve into a top NHL defenceman and was assigned to play against the opposing teams' top players by Oilers head coach Craig MacTavish.[44] Brewer began to play more minutes in games, typically placing among the NHL leaders in average minutes played per game.[44] With this enhanced role on the team, Brewer finished his season with new career highs in assists and points for the second consecutive season while matching his career high in goals. Although his single year contract expired, his role on the Oilers had become more important and Brewer expected a large raise for his third season with the Oilers.[1] However, he was disappointed as the Oilers' offer fell below his expectations.

After a long holdout that lasted until the beginning of Oilers training camp, Brewer finally signed a two-year, $4-million contract in September of 2002.[1] Under this contract, Brewer played some of his best hockey. At the half of the 2002–03 NHL season, Brewer was named to play in his first NHL All–Star Game, dressing for the Western Conference in the fifty-third edition of the game.[45] He finished with career highs for assists and points while setting a career high for goals for the third consecutive season. He appeared in his second NHL playoffs, a second quarterfinal series against the Dallas Stars in which the Oilers were once again eliminated four games to two.[46] Brewer finished the playoffs with four points in the Oilers' six games.

In his fourth season with the Oilers, Brewer continued his role as a top defenceman. On November 22, 2003, Brewer was among the participants in the historic Heritage Classic ice hockey game versus the Montreal Canadiens at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. Brewer scored the Oilers first goal of the game in a 4–3 loss in front of a then record crowd of 57,167.[47] Later in the season, in a game on January 29, 2004 versus the Chicago Blackhawks, Brewer recorded his one-hundredth career point.[10] Since his team depended on Brewer to play against the opposing teams' top players, he finished the season with an average time on ice of 24:39, ranking fourteenth in the league.[10] In the final year of his two-year contract, Brewer finished the season with his point totals matching those from his 2001–02 NHL season, a slight fall from his career highs set in his third season with the Oilers.

With the Oilers unwilling to pay what he was expecting, Brewer decided to go to salary arbitration to get a new contract. But on August 4, 2004, Brewer signed a one-year, $2.65-million contract with the Oilers, avoiding his arbitration hearing set for only a few days later.[48] Brewer was unable to play out his new contract due to the 2004–05 NHL Lockout.[49]

[edit] St. Louis Blues

Brewer protecting the net in a game versus the San Jose Sharks.
Brewer protecting the net in a game versus the San Jose Sharks.

In August of 2005, following the lockout, the Oilers traded Brewer, Jeff Woywitka and Doug Lynch to the St. Louis Blues for Chris Pronger.[50] At the time of the trade, Brewer was a restricted free-agent, so on August 15, 2005, Brewer accepted the Blues' qualifying offer, signing a one-year, $2-million contract.[51] Brewer's first season with the Blues was a particularly bad one. After playing the first eighteen games of the season, Brewer was injured on November 16, 2005 in a 2–0 victory versus the Columbus Blue Jackets.[52] Brewer missed ten games before being activated from the injured reserve list, returning to the St. Louis line-up for a game on December 20, 2005 against the Phoenix Coyotes.[53][54] Less than one month later, in a game on January 13, 2006 against the Atlanta Thrashers, Brewer collided with the Thrashers' centre Karl Stewart. The collision resulted in a dislocated left shoulder for Brewer, ending his season.[55] In just 32 games, Brewer finished his season with nine points including six goals, two shy of his career best of eight set in the 2002–03 NHL season. Despite his limited play, the Blues re-signed Brewer to a one-year, $2.014-million contract for the 2006–07 season.[56][57]

Brewer's second season with the Blues began as a disappointment. By the first half of December in 2006, Brewer had only amassed six points and a plus/minus rating of minus-11 and was often referred to as "the worst player on the ice" by the media and fans alike.[58][59] Brewer was often involved in trade rumours as he was set to become an unrestricted free agent following the completion of the season.[60] Brewer believed his performance was the result of having only played in 32 NHL games since the 2003–04 NHL season.[59] However, after the firing of head coach Mike Kitchen on December 11, 2006, Brewer began playing much better under new head coach, Andy Murray.[61] Over the next nineteen games, Brewer changed his minus-11 into a plus-2 and became an integral part of the Blues' defence.[59] His turnaround was rewarded on February 24, 2007 when, rather than being traded as was previously rumoured, Brewer signed a four-year, $17-million contract extension with the Blues.[62] Brewer continued his turnaround through the end of the season, finishing the year with six goals and twenty-three assists for twenty-nine points, tying his career high for points set in the 2002–03 NHL season and setting a new career high for assists.

In his third season with the Blues, Brewer continued to do well under Andy Murray. Brewer was evolving into one of the top two-way defencemen in the NHL, with comparisons being made between him and former first overall draft pick, Chris Phillips of the Ottawa Senators.[63] Brewer became a mentor to rookie defenceman Erik Johnson.[59] His play and leadership abilities were recognized, when on February 8, 2008, Brewer was named as the nineteenth captain in the history of the St. Louis Blues, filling the vacancy created when former Blues captain Dallas Drake had his contract bought out following the 2006–07 NHL season.[64] On February 17, 2008 in a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Brewer set a career high for points in a game with four assists, eclipsing his previous career high of three points set on January 16, 2007.[65][58] Brewer finished the season with only one goal in his 77 games played, his lowest goal total since the 1999–00 NHL season, although he added 21 assists, three short of a career high. At the completion of the season, Brewer underwent reconstructive surgery on his right shoulder to repair damage suffered in a fight in the Blues' season opening game against the Phoenix Coyotes on October 4, 2007.[66]

[edit] International play

Medal record
Competitor for Flag of Canada Canada
Men's Ice Hockey
Olympic Games
Gold 2002 Salt Lake City Ice hockey
World Championships
Gold 2003 Helsinki Ice hockey
Gold 2004 Prague Ice hockey
Gold 2007 Moscow Ice hockey
World Cup
Gold 2004 Toronto Ice hockey
Brewer with the puck at the 2007 IIHF World Championship in Moscow.
Brewer with the puck at the 2007 IIHF World Championship in Moscow.

Throughout his career, Brewer has represented Canada at various international ice hockey tournaments. He was first exposed to international competition as a member of Team Pacific Canada at the 1995 World U-17 Hockey Challenge in Moncton, New Brunswick.[67] Three years later, he represented Canada as a whole as a member of the national junior team at the 1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships where he was named an alternate captain.[68] This was the tournament in which Canada had its worst ever showing, an eighth place finish including a loss to Kazakhstan, giving Brewer an unkind welcome to IIHF international ice hockey.[69] Although eligible for the 1999 edition of the same tournament, Brewer was unable to play due to NHL commitments with the New York Islanders.[70]

Brewer made his debut with the Canadian national men's team on April 24, 2001 when he joined Canada for the 2001 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Nuremberg, Cologne, and Hanover, Germany.[71] Later that year, on July 24, 2001, Brewer was invited to the orientation camp for the Canadian team for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.[72] Five months later, on December 12, 2001, Brewer was named to the final Canadian roster for the tournament.[73] In the opening game of the tournament against Sweden, Brewer scored Canada's second goal of the game in a 5–2 loss, while in the semi-finals of the tournament, Brewer scored the game winning goal against Belarus in a 7–1 victory, helping send Canada to the gold medal game against the host United States.[74][75] Canada would go on to defeat the Americans by a score of 5–2, winning their first Olympic gold medal in fifty years.[76]

Shortly after his Olympic experience, Brewer was named to the Canadian roster for the 2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Gothenburg, Karlstad, and Jonkoping, Sweden, his second consecutive Ice Hockey World Championships.[77] He represented Canada once again the following year, when on April 22, 2003, Brewer was named to the Canadian roster for the 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.[78] In the tournament quarterfinals versus Germany, Brewer scored the game winning goal 37 seconds into overtime to give Canada a 3–2 victory.[79] Canada would go on to win their first Ice Hockey World Championships gold medal since the 1997 tournament, defeating Sweden 3–2 in overtime in the final.[80] Brewer once again participated for Canada at the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, his fourth consecutive Ice Hockey World Championships, where he helped Canada win its second consecutive championship after defeating Sweden 5–3 in the gold medal game.[81][82]

On May 15, 2004, Brewer was named to the Canadian roster for the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.[83] In the semifinal of the tournament, Brewer scored Canada's first goal of the game in 4–3 overtime victory against the Czech Republic.[84] Team Canada would go on to win the tournament on home ice in Toronto, defeating Finland 3–2 in the final.[85] Just under one year following his World Cup appearance, Brewer was named to the orientation camp for the Canadian team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy held from August 15–20, 2005 in Vancouver and Kelowna, British Columbia.[86] Following the camp, on October 18, 2005, Brewer was named to the preliminary 81-man Canadian roster for the tournament.[87] However, when the final roster was announced on December 21, 2005, Brewer was not among the 26 players listed.[88] As a result, it would be nearly three years before Brewer would next suit up for his country, when on April 3, 2007, Brewer was among the first five players named to play for Canada at the 2007 IIHF World Championship in Moscow and Mytishchi, Russia.[89] For the tournament, Brewer was named as the team's only permanent alternate captain and helped the team to its third gold medal at the tournament in the past five years.[90][91]

[edit] Awards

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995–96 Prince George Cougars WHL 63 4 10 14 25 — — — — —
1996–97 Prince George Cougars WHL 71 5 24 29 81 15 2 4 6 16
1997–98 Prince George Cougars WHL 34 5 28 33 45 11 4 2 6 19
1998–99 New York Islanders NHL 63 5 6 11 32 — — — — —
1999–00 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 25 2 2 4 26 7 0 0 0 0
1999–00 New York Islanders NHL 26 0 2 2 20 — — — — —
2000–01 Edmonton Oilers NHL 77 7 14 21 53 6 1 5 6 2
2001–02 Edmonton Oilers NHL 81 7 18 25 45 — — — — —
2002–03 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 8 21 29 45 6 1 3 4 6
2003–04 Edmonton Oilers NHL 77 7 18 25 67 — — — — —
2005–06 St. Louis Blues NHL 32 6 3 9 45 — — — — —
2006–07 St. Louis Blues NHL 82 6 23 29 69 — — — — —
2007–08 St. Louis Blues NHL 77 1 21 22 91 — — — — —
NHL Totals 595 47 126 173 467 12 2 8 10 8

[edit] International statistics

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1998 Canada WJC 7 0 2 2 8
2001 Canada WC 7 0 2 2 6
2002 Canada Oly 6 2 0 2 0
2002 Canada WC 7 2 3 5 4
2003 Canada WC 9 1 2 3 8
2004 Canada WC 9 1 1 2 6
2004 Canada WCH 6 1 3 4 6
2007 Canada WC 9 1 3 4 6
Totals 60 8 16 24 44

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Persondata
NAME Brewer, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH