Kip Brennan

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Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 222 lb (101 kg/15 st 12 lb)
NHL Team F. teams	New York Islanders Los Angeles Kings Atlanta Thrashers Anaheim Ducks
Nationality	Canada
Born	August 27, 1980 (1980-08-27) (age 27), Kingston ON, CAN
NHL Draft	103rd overall, 1998 Los Angeles Kings
Pro career	2002 – present

Kip Brennan (born on August 27, 1980 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada) is a hockey player.

Previously, Brennan played for the Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. On December 27, 2003, the NHL suspended Brennan for 10 games without pay, during a match against the San Jose Sharks. Brennan had returned to the ice after officials had ordered him to the dressing room for roughing an opponent. The suspension cost him about $25,000. Briefly attended the Dallas Stars training camp in September 2006. He is currently playing for the New York Islanders AHL affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. He is wearing number 37 and skates on the checking line.

Kip Brennan played in the OHL with the Windsor Spitfires and Sudbury Wolves from 1996–2001. He led the Wolves in penalty minutes for the 1999–2000 season with 228 regular season PIM and 67 playoff PIM. In 2001, he split time with the Lowell Lock Monsters, of the AHL, and the Sudbury Wolves, OHL. The 2001–2002 season would give Kip his first taste of the NHL. He skated in 4 games for the LA Kings and picked up 22 PIM. For the remainder of the season he played for the Manchester Monarchs, the AHL affiliate for the Los Angeles Kings. He led the team in PIM with 269. 2002–03 and 2003–04, he was back and forth between the Kings and Monarchs. Kip again lead the Monarchs with 198 PIM for the 2002–03 season. He also played for the Atlanta Thrashers of the NHL for 5 games during the 2003–04 season. 2004–05, he played exclusively for the Chicago Wolves of the AHL, leading the team in PIM with 267 during the regular season and 105 PIM in the playoffs. 2005–06, he played for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, NHL, and the Portland Pirates, AHL. Then for the 2006–07 season, Kip skated 1 game for the Toronto Marlies, AHL, 11 games for the Long Beach Ice Dogs, ECHL, and is still with the Hershey Bears.