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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[2] (born April 17, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently serving as captain for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. Drafted in the first round, fifth overall by the New York Islanders in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, Brewer has spent portions of his eight–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 and the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League.

Brewer is an NHL All-Star and Olympic gold medalist. Overall, 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 and he was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame with his fellow British Columbians from the 2002 Canadian Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team in 2003 for this accomplishment.[3]

Brewer also had a distinguished junior ice hockey career, where in his final season he was named to the WHL West Second All-Star Team and to play in the 1998 WHL All-Star Game. 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.[4]

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[edit] Personal life

Brewer was born on April 17, 1979 in Vernon, British Columbia to parents Anna and Frank Brewer.[5] Despite being born in Vernon, Brewer was raised in Ashcroft, British Columbia where he began playing ice hockey in the Ashcroft Minor Hockey program.[6][7] When Brewer was 14, his family moved to Kamloops, British Columbia where he attended junior and senior high school.[5] It was here where Brewer excelled with the Kamloops Bantam AAA Jardine Blazers of the BCAHA.[7] In 1995, Brewer was exposed to the BCAHA Best Ever program, a program designed with the intention of finding and developing both players and coaches for international competition.[8] As a young hockey player, Brewer looked up to NHL stars Scott Niedermayer and Jeremy Roenick as role models.[6] In the summer of 2004, Brewer married his wife, Rebecca Flann, whom he met while playing junior hockey with the Prince George Cougars.[9][10] Together they live in Vancouver, British Columbia.[11] Brewer also has a sister, Kristy, who played for the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds women's ice hockey team.[7]

[edit] Charity work

Brewer is also involved in multiple charitable organizations. For instance, during the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Brewer participated in multiple 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.[12][13][14] Brewer also played in the Our Game to Give charity hockey game held at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario during the lockout.[15] 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.[16][17]

[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.[18] Despite this, he played a final season with his minor hockey team in Kamloops, recording 38 points in only forty games.[19] 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 would finish his rookie WHL season with fourteen points, including four goals. This performance led to Brewer being named as the Cougars' Rookie of the Year.[11]

In his sophomore season, Brewer became a leader on the Cougars' blue line, and with it being his draft year, was named to play for Team Orr in the 1997 CHL Top Prospects Game on February 12, 1997 at Maple Leaf Gardens.[20] Brewer would go on to double his point total from the previous season, finishing with 29 points in 71 games played. Brewer followed his regular season with an improbable playoff run with his Cougars teammates.[21] After clinching the final 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.[21] Brewer would finish this run with six points in the Cougars' 15 games. Brewer's performance in this season led to his ranking as the top defenceman at sixth overall among North American skaters heading into the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.[22] In the end, Brewer was drafted in the first round, fifth overall by the New York Islanders on June 21, 1997.[23]

Despite being drafted, Brewer stayed with Prince George for one last season. This final season turned out to be Brewer's 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.[24][19] Despite this injury, 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.[25]

[edit] New York Islanders

On August 19, 1998, just over a year after being drafted, Brewer signed his first professional contract with his draft team, the New York Islanders. 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.[26][27][28] With this contract in place, Brewer made his NHL debut on October 10, 1998 against the Pittsburgh Penguins and, on November 5 against the Carolina Hurricanes' Trevor Kidd, Brewer scored his first career goal.[19] Throughout his rookie season, Brewer was considered and integral part of the Islanders' defense 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.[29] Brewer finished his rookie season with 11 points in 63 games, a respectable mark for any rookie defencemen; 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.[30] It was speculated that the reason behind this move was laziness by Brewer, who had been sat the final thirty minutes by head coach Butch Goring after loosing a race for the puck against Mike Knuble in the Islanders' October 11, 1999 loss to the New York Rangers.[31] Brewer had also taken a bad penalty earlier in the game, putting the Islanders down two men.[31] After a two week, five game stint with the Lock Monsters, Brewer was subsequently recalled by the Islanders.[32] 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.[33] Shortly after joining the Lock Monsters, Brewer suffered a sprained knee and missed the next two-and-a-half months of the season.[34] 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.[35]

[edit] Edmonton Oilers

On June 24 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.[36] Although surprised to be traded, Brewer was excited at the prospect of playing for the Oilers who saw Brewer as a top–four defenceman.[37][38] However, Brewer's Oiler career would begin on a sour note, as he suffered a bruised left hip and tailbone in his first game with the team.[39] He would go on to miss the next four games before returning to the lineup.[40] On November 7, 2000, in a game against the New York Rangers, Brewer recorded his first goal with the Oilers.[41] 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, a plus–15.[11] It was in this season that Brewer also gained his first NHL playoff experience, a quarterfinal series versus the Dallas Stars.[42] Brewer had an impressive playoffs, finishing with six points before the Oilers were eliminated four games to two by the Stars.[43]

On August 15, 2001, the Oilers rewarded Brewer's strong first season by re–signing the free agent to a one–year, $907,500 contract.[1][44] In his second season with the Oilers, Brewer began to evolve into a top NHL defenceman and was given the role of playing against opposing teams' top players by Oilers head coach Craig MacTavish.[45] With this role, Brewer began to play increasing minutes in games, typically sitting amongst the NHL leaders in average minutes played per game.[45] With an increased role on the team, Brewer also finished his season with new career highs in assists and points for the second consecutive season, while matching his career high in goals. With his single year contract expired and his role on the Oilers increasing, Brewer was expecting a large raise for his third season with the Oilers.[1]

After a long holdout that lasted until the beginning of Oilers training camp, Brewer finally signed a two–year, $4–million contract on September 12, 2002.[1] Under this contract, Brewer played some of his best hockey. After an impressive first half to 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.[46] After his All–Star Game appearance, Brewer continued his strong play and for the third consecutive season, he finished with career highs for assists and points while also setting a career high for goals. He also appeared in his second NHL playoffs, a second quarterfinal series versus the Dallas Stars where the Oilers were once again eliminated four games to two.[47] Despite the series loss, Brewer once again performed well with four points in the Oilers' six games.

In his fourth season with the Oilers, Brewer continuted his role as a top defenceman for the Oilers. 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.[48] Later in the season, on January 29, 2004 versus the Chicago Blackhawks, Brewer recorded his one–hundredth career point.[11] Brewer once again was heavily relied upon by his team to play against opposing teams' top players and finished the season with an average time on ice of 24:39, ranking fourteenth in the league.[11] In the final year of his two–year contract, Brewer finished the season matching his point totals 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. On August 4, 2004, however, Brewer signed a one–year, $2.65–million contract with the Oilers, avoiding his arbitration hearing set for only a few days later.[49] Despite the new contract, Brewer was unable to play it out as a result of the 2004-05 NHL Lockout.[50]

[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.

On August 2, 2005, in the summer following the lockout, the Oilers traded Brewer, Jeff Woywitka and Doug Lynch to the St. Louis Blues for Chris Pronger.[51] 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.[52] However, 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.[53] Brewer would miss ten games before being activated from the injured reserve list, returning to the St. Louis line-up for a game on December 20, 2005 versus the Phoenix Coyotes.[54][55] Less than one month later, in a game on January 13, 2006 versus the Atlanta Thrashers, Brewer collided with Thrashers' centre Karl Stewart. The collision resulted in a dislocated left shoulder for Brewer, ending his season.[56] In only 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.[57][58]

Brewer's second season with the Blues began as a disappointment. By December 13, 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.[59][60] Brewer was often involved in trade rumours as he was set to become an unrestricted free agent following the completion of the season.[61] Brewer believed his performance was the result of having only played in 32 NHL games since the 2003–04 NHL season.[60] However, coinciding with the firing of head coach Mike Kitchen on December 11, 2006, Brewer began playing much better under new head coach, Andy Murray.[62] Over the next nineteen games, Brewer changed his minus–11 into a plus–2 and became an integral part of the Blues' defence.[60] His turnaround was rewarded on February 24, 2007, when rather than being traded like was previously rumoured, Brewer signed a four–year, $17–million contract extension with the Blues.[63] 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 while setting a new career high for assists.

In his third season with the Blues, Brewer continued to flourish under Andy Murray. Brewer began to evolve into one of the top two-way defencemen in the NHL, with comparisons often being made to former first overall draft pick, Chris Phillips of the Ottawa Senators.[64] Brewer was also used as a mentor to rookie defenceman Erik Johnson.[60] His play and leadership abilities were rewarded, 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.[65] On February 17, 2008 versus 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.[66][59]

[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] However, 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 when on April 24, 2001, 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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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Dallas Drake		 St. Louis Blues team captain
2008 – present		 Incumbent


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New York Islanders first-round draft picks
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

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