Brad Stuart

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Brad Stuart

Stuart during his tenure with the Kings
Born (1979-11-06) November 6, 1979
Rocky Mountain House, AB, CAN
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams 		San Jose Sharks
Boston Bruins
Calgary Flames
Los Angeles Kings
Detroit Red Wings
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 3rd overall, 1998
San Jose Sharks
Playing career 1999–present

Bradley Stuart (born November 6, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

Stuart was drafted in the first round, 3rd overall, in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks. In a game against the Los Angeles Kings on April 4, 2004, Stuart scored twice in a 17-second span, forcing the game into overtime at a 3-3 tie. The San Jose Sharks went on to win 4-3. Stuart's feat is the fastest that a Sharks player has scored two goals only behind Owen Nolan's two goals 8 seconds apart during the 1997 NHL All-Star game.

After playing with the Sharks for more than five seasons, Stuart was traded along with Marco Sturm and Wayne Primeau to the Boston Bruins for Joe Thornton in November, 2005.[1]

On February 10, 2007, he was traded to the Calgary Flames along with Wayne Primeau in exchange for Andrew Ference and Chuck Kobasew. Boston General Manager Peter Chiarelli cited his inability to agree on a new contract with Stuart, who was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2006–07 NHL season, as a reason for the deal.[2]

After the end of the season, Stuart signed a one-year, $3.5 million deal to play for the Los Angeles Kings.[3]

Stuart with the Red Wings in October 2010.

The Kings traded Stuart to the Detroit Red Wings on February 26, 2008 for a second round draft pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft and a fourth round draft pick in 2009. On June 4, 2008, Stuart won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Red Wings where he saw time as a top-4 defenceman paired with Niklas Kronwall.

Stuart was an unrestricted free agent after the 2007–08 NHL season and on July 1, 2008, he resigned with the Detroit Red Wings for $15 million over 4 years.[4] Stuart returned to his home town of Rocky Mountain House on August 17, 2008 with the Stanley Cup to share his celebration with those that supported him.

Stuart played in 67 games during the 2008-09 NHL season, scoring two goals to go with 13 assists as the Red Wings came within one game of repeating as Stanley Cup Champions.

On June 10, 2012, Stuart's negotiating rights were traded to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for the negotiating rights to forward Andrew Murray and a conditional 7th round pick in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.[5] Eight days later, it was reported that Stuart signed a three-year $10.8 Million deal with the Sharks.[6] On October 8, 2013 against the New York Rangers, Stuart recorded a hit on Rick Nash which led to Stuart being suspended for three games.[7]

Awards

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995–96 Regina Pats WHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1996–97 Regina Pats WHL 57 7 36 43 58 5 0 4 4 4
1997–98 Regina Pats WHL 72 20 45 65 82 9 3 4 7 10
1998–99 Regina Pats WHL 29 10 19 29 43 — — — — —
1998–99 Calgary Hitmen WHL 30 11 22 33 26 21 8 15 23 59
1999–00 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 10 26 36 32 12 1 0 1 6
2000–01 San Jose Sharks NHL 77 5 18 23 56 5 1 0 1 0
2001–02 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 6 23 29 39 12 0 3 3 8
2002–03 San Jose Sharks NHL 36 4 10 14 46 — — — — —
2003–04 San Jose Sharks NHL 77 9 30 39 34 17 1 5 6 13
2005–06 San Jose Sharks NHL 23 2 10 12 14 — — — — —
2005–06 Boston Bruins NHL 55 10 21 31 38 — — — — —
2006–07 Boston Bruins NHL 48 7 10 17 26 — — — — —
2006–07 Calgary Flames NHL 27 0 5 5 18 6 0 1 1 6
2007–08 Los Angeles Kings NHL 63 5 16 21 67 — — — — —
2007–08 Detroit Red Wings NHL 9 1 1 2 2 21 1 6 7 14
2008–09 Detroit Red Wings NHL 67 2 13 15 26 23 3 6 9 12
2009–10 Detroit Red Wings NHL 82 4 16 20 22 12 2 4 6 8
2010–11 Detroit Red Wings NHL 67 3 17 20 40 11 0 2 2 8
2011–12 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 6 15 21 29 5 0 1 1 0
2012–13 San Jose Sharks NHL 48 0 6 6 25 11 1 2 3 2
NHL totals 924 74 237 311 514 135 10 30 40 77

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1999 Canada WJC 7 0 1 1 2
2001 Canada WC 7 1 1 2 6
2006 Canada WC 9 0 3 3 14
Senior int'l totals 16 1 4 5 20

References

  1. ↑ "Sharks Acquire Joe Thornton". SanJoseSharks.com. 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-11-01. Retrieved 2007-02-11. 
  2. ↑ "Bruins send Stuart and Primeau to Calgary for Ference and Kobasew". NHL.com. 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-11. 
  3. ↑ "Stuart agrees to one-year deal with Kings". TSN.ca. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-03. 
  4. ↑ "Player Movement". CBS Sports. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-01. 
  5. ↑ "Sharks acquire Stuart from Red Wings for prospect, pick". The Sports Network. 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2012-06-10. 
  6. ↑ "Sharks ink D Stuart to three-year, 10.8M deal". TSN. 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2012-06-18. 
  7. ↑ Leahy, Sean (2013-10-09). "NHL suspends Sharks’ Brad Stuart three games for hit on Rick Nash". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2013-10-09. 

External links

Preceded by
Scott Hannan		 San Jose Sharks first round draft pick
1998 		Succeeded by
Jeff Jillson
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