Brent Seabrook

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Brent Seabrook
Born (1985-04-20) April 20, 1985
Richmond, BC, CAN
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 227 lb (103 kg; 16 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
NHL team Chicago Blackhawks
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 14th overall, 2003
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 2005–present

Brent Seabrook (born April 20, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman playing for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 14th overall by the Blackhawks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft out of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He played four seasons of junior with the Lethbridge Hurricanes before joining the Blackhawks in 2005–06. Internationally, he competes for Team Canada and has won gold medals at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships, 2005 World Junior Championships and 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Playing career

Growing up in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Seabrook played minor hockey with the South Delta Minor Hockey Association.[1] He also played spring hockey with the Pacific Vipers, along with three future Chicago Blackhawks teammates, Colin Fraser, Troy Brouwer and Andrew Ladd.[2] He went on to play major junior in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Lethbridge Hurricanes, having been drafted by them in the first round of the WHL Bantam Draft in 2000.[citation needed] Seabrook played with Chicago Blackhawks teammate Kris Versteeg for three seasons in Lethbridge. After a 42-point season in 2002–03 with the Hurricanes, Seabrook was drafted 14th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

Seabrook made his professional debut after completing his fourth and final WHL season, being assigned to the Norfolk Admirals, the Blackhawks' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, for the final three games of the regular season and six post-season games. Seabrook cracked the Blackhawks' lineup his first year out of junior in 2005–06 and recorded 5 goals and 32 points as a rookie. In his third NHL season, in 2007–08, Seabrook matched his rookie total with 32 points while tallying a personal best nine goals. He began the season on the top-defensive pairing with Duncan Keith.[3]

The following season, he became an integral part of a young and rejuvenated Blackhawks team that made the playoffs for the first time in seven years the following season in 2009. Seabrook scored 11 points in 17 post-season games as the Blackhawks made it to the Western Conference Finals, where they were defeated by the Detroit Red Wings. His younger brother Keith plays for the Florida Panthers organization and is currently playing for their minor league affiliate in San Antonio. On June 9, 2010, the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup after defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 in overtime. Seabrook won his first Stanley Cup as a member of the team. He was on the ice when the victory occurred.

On February 27, 2011, the Chicago Blackhawks signed Seabrook to a 5-year, $30 million contract.

On May 29, 2013, Seabrook scored the Game 7 overtime winner against the Detroit Red Wings in the Conference Semifinals. On June 19, 2013, Seabrook scored the overtime winner against the Boston Bruins in game 4 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals. And on June 24, 2013, Seabrook would earn his second Stanley Cup as the Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins in six games.

International play


Seabrook (#7 second in from left) during the 2010 Winter Olympics)
Medal record
Competitor for  Canada
Ice hockey
Winter Olympics
Gold 2010 Vancouver
World Junior Championships
Gold 2005 United States
Silver 2004 Finland
World U18 Championships
Gold 2003 Russia

During his junior career, Seabrook represented Team Canada in two World Junior Championships. In 2004 in Finland, he recorded 3 points to help Canada to the gold medal game against the United States, where they were defeated 4–3. Returning the following year in 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in the United States, he matched his 3-point total from the previous tournament and helped defeat Russia 6–1 in the final to capture Canada's first gold medal of a five-year run.

After his rookie season with the Chicago Blackhawks, Seabrook made his senior international debut with Team Canada at the 2006 World Championships in Latvia, where Canada failed to medal.

On December 30, 2009, Seabrook was called and asked to play for Team Canada for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver along with Blackhawks teammates Duncan Keith and Jonathan Toews. He was expected to continue his NHL pairing with Keith during the tournament, but he instead became designated as Canada's seventh defenceman.[4] He notched one assist over seven games as Canada won the gold medal over the United States 3–2 in overtime on February 28, 2010.[4]

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
2000–01 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 4 0 0 0 -1 0 — — — — — —
2001–02 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 67 6 33 39 +6 70 4 1 1 2 — 2
2002–03 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 69 9 33 42 -14 113 — — — — — —
2003–04 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 61 12 29 41 -3 107 — — — — — —
2004–05 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 63 12 42 54 +25 107 5 1 2 3 — 10
2004–05 Norfolk Admirals AHL 3 0 0 0 -3 2 6 0 1 1 — 6
2005–06 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 69 5 27 32 -6 60 — — — — — —
2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 81 4 20 24 +5 104 — — — — — —
2007–08 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 9 23 32 +13 90 — — — — — —
2008–09 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 8 18 26 +23 62 17 1 11 12 0 14
2009–10 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 78 4 26 30 +20 59 22 4 7 11 +8 14
2010–11 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 9 39 48 0 47 5 0 1 1 0 6
2011–12 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 78 9 25 34 +21 22 6 1 2 3 +1 0
2012–13 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 47 8 12 20 +12 23 23 3 1 4 -1 4
NHL totals 599 56 190 246 +88 467 73 9 22 31 +8 38

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
2004 Canada WJC 6 1 2 3 2
2005 Canada WJC 5 0 3 3 0
2006 Canada WC 8 0 0 0 2
2010 Canada Oly 7 0 1 1 2
Senior int'l totals 15 0 1 1 4
WJC totals 11 1 5 6 2

Awards and achievements

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Brent Seabrook-Finalist". Delta Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 June 2013. 
  2. ↑ "From Vipers to Hawks, they're still together". Vancouver Sun. 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
  3. ↑ "Rearguard living dream with Hawks". Canadian Online Explorer. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2010-01-30. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Canadian Press (2010-02-01). "Hockey remains Canada's game". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2010-03-05. 

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