Kip Brennan
| Kip Brennan | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 27, 1980 Kingston, ON, CAN |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 222 lb (101 kg; 15 st 12 lb) |
| Position | Left Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| CHL team Former teams |
Arizona Sundogs Los Angeles Kings Atlanta Thrashers Mighty Ducks of Anaheim New York Islanders HIFK Vityaz Chekhov |
| NHL Draft | 103rd overall, 1998 Los Angeles Kings |
| Playing career | 1995–present |
Kip Brennan (born August 27, 1980 in Kingston, Ontario) is a hockey enforcer who is currently playing with the Arizona Sundogs. Previously, Brennan has played for the Los Angeles Kings, Atlanta Thrashers, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League.
Playing career
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.
In 2002–03 and 2003–04, he was back and forth between the Kings and Monarchs. Kip again led the Monarchs with 198 PIM for the 2002–03 season. On December 27, 2003, the NHL suspended Brennan for 10 games without pay during a game against the San Jose Sharks. Brennan had returned to the ice after officials had ejected him for roughing an opponent. The suspension cost him about $25,000. 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 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, NHL, and the Portland Pirates, AHL.
He briefly attended the Dallas Stars training camp in September 2006. Then for the 2006–07 season, Kip skated 1 game for the Toronto Marlies in the AHL, 11 games for the Long Beach Ice Dogs in the ECHL, and then finished the season with the Hershey Bears. He then signed with the New York Islanders, playing 3 games with the team, spending most of the season with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
Brennan then signed with HIFK in Finland's SM-liiga, but on 16 December 2008, he left the team and returned to Hershey Bears.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM | ||
| 1995–96 | St. Michael's Buzzers | OJHL | 40 | 0 | 11 | 11 | — | 155 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 20 | ||
| 1996-97 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 42 | 0 | 10 | 10 | — | 156 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 16 | ||
| 1997-98 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 24 | 0 | 7 | 7 | — | 103 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 1997-98 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | 85 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 1998-99 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 38 | 9 | 12 | 21 | — | 160 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 1999-00 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 55 | 16 | 16 | 32 | — | 228 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | 67 | ||
| 2000-01 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 27 | 7 | 14 | 21 | — | 94 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | — | 92 | ||
| 2000-01 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 117 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2001-02 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 44 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 269 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 26 | ||
| 2001-02 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 22 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2002-03 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 35 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 195 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | ||
| 2002-03 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2003-04 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2003-04 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 79 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2003-04 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2004-05 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 48 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 267 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 105 | ||
| 2005-06 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 22 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2005-06 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 35 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2006-07 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | ECHL | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 74 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2006-07 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2006-07 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 26 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +3 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 30 | ||
| 2007-08 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 49 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -10 | 247 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2007-08 | New York Islanders | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2008-09 | HIFK | SM-liiga | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 118 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2008-09 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 16 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2008-09 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 26 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +1 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | ||
| 2009-10 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 53 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -15 | 263 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2010-11 | Allen Americans | CHL | 31 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 146 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 52 | ||
| 2010-11 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 40 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2011-12 | Vityaz Chekhov | KHL | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 240 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| 2012-13 | Allen Americans | CHL | 30 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 114 | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| AHL totals | 323 | 26 | 22 | 48 | -28 | 1579 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 165 | ||||
| OHL totals | 209 | 32 | 62 | 94 | - | 826 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 18 | - | 175 | ||||
| NHL totals | 61 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 222 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
External links
- Kip Brennan's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Kip Brennan's fight info - hockeyfights.com