Rod Brind'Amour
| Rod Brind'Amour | |
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| Born | August 9, 1970 Ottawa, ON, CAN |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) |
| Position | Centre |
| Shot | Left |
| Played for | St. Louis Blues Philadelphia Flyers Carolina Hurricanes Kloten Flyers (NLA) |
| National team |  Canada |
| NHL Draft | 9th overall, 1988 St. Louis Blues |
| Playing career | 1989–2010 |
Roderic Jean Brind'Amour (born August 9, 1970) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the St. Louis Blues, Philadelphia Flyers and Carolina Hurricanes. He captained the Hurricanes to the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship in 2006. He now acts as their assistant coach and development coach.
Playing career
Early years
Born in Ottawa but raised in Prince Rupert and Campbell River, British Columbia, Brind'Amour was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the first round (ninth overall) of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. Brind'Amour played the next season at Michigan State University. Brind'Amour became well known for working out constantly, earning the nickname "Rod the Bod". During his time at Michigan State, Brind'Amour would go from a game directly into the weight room where he would undertake a strenuous workout. His coach at the time said that Brind'Amour's workouts became so intense that they would turn the lights out on him, and when that failed to work, they would padlock the room.
At the conclusion of the collegiate hockey season, Brind'Amour joined the Blues during the 1989 NHL playoffs. He made his debut in game 5 of the Blues' division semifinals against the Minnesota North Stars and scored a goal on his first shot. In his first full NHL season, Brind'Amour scored 27 points in the Blues' first 24 games and finished third on the Blues with 26 goals. Brind'Amour was selected to the 1989–90 All-Rookie Team.
Philadelphia Flyers
Brind'Amour was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers with Dan Quinn for Murray Baron and Ron Sutter following the 1990–91 season. Brind'Amour was one of Philadelphia's most popular players. He spent his years in Philadelphia as an alternate captain to Kevin Dineen and then Eric Lindros, filling in as captain and wearing the "C" when Lindros was out of the lineup. It was there that he started his reputation of being one of the best shutdown centres of the NHL. This has culminated into a Selke Trophy awarded to him as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006 and again in 2007.[1]
During his stint with Philadelphia he was considered one of the league's 'ironmen', with a consecutive games streak of 484 played, a Flyers franchise record.
Carolina Hurricanes
Following his return from an ankle injury during the 1999–2000 season, he was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes along with Jean-Marc Pelletier in exchange for Keith Primeau.
Additionally, he was one-third of the "BBC Line" featuring Bates Battaglia and Erik Cole during the Carolina Hurricanes’ run to the Stanley Cup finals in 2002. Brind'Amour was named Captain of the Hurricanes before the 2005–06 season.
Brind'Amour won his only Stanley Cup on June 19, 2006, with the Hurricanes, defeating the Edmonton Oilers in the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals in seven games. During that summer, Brind'Amour re-signed with the Hurricanes with a five-year deal.
In December 2006, he scored his 1000th career point and in February 2007, he recorded his 400th career goal.
On February 14, 2008 against Pittsburgh, Brind'Amour tore his ACL in the first period ending his 2007–08 season. However, Brind'Amour would return for the 2008-09 NHL Season, playing in 80 games while recording 16 goals and 35 assists as the Hurricanes reached the Eastern Conference Finals.
On January 20, 2010, Brind'Amour was replaced as Hurricanes captain by Eric Staal, previously an alternate captain. Brind'Amour was an alternate captain for the rest of the season (and as it would turn out, his career). Following the 2009-10 season, Brind'Amour retired as a player, having played 1,484 career NHL games, and moved into Hurricanes team management as a director of forwards development.[2] His #17 number was retired in a ceremony on February 18, 2011. The ceremony took place prior to a game against the Philadelphia Flyers, whose coach was Peter Laviolette. Thus the two teams Brind'Amour spent the bulk of his career with as well as the coach he won the Stanley Cup with were present to honor him. It is the third number to be officially retired by the Hurricanes since moving to Raleigh, after Glen Wesley's #2 and Ron Francis' #10; all three retired players continue to work within the organization.[3]
Brind'Amour represented the team in a ceremony before the Charlotte Checkers' first home game as the Hurricanes' new AHL affiliate.
On June 7, 2011, Brind'Amour was introduced by the Hurricanes as their assistant coach and development coach.[4] He will retain his role in developing the franchise's forwards while also spending time behind the bench in the NHL.
Brind'Amour was among the last few players in the league who had also played in the NHL in the 1980s. He finished his professional career 18th all-time in games played.
Awards and honours
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| All-CCHA Rookie Team | 1988-89 | |
| NHL All-Star Game | 1992 | |
| NHL Frank J. Selke Trophy | 2005-06, 2006-07 | |
| Stanley Cup Carolina Hurricanes | 2006 | |
| Medal record | ||
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| Competitor for Canada
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| Ice hockey | ||
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 1994 Italy | Ice Hockey |
- His #17 jersey was retired by the Hurricanes on February 18, 2011.
Personal life
Brind'Amour has three children from his first marriage: a daughter, Briley, and two sons, Skyler and Reece. Brind'Amour was married for the second time on July 10, 2010 to Amy Biedenbach, a native of Raleigh and daughter of former N.C. State basketball standout and current UNC Asheville men's basketball coach Eddie Biedenbach.[5] Rod and Amy have a son, Brooks Edward Brind'Amour, born on December 19, 2011.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1986–87 | Notre Dame Hounds | SMHL | 33 | 38 | 50 | 88 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Notre Dame Hounds | SJHL | 56 | 46 | 61 | 107 | 136 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Notre Dame Hounds | Cen-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | ||
| 1988–89 | Michigan State Spartans | CCHA | 42 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1989–90 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 79 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 46 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | ||
| 1990–91 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 78 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 93 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 1991–92 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 80 | 33 | 44 | 77 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 81 | 37 | 49 | 86 | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 84 | 35 | 62 | 97 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 48 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 8 | ||
| 1995–96 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 82 | 26 | 61 | 87 | 110 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 1996–97 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 82 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 41 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 10 | ||
| 1997–98 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 82 | 36 | 38 | 74 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 1998–99 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 82 | 24 | 50 | 74 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1999–00 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 33 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 79 | 20 | 36 | 56 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2001–02 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 81 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 40 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | ||
| 2002–03 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 48 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 78 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Kloten Flyers | Swiss | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 78 | 31 | 39 | 70 | 68 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 16 | ||
| 2006–07 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 78 | 26 | 56 | 82 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 59 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 80 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 36 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2009–10 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 80 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 1,484 | 452 | 732 | 1,184 | 1,100 | 159 | 51 | 60 | 111 | 97 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Canada | WJC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| 1992 | Canada | WC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1993 | Canada | WC | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1994 | Canada | WC | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1996 | Canada | WCH | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1998 | Canada | Oly | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Junior int'l totals | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Senior int'l totals | 35 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 12 | |||
See also
References
- ↑ "Penguins' Crosby captures Hart Trophy as League MVP". NHL.com. 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ↑ http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=533288
- ↑ "Canes to retire Brind'Amour's jersey". WRAL.com. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
- ↑ Williams, Terrell (2011-07-06). "Hurricanes Announce Coaching Changes". hurricanes.nhl.com. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- ↑ "Rod Brind'Amour retires". theglobeandmail.com. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rod Brind'Amour. |
- Rod Brind'Amour's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Rod Brind'Amour at Hockey-Reference.com
- Rod Brind'Amour's player profile at NHL.com
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Keith Osborne |
St. Louis Blues first round draft pick 1988 |
Succeeded by Jason Marshall |
| Preceded by John DePourcq |
CCHA Rookie of the Year 1988–89 |
Succeeded by David Roberts |
| Preceded by Pelle Eklund |
Winner of the Bobby Clarke Trophy 1992 |
Succeeded by Mark Recchi |
| Preceded by Ron Francis |
Carolina Hurricanes captain 2005-10 |
Succeeded by Eric Staal |
| Preceded by Kris Draper |
Winner of the Frank J. Selke Trophy 2006, 2007 |
Succeeded by Pavel Datsyuk |