Bracken Kearns
Bracken Kearns | |||
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Born |
Vancouver, BC, CAN | May 12, 1981||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
NHL team (P) Cur. team Former teams |
New York Islanders Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) Florida Panthers San Jose Sharks Espoo Blues | ||
NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2005βpresent |
Bracken Kearns (born May 12, 1981) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League (NHL). Kearns, who started his professional career in 2005 with the Toledo Storm in the ECHL, played 428 games in the minors before playing his first game in the NHL with the Florida Panthers.[1]
Playing career
Amateur
Kearns, who graduated from the University of Calgary in 2005 with a degree in economics, was captain of the Calgary Dinos men's ice hockey team.[2]
Professional
Kearns made his professional debut with the Toledo Storm during the 2005β06 ECHL season. He spent the entire 2006β07 season in the American Hockey League (AHL) with Milwaukee Admirals. During the 2007β08 season, he played 53 games in the AHL with the Norfolk Admirals and also played 17 games in the ECHL with the Reading Royals. He played AHL hockey for the next two years with Norfolk and the Rockford IceHogs.
On July 27, 2010, Kearns was signed as a free agent by the Phoenix Coyotes who assigned him to their AHL affiliate in San Antonio for the start of the 2010β11 AHL season.[3]
On July 14, 2011, Kearns signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Florida Panthers.[4] During the 2011β12 season on October 20, 2011, at the age of 30, Kearns made his NHL debut with the Panthers playing seven shifts for 6:30 of ice time in a 3β0 loss to the Buffalo Sabres.[5][6] Kearns was the second oldest player to make his NHL debut with the Panthers, behind only Magnus Svensson who made his NHL debut with Florida in 1995 at the age of 32.[7] Kearns went scoreless in 5 games with the Panthers, before returning to the Rampage to be among the offensive leaders with 52 points in 69 games.
On July 2, 2012, Kearns was again on the move, signing a one-year free agent contract with the San Jose Sharks.[8] With the 2012 NHL lockout in effect, Kearns reported directly to AHL affiliate, the Worcester Sharks, to begin the 2012β13 season.
Kearns was recalled from Worcester on December 28, 2013. The next day, Kearns scored his first NHL goal in the San Jose Sharks 3-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks against goaltender Frederik Andersen.[9] He became the oldest player in Sharks history to score his first NHL goal (32 years, 231 days), besting the previous record holder Jay Leach (30 years, 190 days). On February 24, 2014, Kearns was sent to waivers by the Sharks.[10]
As a free agent from the Sharks, Kearns accepted a try-out contract to the Boston Bruins training camp for the 2014β15 season. Following camp, Kearns was released by the Bruins and after spending his entire professional career in North America, he opted to pursue a European career in agreeing to a one-year contract in the Finnish Liiga with the Espoo Blues on October 23, 2014.[11]
After a successful season with the Blues, Kearns returned to North America on July 2, 2015, signing a one-year, two-way contract with the New York Islanders.[12]
Family
Kearns' father is Dennis Kearns, a retired All-Star defenceman for the Vancouver Canucks.[13]
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2001β02 | University of Calgary | CIS | 26 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2002β03 | University of Calgary | CIS | 29 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 14 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2003β04 | University of Calgary | CIS | 38 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 22 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2004β05 | University of Calgary | CIS | 43 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 18 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2005β06 | Toledo Storm | ECHL | 71 | 33 | 36 | 69 | 66 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 6 | ||
2005β06 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2006β07 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 79 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
2007β08 | Reading Royals | ECHL | 17 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 17 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2007β08 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 53 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 40 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2008β09 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 53 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 63 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2009β10 | Rockford IceHogs | AHL | 80 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
2010β11 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 72 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 104 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2011β12 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 69 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 58 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||
2011β12 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2012β13 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 66 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 73 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2012β13 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2012β13 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 45 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 72 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2013β14 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 25 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2014β15 | Espoo Blues | Liiga | 45 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
NHL totals | 31 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
References
- β "Eastern conference". Edmonton Journal. 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
- β "Dinos hockey opens season with a pair of ties". The Gauntlet Sports.ca. 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- β "Player Bio β Bracken Kearns". The Hockey News. 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- β "Panthers sign C Kearns to one-year, two-way contract". The Sports Network. 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
- β "Florida Panthersβ Kearns quick trip follows long wait". Miami Herald. 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- β "30-year-old rookie debuts for Panthers". National Hockey League. 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- β "Quick trip to NHL inspires Rampages Bracken Kearns". mysanantonio.com. 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
- β "Sharks sign forward Bracken Kearns". San Jose Sharks. 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
- β "Sharks snap Ducks' 10-game winning streak". CBS Sports. 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
- β Halford, Mike (2014-02-24). "Sharks waive Kearns". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
- β "Bracken Kearns and Espoo Blues come to comprehensive agreement". Espoo Blues. 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
- β "Islanders sign six to two-way deals". New York Islanders. 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- β "Late blooming a Kearns family tradition". National Hockey League. 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
External links
- Bracken Kearns's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Bracken Kearns's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database