Brent Gretzky

Brent Gretzky
Born (1972-02-20) February 20, 1972
Brantford, ON, CAN
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
MLH team
Former teams
Brantford Blast
Tampa Bay Lightning
Pensacola Ice Pilots (ECHL)
Las Vegas Thunder (IHL)
Atlanta Knights (IHL)
Quebec Rafales (IHL)
EC Graz (Austria)
Asheville Smoke (UHL)
Hershey Bears (AHL)
Chicago Wolves (IHL)
Port Huron Border Cats (UHL)
Fort Wayne Komets (UHL)
Port Huron Beacons (UHL)
Danbury Trashers (UHL)
Motor City Mechanics (UHL)
NHL Draft 49th overall, 1992
Tampa Bay Lightning
Playing career 19922008

Brent Gretzky (born February 20, 1972) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player, and the brother of Wayne and Keith Gretzky. He briefly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Playing career

Taught the game by his father Walter, Gretzky was drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, but did not find the same success as his brother Wayne.

Brent grew up playing minor hockey in Brantford, Ontario for the Brantford Classics of the OMHA. In 1988-89, he played Jr. B hockey for the Brantford Classics of the Mid-Western Junior B Hockey League.

He was selected in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1989 OHL Priority Selection by the Belleville Bulls where he spent three years. With the Bulls, he was a linemate of future NHL player Darren McCarty.

During Brent's 13-game tenure with Tampa Bay, he played once against Wayne: "We must have faced off 15 times and I won one. I remember chasing him behind the net. I knew what he was going to do and I still found myself looking for my jock. The hardest part was after the game, going and watching ESPN. It was older Gretzky shows young Gretzky how to play hockey." Together, Wayne and Brent hold the NHL record for most combined points by two brothers (2857 for Wayne and 4 for Brent).[1]

Gretzky was a career minor leaguer, floating between the International Hockey League, the American Hockey League, and the United Hockey League. He played for EC Graz Austria in 1997-98. On June 6, 2006, the Elmira Jackals announced they had acquired his rights from the Motor City Mechanics, but he never played with Elmira; his season with the Mechanics was his last as a professional. He and four other former Danbury Trashers players were served with subpoenas by the FBI in its investigation into owner James Galante's business dealings.

In 2008, Gretzky played six games for his hometown Brantford Blast team in the senior league Major League Hockey, which went on to win the 2008 Allan Cup, after which Gretzky retired from organized competition.[2] Brent now serves as a police officer with the Ontario Provincial Police.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1989–90 Belleville Bulls OHL 66 15 32 47 30 11 0 0 0 2
1990–91 Belleville Bulls OHL 66 26 56 82 25 6 3 3 6 2
1991–92 Belleville Bulls OHL 62 43 78 121 37
1992–93 Atlanta Knights IHL 77 20 34 54 84 9 3 2 5 8
1993–94 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 10 1 2 3 2
1993–94 Atlanta Knights IHL 54 17 23 40 30 14 1 1 2 2
1994–95 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 3 0 1 1 0
1994–95 Atlanta Knights IHL 67 19 32 51 42 5 4 1 5 4
1995–96 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 68 13 28 41 40 4 0 6 6 0
1996–97 Pensacola Ice Pilots ECHL 22 9 15 24 4 12 5 8 13 4
1996–97 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 40 5 12 17 8
1996–97 Quebec Rafales IHL 1 0 0 0 0
1997–98 EC Graz Austria 37 19 43 62 36
1998–99 Hershey Bears AHL 6 2 2 4 2
1998–99 Chicago Wolves IHL 39 9 19 28 15 3 0 1 1 0
1998–99 Asheville Smoke UHL 32 28 42 70 29
1999–00 Chicago Wolves IHL 2 0 0 0 0
1999–00 Asheville Smoke UHL 74 36 92 128 68 2 1 2 3 0
2000–01 Port Huron Border Cats UHL 9 0 8 8 18
2000–01 Fort Wayne Komets UHL 61 16 58 74 22 7 5 3 8 2
2001–02 Fort Wayne Komets UHL 73 21 55 76 35
2002–03 Port Huron Beacons UHL 45 31 29 60 12 3 3 0 3 2
2003–04 Port Huron Beacons UHL 61 43 38 81 10 9 4 13 17 26
2004–05 Port Huron Beacons UHL 37 13 25 38 8
2005–06 Motor City Mechanics UHL 66 15 65 80 12 4 1 1 2 0
NHL totals 13 1 3 4 2

See also

References

  1. "Brothers: Keith and Brent Gretzky". Greatest Hockey Legends.com. 2009-07-25. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  2. Brent Gretzky's stats for Brantford

External links

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