Brent Sopel ( born Brent Sopel ; January 7, 1977 , Calgary , Alberta , Canada ) - Canadian hockey player , defender . February 27, 2015 completed a professional player career.
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| Position | defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 187 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grab | right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Sopes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Was born | January 7, 1977 (42 years) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NHL draft | in 1995 he was selected in the 6th round under the general 144th number by the club " Vancouver Canucks " | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Brent Sopel began his professional career in 1993 as a member of the Saskatoon Blades Club of the Western Hockey League . 2 years later, in the NHL draft, he was selected in the 6th round under the total number 144 by the Vancouver Canucks Club [1] . On April 3, 1996, Brent signed a contract with Canucks, after which he began performing in the AHL for the Syracuse Crunch Club. In 1999, Sopel made his debut in the NHL , and on April 10 of that year, he scored his first puck in the league against Tommy Salo , who played for the Edmonton Oilers .
On August 16, 2005, because of the "wage ceiling", Vancouver was forced to exchange Brent for the New York Islanders , with whom he concluded a two-year agreement for $ 4.8 million. By that time, Sopel spent 333 matches in the Canadian club he scored 136 (34 + 102) points. However, at the end of the season, Brent became part of the Denis Grebeshkov exchange from Los Angeles Kings . As part of the "kings" Sopel spent 55 matches, after which he returned to Vancouver.
Before the start of the 2007/08 season, Brent was invited to the Detroit training camp, but already on September 28, without waiting for a decent offer from the Red Wings, he signed a one-year $ 1.5 million contract with the Chicago Blackhawks club [2] . On January 10, 2008, Sopel extended his agreement with the club for another 3 years, increasing the contract amount to $ 7 million [3] . For 3 seasons in the "black hawks" Brent spent on the site 176 matches in which he scored 32 (4 +28) points, and in 2010 he , along with the club, won the Stanley Cup . After that success, Sopel decided to bring the cup to the Chicago gay parade , where he was invited by the gay hockey association of the city [4] .
On June 23, 2010, Brent became a player of the club “ Atlanta Thrashers ” [5] , in which he played 59 matches, after which he was exchanged in the “ Montreal Canadiens ” [6] . July 30, 2011 Sopel entered into a two-year agreement with Metallurg Novokuznetsk [7] . October 16 in the match against Chekhov " Vityaz " Brent scored his first goal in the KHL [8] .
On January 31, 2013, he moved from Metallurg Novokuznetsk to Salavat Yulaev from Ufa [9] .
Statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AND | Number of games played | Shtr | Penalty time | +/− | Plus or minus |
| R | Goals | P | Assists | ABOUT | Glasses |
| - | Statistics unknown | - | Statistics are not taken into account | ||
Club career
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
| Season | Team | League | AND | R | P | ABOUT | Shtr | +/− | AND | R | P | ABOUT | Shtr | +/− | ||
| 1993/94 | Saskatoon Blades | WHL | eleven | 2 | 2 | four | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994/95 | Saskatoon Blades | WHL | 22 | one | ten | eleven | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994/95 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 41 | four | nineteen | 23 | 50 | - | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | ||
| 1995/96 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 71 | 13 | 48 | 61 | 87 | - | 6 | one | 2 | 3 | four | four | ||
| 1995/96 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1996/97 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 62 | 15 | 41 | 56 | 109 | 39 | ten | five | eleven | sixteen | 32 | 6 | ||
| 1996/97 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | ||
| 1997/98 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 76 | ten | 33 | 43 | 70 | -four | five | 0 | 7 | 7 | 12 | five | ||
| 1998/99 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 53 | ten | 21 | 31 | 59 | -33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998/99 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | five | one | 0 | one | four | -one | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1999/00 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 50 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 67 | eleven | four | 0 | 2 | 2 | eight | 2 | ||
| 1999/00 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 18 | 2 | four | 6 | 12 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000/01 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | four | 0 | one | one | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000/01 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 52 | four | ten | 14 | ten | four | four | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -one | ||
| 2001/02 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 66 | eight | 17 | 25 | 44 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -one | ||
| 2002/03 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 81 | 7 | thirty | 37 | 23 | -15 | 14 | 2 | 6 | eight | four | -2 | ||
| 2003/04 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 80 | ten | 32 | 42 | 36 | eleven | 7 | 0 | one | one | 0 | -four | ||
| 2005/06 | New York Islanders | NHL | 57 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 64 | -9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005/06 | Los angeles kings | NHL | eleven | 0 | one | one | 6 | -four | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006/07 | Los angeles kings | NHL | 44 | four | nineteen | 23 | 14 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006/07 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 20 | one | four | five | ten | 0 | eleven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | one | ||
| 2007/08 | Chicago blackhawks | NHL | 58 | one | nineteen | 20 | 28 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2008/09 | Chicago blackhawks | NHL | 23 | one | one | 2 | eight | -four | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2009/10 | Chicago blackhawks | NHL | 73 | one | 7 | eight | 34 | 3 | 22 | one | five | 6 | eight | 7 | ||
| 2010/11 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 59 | 2 | five | 7 | sixteen | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010/11 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -one | 7 | one | 0 | one | 2 | -2 | ||
| 2011/12 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | CHL | 47 | 2 | 6 | eight | 33 | -9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2012/13 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | CHL | 47 | four | 6 | ten | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2012/13 | Salavat Yulaev | CHL | four | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | four | one | five | 6 | four | ||
| 2013/14 | Salavat Yulaev | CHL | 38 | one | 9 | ten | 14 | 2 | 17 | 0 | one | one | nineteen | four | ||
| 2014/15 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 29 | one | 7 | eight | 46 | -3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| NHL total | 659 | 44 | 174 | 218 | 309 | 32 | 71 | four | 14 | 18 | 20 | -2 | ||||
| KHL total | 136 | 7 | 23 | thirty | 59 | -five | 31 | four | 2 | 6 | 25 | eight | ||||
| Total career | 1217 | 113 | 404 | 517 | 889 | - | 133 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 101 | 24 | ||||
Achievements
Team
- NHL
| Year | Team | Achievement | |
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| 2010 | Chicago blackhawks | Stanley Cup Winner | |
Notes
- ↑ 1995 NHL Draft Results - Round 6 (English) . mynhldraft.com. The appeal date was August 30, 2011. Archived June 29, 2013.
- ↑ Nozzles will protect Habibulin . Championship.com (September 16, 2007). The appeal date was August 30, 2011. Archived June 29, 2013.
- Ч Chicago has signed a 3-year contract with Sope . Championship.com (January 11, 2008). The appeal date was August 30, 2011. Archived June 29, 2013.
- ↑ Nozzles will bring the Stanley Cup to the gay parade in Chicago . Championship.com (June 24, 2010). The appeal date was August 30, 2011. Archived June 29, 2013.
- ↑ Blackhawks trade Byfuglien to Thrashers in 9-player deal (Eng.) . TSN.ca (24 June 2010). The appeal date was August 30, 2011. Archived June 29, 2013.
- ↑ Habs acquire Brent Sopel and Nigel Dawes from Atlanta (English) . canadiens.nhl.com (24 February 2011). The appeal date was August 30, 2011. Archived June 29, 2013.
- ↑ In Metallurg - Brent Soopel Neopr . metallurg-nk.ru (July 30, 2011). The appeal date was August 30, 2011. Archived June 29, 2013.
- ↑ Nozzles scored the first goal in the KHL . Sports.ru (October 16, 2011). The date of circulation is October 16, 2011. Archived June 29, 2013.
- ↑ Salavat Yulaev confirmed the transfer of Sopela Neopr . Championship.com (January 31, 2013). The date of circulation is January 31, 2013. Archived on June 29, 2013.
Links
- Article about the player (Eng.) . Legends of Hockey.net. The date of circulation is June 25, 2013. Archived June 29, 2013.
- Player Profile (English) . Hockey Database.com. The appeal date was August 30, 2011. Archived June 29, 2013.
- Player Profile (English) . Eliteprospects.com. The appeal date was August 30, 2011. Archived June 29, 2013.
- Player Profile (English) . Eurohockey.com. The date of circulation is June 25, 2013. Archived June 29, 2013.
- Player Profile . KHL official website. The date of circulation is September 13, 2011. Archived on June 29, 2013.
- Player Profile . NHL.com. The date of circulation is October 9, 2011. Archived June 29, 2013.