Brathwaite, Fred

Fred Brathwaite was born in a suburb of Ottawa Nepin . His parents emigrated to Canada from Barbados in 1964.

At the beginning of his career, Fred played in the OHL for the Oshawa Generals team. In 1993, he signed a contract with the NHL Edmonton Oilers team. He played in the Oilers for three seasons in the NHL and AHL .

In 1996–98, he spent two seasons at Manitoba Mus from the IHL . In his first season at Mus, he scored a goal.

In 1998, he signed a contract with Calgary Flames , for which he played for three seasons. He took part in three world championships as part of the Canadian national team : in 1999 and 2000 . as a reserve goalkeeper (spent only one match), in 2001 - as the main goalkeeper (played in 6 of 7 matches of the Canadian national team).

In 2001, he was traded to the St. Louis Blues . In St. Louis for two seasons he acted as a reserve goalkeeper. In 2003 he moved to the Columbus Blue Jackets .

Due to a lockout in the NHL in the 2004/05 season, Brathwaite played in the Russian Super League for Kazan “ Ak Bars ”. He remained in Russia for two seasons, in 2006 he returned to North America to play in the AHL for the Chicago Wolves . In December 2007, after spending one and a half seasons for Wolves, he signed a contract with Omsk Avangard ^[1] . At the end of the 2007/08 season, the contract was not renewed. The next four seasons, Brathwaite spent in the club " Adler Mannheim " from the German hockey league DEL . At the end of the 2011/12 season, he decided to end his career.

• Champion OHL (1990).
• Champion of Russia as part of Ak Bars (2006).
• The best goalkeeper of the Russian Super League (2006).

                                            
 Season Team League HV P N Min GA SO GAA Svs Pct ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- ------ 1988/89 Smiths Falls Bears CJHL 38 - - - --- - - --- --- ---- 1989/90 Oshawa Generals OHL 20 11 2 1 901 45 1 3.00 --- ---- 1990/91 Oshawa Generals OHL 39 - - - --- - - --- --- ---- 1991/92 Oshawa Generals OHL 24 12 7 2 1248 81 0 3.89 622 0.885 1991/92 London Knights OHL 23 15 6 2 1325 61 4 2.76 603 0.908 1992/93 Detroit Jr.  Red Wings OHL 37 - - - --- - - --- --- ---- 1993/94 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 2 1 1 0 118 6 0 3.04 44 0.880 1993/94 Edmonton Oilers NHL 19 3 10 3 982 58 0 3.54 465 0.889 1994/95 Edmonton Oilers NHL 14 2 5 1 601 40 0 ​​3.99 252 0.863 1995/96 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 31 12 16 0 1699 110 1 3.88 748 0.872 1995/96 Edmonton Oilers NHL 7 0 2 0 293 12 0 2.46 128 0.914 1996/97 Manitoba Moose IHL 58 22 22 5 2945 167 1 3.40 1528 0.901 1997/98 Manitoba Moose IHL 51 23 18 4 2736 138 1 3.03 1354 0.908 1998/99 Calgary Flames NHL 28 11 9 7 1663 68 1 2.45 728 0.915 1999/00 Calgary Flames NHL 61 25 25 7 3884 158 5 2.75 1506 0.905 1999/00 Saint John Flames AHL 2 2 0 0 120 4 0 2.00 66 0.943 2000/01 Calgary Flames NHL 49 15 17 10 2742 106 5 2.32 1075 0.910 2001/02 St. Louis Blues NHL 25 9 11 4 1446 54 2 2.24 489 0.901 2002/03 St. Louis Blues NHL 30 12 9 4 1615 74 2 2.75 557 0.883 2003/04 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 21 4 11 1 1050 59 0 3.37 515 0.897 2003/04 Syracuse Crunch A  L 3 0 2 1 188 7 1 2.23 85 0.924 2004/05 Ak Bars RSL 36 - - - 2086 63 10 1.81 --- ---- 2005/06 Ak Bars RSL 43 - - - 2489 82 7 1.98 --- ---- 2006/07 Chicago Wolves AHL 40 22 13 5 2410 110 2 2.74 1011 0.902 2007/08 Chicago Wolves AHL 13 10 2 0 769 32 0 2.50 360 0.918 2007/08 Vanguard RSL 22 - - - - 1273 57 1 2.69 --- ---- 2008/09 Mannheim Eagles DEL 49 20 17 0 2880 114 6 2.35 1411 0.925 2009/10 Mannheim Eagles DEL 47 17 19 0 2756 133 4 2.90 1418 0.914 2010/11 Mannheim Eagles DEL 49 22 24 0 2973 124 3 2.50 1384 0.918 2011/12 Mannheim Eagles DEL 40 21 18 0 2387 104 4 2.61 1271 0.924 League - the league in which the player played.  And - matches played.  Min - minutes spent on the field.  GA - missed goals.  SO - matches to “zero” (without missing goals).  GAA - average number of goals conceded per match.  B, P, N - the number of victories, defeats and draws won by the team with this goalkeeper.  Svs - reflected throws (“saves”).  Pct is the percentage of reflected throws. 

• Fred is the first black player in Russian hockey.
• Fans of Ak Bars called goalkeeper Farid .
• During a performance in Kazan, Fred loved going to Rubin matches ^[2] .

• Fred Brathwaite - statistics on Eliteprospects.com
• Fred Brathwaite - statistics on The Internet Hockey Database
• Fred Braithwaite - profile on the NHL website
• Fred Braithwaite - Global Sports Consulting profile
• Fred Brathwaite Amazing Save