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Brett Palin
Canadian ice hockey player
Brett Palin (born June 23, 1984 in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.
| Brett Palin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1984-06-23) June 23, 1984 (age 39) Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 203 lb (92 kg; 14 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights Quad City Flames Abbotsford Heat Milwaukee Admirals KLH Chomutov Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg Mora IK EHC Black Wings Linz Fehérvár AV19 | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2005–2018 | ||
Palin played junior hockey with the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL), winning the league championship in 2003 and 2005, and the Memorial Cup in 2004. He was a prospect in the Calgary Flames system, having signed with the franchise in 2005 as an undrafted free agent. On July 7, 2010, he signed with the Nashville Predators and was assigned to captain AHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals.[1]
After beginning his European career with KLH Chomutov of the Czech Extraliga for two seasons, Palin signed a one-year contract in Germany with Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga on May 8, 2013.[2]
On June 3, 2015, Palin left the HockeyAllsvenskan after one season with Mora IK and signed a one-year contract with Austrian club, EHC Black Wings Linz of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).[3] Palin played two seasons with the Black Wings before concluding his career with Hungarian EBEL club, Fehérvár AV19, in the 2017–18 season.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2000–01 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 70 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 71 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 118 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 2003–04 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 72 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 106 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | ||
| 2004–05 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 72 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 71 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 52 | ||
| 2005–06 | Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights | AHL | 64 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights | AHL | 78 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 71 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Quad City Flames | AHL | 67 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Quad City Flames | AHL | 57 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Abbotsford Heat | AHL | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 80 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2011–12 | Piráti Chomutov | CZE.1 | 51 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 79 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | ||
| 2012–13 | Piráti Chomutov | ELH | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg | DEL | 50 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Mora IK | Allsv | 51 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2015–16 | EHC Black Wings Linz | EBEL | 54 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | EHC Black Wings Linz | EBEL | 54 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Fehérvár AV19 | EBEL | 26 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 367 | 10 | 51 | 61 | 312 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||
- "Preds sign Free Agent defensman Brett Palin". Nashville Predators. 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
- "Brett Palin moves to EHC Wolfsburg" (in German). Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg. 2013-05-08. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- "Two leading players complete Linz" (in German). EHC Black Wings Linz. 2015-06-03. Archived from the original on 2015-06-07. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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