Andrew Berenzweig

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| image = Bubba Berenzweig (40542).jpg

| caption = Berenzweig during the 2003 AHL All-Star Game

| image_size = 230px

| played_for = Nashville Predators

| position = Defense

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 215

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|8|8}}

| birth_place = Arlington Heights, Illinois, U.S.

| draft = 109th overall

| draft_year = 1996

| draft_team = New York Islanders

| career_start = 1999

| career_end = 2004

}}

Andrew David "Bubba" Berenzweig (born August 8, 1977) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He prepped at Loomis Chaffee School and played collegiately at the University of Michigan. He was drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Berenzweig was traded by the New York Islanders to the Nashville Predators in exchange for a fourth-round selection in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.{{cite web |title=1998-1999 Transactions |url=https://www.nhl.com/predators/team/history/transactions |website=NHL.com |accessdate=October 25, 2018}} He was later traded to the Dallas Stars, who left him unprotected in the 2003 NHL Waiver Draft. Unselected by any teams, Berenzweig cleared waivers and was assigned to the Stars' minor league affiliate Utah Grizzlies.{{cite news |title=The year in sports |url=http://www.jewishchronicle.org/2008/03/31/the-year-in-sports/ |accessdate=October 25, 2018 |publisher=The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle |date=March 31, 2008}} Berenzweig left the Grizzlies without permission and was suspended by the Stars for violating the terms of his contract.{{cite news |last1=Berlet |first1=Bruce |title=SPECIAL TEAMS PROVE COSTLY FOR WOLF PACK |url=http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2003-12-14-0312140777-story.html |accessdate=October 25, 2018 |publisher=The Hartford Courant |date=December 14, 2003 |quote=Defenseman Bubba Berenzweig, who played three years at Loomis-Chaffee in Windsor, is on indefinite suspension for leaving the Grizzlies without permission}}

Personal life

Berenzweig is Jewish,{{cite news |last1=Rosen |first1=Harvey |title=HANDFUL OF JEWISH SKATERS START NHL SEASON |url=http://www.cjnews.com/culture/sports/handful-jewish-skaters-start-nhl-season |accessdate=October 25, 2018 |publisher=Canadian Jewish News |date=October 21, 2009}} and as of 2014, Berenzweig is working for insurance firm The Hylant Group.{{cite news |title=Hylant Names Berenzweig President of Toledo Office |url=https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2014/09/09/340042.htm |accessdate=October 25, 2018 |publisher=Insurance Journal |date=September 9, 2014}}