B. J. Crombeen
{{Short description|American-born Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name =
| image = B. J. Crombeen and Keith Aulie.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Crombeen (front) with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2013
| position = Right wing
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 210
| played_for = Porin Ässät
Dallas Stars
St. Louis Blues
Tampa Bay Lightning
Arizona Coyotes
| league = NHL
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|7|10|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Denver, Colorado, U.S.
| draft = 54th overall
| draft_year = 2003
| draft_team = Dallas Stars
| career_start = 2005
| career_end = 2015
}}
Brandon James Crombeen{{cite web|title=B.J. Crombeen|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=9149|publisher=Eliteprospects.com}} (born July 10, 1985) is an American-born Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who last played for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played in the NHL for the Dallas Stars, St. Louis Blues and Tampa Bay Lightning, drafted by the former in the second round, 54th overall, in 2003.
Playing career
=Junior=
Crombeen started his junior hockey career with the OPJHL's Newmarket Hurricane 87's in the 2000–01 season. He then spent four seasons with the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s Barrie Colts.{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8470647 |title=B.J. Crombeen |publisher=National Hockey League |accessdate=April 22, 2012}} He had 170 points in 248 regular season games and 21 points in 44 playoff games for Barrie, also recording over 100 penalty minutes in each season.{{cite web |url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=3560 |title=B.J. Crombeen |publisher=The Sports Network |accessdate=April 27, 2013}}
=Professional=
Crombeen was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the second round, 54th overall, of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. In July 2005, he signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Stars. He split the 2005–06 season with the American Hockey League (AHL)'s Iowa Stars and the ECHL's Idaho Steelheads, totaling 20 points in 60 regular season games. In August 2006, he signed with Ässät of SM-liiga. In 55 games, he had 22 points and 152 penalty minutes. He also played 13 regular season games and 22 playoff games for Idaho in 2006–07 and helped the team win the ECHL championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=20981 |title=B.J. Crombeen |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |accessdate=April 22, 2012}}
Crombeen spent most of the 2007–08 season with the Iowa Stars, but was later recalled to the Dallas Stars in January and made his NHL debut. He played eight regular season games and five Stanley Cup playoff games for Dallas. In July 2008, he re-signed with the team as a restricted free agent. Crombeen played 15 games for Dallas early in the season, but in November, he was claimed off waivers by the St. Louis Blues. He finished the 2008–09 season with St. Louis, playing in 66 games and scoring 17 points.
Crombeen re-signed with the Blues as a restricted free agent in July 2009. During the 2009–10 season, he played in 79 games. He had 15 points and a career-high 168 penalty minutes. In 2010–11, he played in 80 games, totaling 14 points and 154 penalty minutes. He led the team in penalty minutes that season.{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8470647&view=notes |title=B.J. Crombeen Notes |publisher=National Hockey League |accessdate=April 22, 2012}}
In June 2011, Crombeen signed a two-year contract extension with St. Louis.{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=566693 |title=Blues sign F Crombeen to 2-year extension |publisher=National Hockey League |date=June 22, 2011 |accessdate=April 22, 2012}} He suffered a broken left shoulder blade, however, in the Blues' final pre-season game in October.{{cite web |url=http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player-pn.cgi?3560 |title=B.J. Crombeen |work=The Hockey News |accessdate=April 22, 2012}} He finished the season with three points and 71 penalty minutes in 40 games. After the first year of his extension, St. Louis traded Crombeen and a fifth-round draft pick in 2014 to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for fourth-round picks in both 2013 and 2014.{{cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=400311|title=Blues Trade Crombeen to Lightning for Draft Picks|publisher=TSN|date=July 10, 2012|accessdate=July 10, 2012}}
Due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout, Crombeen signed a contract with the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL on November 16, 2012.{{Cite web |url=http://orlandosolarbearshockey.com/news/111612-crombeensigns.php |title=The Official Website of the Orlando Solar Bears |access-date=2012-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204044801/http://www.orlandosolarbearshockey.com/news/111612-crombeensigns.php |archive-date=2012-12-04 |url-status=dead }} He played 44 games for the Lightning that season, totaling eight points and 112 penalty minutes. On March 5, 2013, Crombeen scored his first goal as a member of the Lightning in a 5–2 victory over the New Jersey Devils.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/njd-vs-tbl/2013/03/05/2012020324 |title=Lightning 5, Devils 2|first= Peter|last= Tampa Bay|work=Pupello|date= March 5, 2013|access-date=November 17, 2014}} On April 1, 2013, Tampa Bay announced the re-signing of Crombeen to a two-year contract extension. He skated 30 games that season, recording a goal and seven points to go along with 86 penalty minutes and a +6 plus-minus rating. Crombeen finished first on the Lightning and fifth in the NHL in penalty minutes accumulated for the 2012–13 season.{{cite web |url=http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=663327 |title=Lightning Agree to Terms with BJ Crombeen on Contract Extension|first= Lightning|last= Tampa Bay|work=Press Release|date= April 1, 2013|accessdate=November 17, 2014}}
On June 29, 2014, the Arizona Coyotes acquired Crombeen and Sam Gagner from the Lightning in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.{{cite web| url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=724511&navid=nhl:topheads | title = Gagner with Arizona after trades; Oilers get Purcell | publisher = National Hockey League | date = 2014-06-29 | accessdate = 2014-06-29}} On October 28, 2014, Crombeen scored his first goal as a member of the Coyotes in a 7–3 loss to Tampa Bay.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ari-vs-tbl/2014/10/28/2014020130 |title=Kucherov hat trick leads Lightning past Coyotes|first= Corey|last= Long|work=NHL.com Correspondent|date= October 28, 2014|access-date=November 17, 2014}} On November 14, Crombeen played in his 400th career NHL game in Arizona's 5–0 shutout victory over the Vancouver Canucks.{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/hanzal-hat-trick-coyotes-rout-canucks-060027847--nhl.html |title=Hanzal has hat trick in Coyotes' rout of Canucks|first= Sports|last= AP|work=Yahoo Sports NHL|date= November 14, 2014|accessdate=November 17, 2014}}
Crombeen retired in 2015 and took up a career in finance.{{cite web|url=https://www.theplayerstribune.com/brandon-crombeen-nhl-advice/|title=Life After Hockey|publisher=The Players Tribune|date=July 8, 2016|accessdate=April 23, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://insidestl.com/former-blue-bj-crombeen-talks-life-after-hockey-players-tribune-column-on-post-playing-career/1966909|title=Former Blue BJ Crombeen talks life after hockey, Players Tribune column on post-playing career|publisher=insidestl.com|date=July 19, 2016|accessdate=April 23, 2017}}
Personal life
Despite being born in Denver, Colorado, Crombeen was raised in Bright's Grove, Ontario.{{cite web |last=Frei |first=Terry |url=http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_11466047 |title=Crombeen's Denver ties aren't binding |work=The Denver Post |date=January 16, 2009 |accessdate=May 7, 2012}}
Crombeen was diagnosed at the age of nine with type 1 diabetes, one of the few athletes in professional sports with the condition.{{cite web |last=Frei |first=Terry |url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/hockey/lightning/diabetes-doesnt-slow-lightning-right-wing-bj-crombeen/1269939/ |title=Diabetes doesn't slow Lightning right wing B.J. Crombeen
|work=Tampa Bay Times |date=January 10, 2013 |access-date=December 15, 2014}} His father, Mike Crombeen, played five seasons for the Barons, Blues, and Whalers from 1977 to 1985.{{cite web |url=http://blues.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=432776 |title=Blues Claim B.J. Crombeen from Waivers |publisher=St. Louis Blues |date=November 18, 2008 |accessdate=April 22, 2012}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |
| 2000–01
| OPJHL | 35 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2001–02 | OHL | 60 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 118 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| 2002–03
| Barrie Colts | OHL | 63 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 133 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2003–04 | Barrie Colts | OHL | 62 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 154 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 35 |
| 2004–05
| Barrie Colts | OHL | 63 | 31 | 18 | 49 | 111 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 35 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2005–06 | AHL | 52 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 97 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2005–06
| ECHL | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2006–07 | Ässät | SM-l | 55 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 152 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07
| Idaho Steelheads | ECHL | 13 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 43 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 45 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2007–08 | Iowa Stars | AHL | 65 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 158 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007–08
| NHL | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2008–09 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008–09
| NHL | 66 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 122 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2009–10 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 79 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 168 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010–11
| St. Louis Blues | NHL | 80 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 154 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2011–12 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 40 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 71 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
| 2012–13
| ECHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2012–13 | NHL | 44 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 112 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013–14
| Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 55 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2014–15 | NHL | 58 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 445 ! 34 ! 46 ! 80 ! 850 ! 18 ! 1 ! 0 ! 1 ! 43 |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||
| 2003
| Canada | WJC18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | Junior totals ! 7 ! 1 ! 4 ! 5 ! 4 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=20981|tsn=bj-crombeen}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Crombeen, B. J.}}
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Category:American men's ice hockey right wingers
Category:Arizona Coyotes players
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Category:Dallas Stars draft picks
Category:Ice hockey people from Denver
Category:Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) players
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Category:People with type 1 diabetes
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