Brady Austin

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Brady Austin

| image = 2023-01-04 Eisbären Berlin gegen Kölner Haie (Deutsche Eishockey-Liga 2022-23) by Sandro Halank–013.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Austin in 2023

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|6|16}}

| birth_place = Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 225

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| league = DEL

| team = Kölner Haie

| prospect_team =

| prospect_league =

| former_teams =Buffalo Sabres
Esbjerg Energy
Rytíři Kladno
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Tappara

| draft = 193rd overall

| draft_year = 2012

| draft_team = Buffalo Sabres

| career_start = 2014

| career_end =

}}

Brady Austin (born June 16, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for Kölner Haie in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Austin was selected in the seventh round (193rd overall) of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres.

Playing career

=Amateur=

Austin played major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) from 2009–10 to 2013–14, collecting 29 goals and 81 assists for 110 points in 322 games.

Austin was drafted by the Erie Otters 30th overall in the 2009 OHL Draft.{{cite web |title=KNIGHTS TRADE ELIE FOR AUSTIN |url=http://londonknights.com/knights-trade-elie-for-austin |website=londonknights.com |accessdate=October 1, 2018 |date=October 9, 2013}} He was traded to the Belleville Bulls prior to the 2011–12 season in exchange for goaltender Tyson Teichmann.{{cite web |title=Otters acquire goaltender Teichmann from Belleville |url=http://ottershockey.com/otters-acquire-goaltender-teichmann-from-belleville |website=ottershockey.com |accessdate=October 7, 2018 |date=August 2, 2011}} In his fifth year in the OHL, Austin was traded to the London Knights in exchange for Remi Elie.

=Professional=

On May 29, 2014, the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League signed Austin to a three-year entry-level contract.{{cite web| url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=720971 | title = Sabres sign Brady Austin to entry-level contract | publisher = National Hockey League | date = May 29, 2014 | accessdate = May 29, 2014}} After attending the Sabres training camp, Austin was reassigned to AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans, to begin his professional career in the 2014–15 season.{{cite web |title=SABRES ASSIGN 11 TO ROCHESTER; RETURN 2 TO JUNIOR CLUBS |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/sabres-assign-11-to-rochester-return-2-to-junior-clubs/c-731984 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=October 1, 2018 |date=September 26, 2014}}

During the 2016–17 season, on March 20, 2017, Austin made his NHL debut against the Detroit Red Wings.{{cite web |last1=Harr |first1=Ryan J. |title=A DREAM COME TRUE FOR BRADY AUSTIN |url=http://www.amerks.com/articlef/%20A%20DREAM%20COME%20TRUE%20FOR%20BRADY%20AUSTIN |website=amerks.com |accessdate=October 1, 2018 |date=March 21, 2017 |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002064950/http://www.amerks.com/articlef/%20A%20DREAM%20COME%20TRUE%20FOR%20BRADY%20AUSTIN |url-status=dead }} This was also the final game the Sabres played at Joe Louis Arena.{{Cite web|url=http://buffalonews.com/2017/03/20/memories-abound-joe-sabres-final-visit/|title=Memories abound at The Joe in Sabres' final visit|last=Harrington|first=Mike|date=March 30, 2017|website=The Buffalo News|access-date=June 7, 2017}}

At the conclusion of his entry-level contract, Austin as a restricted free agent did not receive a qualifying offer from the Sabres, releasing him to free agency on June 26, 2017.{{cite web| url = http://www.wkbw.com/sports/sabres/sabres-extend-qualifying-offers-to-lehner-beaulieu-and-foligno | title = Sabres extend qualifying offers to Lehner, Beaulieu, Foligno | publisher = wkbw.com | date = June 26, 2017 | accessdate = June 26, 2017}}

He was given a tryout by the Columbus Blue Jackets prior to the 2017–18 season, but they did not sign him to a contract.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/bluejackets/news/training-camp-roster-update-september-27/c-291390924 | title = Columbus Blue Jackets trim training camp roster by seven players | publisher = Columbus Blue Jackets | date = September 27, 2017 | accessdate = October 5, 2017}} He later signed a professional try-out contract with their AHL affiliate, the Cleveland Monsters, to begin the year.{{cite web |title=Monsters Sign Austin to Professional Tryout Contract |url=https://www.clevelandmonsters.com/team/news/monsters-sign-austin-professional-tryout-contract |website=clevelandmonsters.com |accessdate=October 1, 2018 |date=October 22, 2017 |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002065309/https://www.clevelandmonsters.com/team/news/monsters-sign-austin-professional-tryout-contract |url-status=dead }} On November 11, 2017, it turned into a standard player contract for the rest of the season.{{cite web |title=Monsters Sign Brady Austin to AHL Standard Player Contract |url=https://www.clevelandmonsters.com/preview/monsters-sign-brady-austin-ahl-standard-player-contract |website=clevelandmonsters.com |accessdate=October 1, 2018 |date=November 11, 2017 |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002065216/https://www.clevelandmonsters.com/preview/monsters-sign-brady-austin-ahl-standard-player-contract |url-status=dead }} While playing with the Monsters, Austin was named to the 2018 AHL All-Star Classic as a replacement for Dean Kukan.{{cite web |title=MONSTERS' AUSTIN ADDED TO ALL-STAR ROSTER |url=https://theahl.com/monsters-austin-added-to-all-star-roster |website=theahl.com |accessdate=October 1, 2018 |date=January 26, 2018}} In 65 games with the Monsters, Austin recorded career highs with 6 goals, 17 assists and 23 points.

As an unsigned free agent over the summer, Austin received a second successive tryout invitation to attend the Columbus Blue Jackets training camp.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/bluejackets/news/columbus-blue-jackets-trim-training-camp-roster-to-34-players/c-300367240 | title = Columbus Blue Jackets trim training camp roster to 34 | publisher = Columbus Blue Jackets | date = September 25, 2018 | accessdate = September 25, 2018}} He was later released and returned with the Monsters to train before later leaving at the beginning of the 2018–19 season, agreeing to a professional try-out deal with the Stockton Heat, affiliate to the Calgary Flames on October 11, 2018.{{Cite web| url = https://twitter.com/AHLHeat/status/1050435868719108096 | title = Heat add Taormina and Austin to roster | publisher = Stockton Heat | date = October 11, 2018 | accessdate = October 11, 2018}} After appearing in two games, Austin was released from his tryout opting to embark on a European career in agreeing to a one-year contract with Danish club, Esbjerg Energy of the Metal Ligaen on December 2, 2018.{{Cite web| url = https://www.jv.dk/Esbjerg-Energy/Sidste-skud-i-boessen-hos-Energy-Ottende-udlaending-hentes-ind/artikel/2666709 | title = Energy sign Canadian Brady Austin | publisher = jv.dk | date = 2018-12-02 | accessdate = 2018-12-02 | language = Danish}}

After one season in the Czech Extraliga with Rytíři Kladno, Austin opted to extend his career abroad, agreeing to a one-year contract as a free agent with Russian club, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), on May 18, 2020.{{cite web | url = http://www.hctorpedo.ru/16182-brjedi-ostin-popolnil-sostav-torpedo.html | title = Best defenseman of Czech Extraliga signs with Torpedo | publisher = Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | date = May 18, 2020 | accessdate = May 18, 2020 | language = Russian | archive-date = April 1, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220401100135/https://www.hctorpedo.ru/16182-brjedi-ostin-popolnil-sostav-torpedo.html | url-status = dead }}

Having claimed the Finnish Liiga championship with Tappara in the 2021–22 season, Austin continued his journeyman European career in signing a one-year contract with German club, Kölner Haie of the DEL, on July 5, 2022.{{cite web| url = https://www.iihf.com/en/news/33243/finnish_championship_goes_to_tampere | title = Finnish championship goes to Tappara | publisher = International Ice Hockey Federation | date = 30 April 2022 | accessdate = 30 April 2022}}{{cite web| publisher = Kölner Haie | date = July 5, 2022 | accessdate = July 5, 2022 | language = German | url = https://www.haie.de/news/brady-austin-wechselt-vom-finnischen-meister-nach-koeln/ | title = Brady Austin is moving from Finnish champions to Cologne }}

Career statistics

border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
2009–10 \| Erie Otters \| OHL \| 64	5	10	15	24 \| 4	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2010–11 \| Erie Otters \| OHL \| 59	1	12	13	47 \| 7	0	0	0	0
2011–12 \| Belleville Bulls \| OHL \| 68	6	20	26	59 \| 6	1	0	1	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2012–13 \| Belleville Bulls \| OHL \| 64	8	15	23	22 \| 17	0	5	5	6
2013–14 \| Belleville Bulls \| OHL \| 7	1	4	5	6 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2013–14 \| London Knights \| OHL \| 60	8	20	28	36 \| 4	1	2	3	2
2014–15 \| Rochester Americans \| AHL \| 66	1	9	10	31 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2014–15 \| Elmira Jackals \| ECHL \| 1	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
2015–16 \| Rochester Americans \| AHL \| 72	2	9	11	37 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2016–17 \| Rochester Americans \| AHL \| 72	4	8	12	59 \| —	—	—	—	—
2016–17 \| Buffalo Sabres \| NHL \| 5	0	0	0	4 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2017–18 \| Cleveland Monsters \| AHL \| 65	6	17	23	42 \| —	—	—	—	—
2018–19 \| Stockton Heat \| AHL \| 2	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2018–19 \| Esbjerg Energy \| DEN \| 18	3	6	9	51 \| 7	1	3	4	4
2019–20 \| Rytíři Kladno \| ELH \| 52	18	25	43	26 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2020–21 \| Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod \| KHL \| 50	4	10	14	39 \| 4	0	0	0	2
2021–22 \| Tappara \| Liiga \| 52	4	9	13	38 \| 15	1	6	7	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2022–23 \| Kölner Haie \| DEL \| 56	9	16	25	31 \| 6	1	2	3	4
2023–24 \| Kölner Haie \| DEL \| 48	3	12	15	26 \| 3	1	1	2	0
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \|NHL totals ! 5 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 4 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

Awards and honours

class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! Ref
colspan="3"\|AHL
All-Star Game \| 2018 \|
ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \|Liiga
Kanada-malja (Tappara) \| 2022 \|

class="wikitable"

! Award

! Year

! Ref

colspan="3"|AHL

All-Star Game

| 2018

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" |Liiga

Kanada-malja (Tappara)

| 2022