Brandon Sugden

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| caption = Sugden with the Hartford Wolf Pack in 2008

| alt =

| name = Brandon Sugden

| image = Brandon Sugden.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| league =

| prospect_team =

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| played_for = {{UBL| Dayton Bombers | Cincinnati Cyclones | Tallahassee Tiger Sharks | Peoria Rivermen | Worcester IceCats | Verdun Dragons | Syracuse Crunch | Saint-Jean Chiefs | Hartford Wolf Pack | Hershey Bears | Vityaz Chekhov | Tulsa Oilers }}

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 245

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|6|23}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| draft = 111th overall

| draft_year = 1996

| draft_team = Toronto Maple Leafs

| career_start = 1998

| career_end = 2011

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Brandon Sugden (born June 23, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He was selected by Toronto Maple Leafs in the fifth round (111th overall) of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. Nicknamed "Sugar" during his rookie training camp in Toronto, Sugden played 406 career games from 1998 until 2011.{{cite web | title= A Fighter Learns Lessons, but He Loses Another Battle | author=Matt Higgins | language= | work=New York Times | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/sports/hockey/06sugden.html?_r=0| date=October 5, 2008 | accessdate= August 30, 2014}}

Sugden retired in 2010 due to post-concussion syndrome.

Personal life

Since his retirement, Sugden runs a high-profile garment embroidery business in his hometown of Toronto.{{cite web | title= Former Crunch enforcer Brandon Sugden battling demons in retirement | author=Lindsay Kramer | language= | publisher=Syracuse.com | url=http://www.syracuse.com/crunch/index.ssf/2014/02/former_crunch_enforcer_brandon_sugden_battling_demons_in_retirement.html | date=February 20, 2014 | accessdate= August 30, 2014}}