Brent Bilodeau

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| position = Defense

| played_for = AHL
Fredericton Canadiens
Hershey Bears
Saint John Flames
ECHL
Johnstown Chiefs
IHL
Kansas City Blades
Las Vegas Thunder
San Antonio Dragons
San Francisco Spiders
WCHL
Tacoma Sabercats

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 230

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1973|3|27}}

| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.{{cite web | url = http://blog.mysanantonio.com/rampage/2008/06/congrats-all-over-hockey/ | title = Congrats All Over Hockey| author=Tony Uminski | publisher = My San Antonio | date = June 28, 2008 | accessdate = March 29, 2014}}[http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8458531 NHL.com: Brent Bilodeau Profile]

| draft = 17th overall

| draft_year = 1991

| draft_team = Montreal Canadiens

| career_start = 1993

| career_end = 2005

}}

Brent Bilodeau (born March 23, 1973) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He was drafted in the first round (17th overall) of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens while a member of the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League.{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1991e.html |title=1991 NHL Entry Draft |publisher=The Internet Hockey Database |accessdate=2010-02-20}}

Professional career

=Player=

A primarily defensive defenseman, his game was thought to suit Montreal's style of play of the time, but he never played a single game for the Canadiens or any other NHL team. He is the only first round draftee of the 1991 draft not to have played any games in the NHL. He played in minor-pro hockey leagues until he retired as a member of the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL after the 2004–05 season.

=Coaching=

Shortly after his retirement, Bilodeau entered coaching. He started his coaching his career as an assistant with the ECHL's Las Vegas Wranglers for three years before becoming the head coach of the Wichita Thunder of the Central Hockey League in 2008.{{cite web |last=Jordan |first=Matt |url=http://www.tribune-democrat.com/sports/local_story_171235838.html?keyword=topstory |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205071530/http://www.tribune-democrat.com/sports/local_story_171235838.html?keyword=topstory |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-05 |title=Bilodeau heads Thunder |work=Johnstown Tribune-Democrat |date=2008-06-19 }} He was also an assistant coach for the Tri-City Americans, from 2009 to 2012.

Personal

Bilodeau was born in Dallas, Texas while his father Yvon was a member of the CHL's Dallas Black Hawks.He has a sister Brandy McNelly (Bilodeau) and 3 Nephews: Cade McNelly, Ashton McNelly and Paytyn McNelly

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVj45tTsWfc 1990 NHL Draft, Brent Bilodeau interview] He learned how to skate at age two and started playing hockey at age five.{{cite web | url = https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19910129/1263249/seattle-thunderbirds----brent-bilodeau----thunderbird-defenseman-hurting-everywhere-but-in-the-nhl-draft | title = Seattle Thunderbirds -- Brent Bilodeau -- Thunderbird Defenseman Hurting Everywhere But In The NHL Draft| author=Steve Turcotte | publisher = The Seattle Times | date = January 29, 1991 | access-date = March 29, 2014}} His father Yvon was a former Philadelphia Flyers draft pick, selected in the 6th round (78th overall) in the 1971 NHL Entry Draft and his uncle Bob was a former Atlanta Flames draft pick, selected in the ninth round (133rd overall) in the 1973 NHL Entry Draft.

He is married to retired American WNBA player Cass Bauer-Bilodeau.{{cite web|url=http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&id=3605 |title=Bilodeaus Enjoying Life In Johnstown |publisher=ECHL |date=2005-01-08 |accessdate=2010-02-20 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512034927/http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news |archivedate=May 12, 2010 }}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1988–89

| St. Albert Saints

| AJHL

| 55

| 8

| 17

| 25

| 167

| —

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| 1989–90

| Seattle Thunderbirds

| WHL

| 68

| 14

| 29

| 43

| 170

| 13

| 3

| 5

| 8

| 31

1990–91

| Seattle Thunderbirds

| WHL

| 55

| 7

| 18

| 25

| 145

| 6

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 12

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| 1991–92

| Seattle Thunderbirds

| WHL

| 7

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 43

| —

1991–92

| Swift Current Broncos

| WHL

| 56

| 10

| 47

| 57

| 118

| 8

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 11

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| 1992–93

| Swift Current Broncos

| WHL

| 59

| 11

| 57

| 68

| 77

| 17

| 5

| 14

| 19

| 18

1993–94

| Fredericton Canadiens

| AHL

| 72

| 2

| 5

| 7

| 89

| —

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| 1994–95

| Fredericton Canadiens

| AHL

| 50

| 4

| 8

| 12

| 146

| 12

| 3

| 6

| 28

1995–96

| San Francisco Spiders

| IHL

| 65

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 123

| 4

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

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| 1996–97

| Saint John Flames

| AHL

| 24

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 39

| —

1996–97

| San Antonio Dragons

| IHL

| 48

| 4

| 7

| 11

| 178

| —

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| 1996–97

| Las Vegas Thunder

| IHL

| 3

| 0

| —

1997–98

| Tacoma Sabercats

| WCHL

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 2

| —

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| 1997–98

| Las Vegas Thunder

| IHL

| 15

| 0

| 1

| 39

| —

1997–98

| Kansas City Blades

| IHL

| 48

| 3

| 12

| 15

| 148

| 5

| 0

| 4

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| 1998–99

| Kansas City Blades

| IHL

| 35

| 0

| 4

| 66

| —

1999–2000

| Johnstown Chiefs

| ECHL

| 70

| 8

| 26

| 34

| 94

| 7

| 0

| 4

| 8

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| 2000–01

| Johnstown Chiefs

| ECHL

| 64

| 7

| 22

| 29

| 123

| 4

| 1

| 2

| 7

2000–01

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 3

| 0

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| Johnstown Chiefs

| ECHL

| 72

| 3

| 30

| 33

| 95

| 8

| 0

| 2

| 19

2002–03

| Johnstown Chiefs

| ECHL

| 71

| 10

| 17

| 27

| 62

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2003–04

| Johnstown Chiefs

| ECHL

| 70

| 7

| 23

| 30

| 81

| 1

| 0

| 2

2004–05

| Johnstown Chiefs

| ECHL

| 67

| 2

| 13

| 15

| 87

| —

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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 139

! 8

! 14

! 22

! 274

! 12

! 3

! 6

! 28

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! colspan="3" | IHL totals

! 214

! 10

! 36

! 46

! 520

! 9

! 1

! 0

! 1

! 6

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! colspan="3" | ECHL totals

! 414

! 37

! 131

! 168

! 542

! 20

! 1

! 7

! 8

! 36

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

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! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1992

| USA

| WJC

| 7

| 0

| 1

| 12

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| 1993

| USA

| WJC

| 7

| 0

| 1

| 6

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! colspan=3 | Junior totals

! 14

! 0

! 2

! 18

Coaching statistics

rowspan="2"\|Team	rowspan="2"\|Year	colspan="6"\|Regular Season	colspan="4"\|Post Season
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G	W	L	T	Pts	Finish	W	L	Win %	Result
rowspan="2"\|Wichita Thunder\|\|2008–09 \|64\|\|20\|\|41\|\|3\|\|43\|\|4th in Northwest\|\| – \|\| – \|\| – \|\| Missed Playoffs
2009–10 \|9\|\|2\|\|7\|\|0\|\|(23)\|\|colspan="5" align=center\|Replaced Midseason
colspan="2"\|Total \|\| 73 \|\| 22 \|\| 48 \|\| 3 \|\| .321 \|\| \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| .000 \|\|

Awards

WHL East Second All-Star Team – 1992 & 1993

References

External links

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{{succession box | before = Turner Stevenson | title = Montreal Canadiens first round draft pick | years = 1991 | after = David Wilkie}}

Category:1973 births

Category:American men's ice hockey defensemen

Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen

Category:Canadian people of American descent

Category:Fredericton Canadiens players

Category:Hershey Bears players

Category:Ice hockey people from Alberta

Category:Ice hockey people from Texas

Category:Johnstown Chiefs players

Category:Kansas City Blades players

Category:Las Vegas Thunder players

Category:Living people

Category:Montreal Canadiens draft picks

Category:NHL first-round draft picks

Category:People from Westlock County

Category:Saint John Flames players

Category:San Antonio Dragons players

Category:San Francisco Spiders players

Category:Seattle Thunderbirds players

Category:Sportspeople from Dallas

Category:Swift Current Broncos players

Category:Wichita Thunder coaches

Category:Tacoma Sabercats players

Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

Category:20th-century American sportsmen

rowspan="2"\|Team	rowspan="2"\|Year	colspan="6"\|Regular Season	colspan="4"\|Post Season
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G	W	L	T	Pts	Finish	W	L	Win %	Result
rowspan="2"\|Wichita Thunder\|\|2008–09 \|64\|\|20\|\|41\|\|3\|\|43\|\|4th in Northwest\|\| – \|\| – \|\| – \|\| Missed Playoffs
2009–10 \|9\|\|2\|\|7\|\|0\|\|(23)\|\|colspan="5" align=center\|Replaced Midseason
colspan="2"\|Total \|\| 73 \|\| 22 \|\| 48 \|\| 3 \|\| .321 \|\| \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| .000 \|\|