Brian Lundberg

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey defenceman (born 1960)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{BLP sources|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|6|5}}

| birth_place = Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 187

| position = Defence

| shoots = Right

| played_for = Pittsburgh Penguins

| draft = 177th overall

| draft_year = 1980

| draft_team = Pittsburgh Penguins

| career_start = 1982

| career_end = 1984

}}

Brian Frederick Lundberg (born June 5, 1960) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player{{Cite web |title=Brian Lundberg Stats and News {{!}} NHL.com |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/brian-lundberg-8448847 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}} who played one game in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 1982–83 season.

Playing career

Lundberg was born in Burnaby, British Columbia and raised in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia. Lundberg played one game for the WCHL's Seattle Breakers in 1977–78 then opted to join the University of Michigan the next season. He spent four years with the Wolverines and was taken 177th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1980. Following his senior year in 1981–82 he saw his first action as a pro when he played a few late season games with the American Hockey League's Erie Blades. Lundberg played a game for the Penguins in 1982–83, on February 21, 1983 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, but spent most of the schedule with the Baltimore Skipjacks of the AHL. He retired in 1984 after splitting his time between the Skipjacks and the IHL's Muskegon Mohawks.

Personal life

Lundberg was raised in the small town Lake Cowichan, British Columbia. He currently resides in Honeymoon Bay, British Columbia, and is married with two daughters. In May 2014 he was inducted into the Cowichan Lake Heritage Sports Wall of Fame. He is currently a scout for the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

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! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1977–78

| Seattle Breakers

| WCHL

| 1

0000

| —

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| 1978–79

| University of Michigan

| WCHA

| 34

491373

| —

1979–80

| University of Michigan

| WCHA

| 37

2141694

| —

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| 1980–81

| University of Michigan

| WCHA

| 40

16762

| —

1981–82

| University of Michigan

| CCHA

| 32

3161942

| —

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| 1981–82

| Erie Blades

| AHL

| 10

0446

| —

1982–83

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 1

0002

| —

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| 1982–83

| Baltimore Skipjacks

| AHL

| 76

41519103

| —

1983–84

| Baltimore Skipjacks

| AHL

| 47

15697

| 10

0338
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| 1983–84

| Muskegon Mohawks

| IHL

| 34

3121546

| —

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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 136 !! 5 !! 24 !! 29 !! 206

! 10 !! 0 !! 3 !! 3 !! 8

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 2

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

See also

References

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