Curt Brackenbury

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1952)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| image_size =

| position = Left wing

| played_for = Chicago Cougars
Minnesota Fighting Saints
Quebec Nordiques
Edmonton Oilers
St. Louis Blues

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 190

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|1|31}}

| birth_place = Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada

| draft = Undrafted

| wha_draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 1972

| career_end = 1983

}}

John Curtis Brackenbury (born January 31, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played 141 games in the National Hockey League and 257 games in the World Hockey Association. Prior to the merger of the upstart WHA and the NHL, the WHA played European teams and Brackenbury was an MVP in at least one game. He played for the Chicago Cougars, Minnesota Fighting Saints, Quebec Nordiques, Edmonton Oilers, and St. Louis Blues.

In 1986 Brackenbury was recruited to Canada's America's Cup Challenge, the Canada II campaign. He trained with the team in Victoria, BC, San Francisco and Santa Cruz, California, and was chosen as part of the final crew to go to Australia to race for the cup.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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

! 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

1971–72

| Sudbury Cub Wolves

| NOJHL

| 25

771415

| —

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| 1972–73

| Jersey Devils

| EHL-Sr.

| 68

17274466

| —

1973–74

| Chicago Cougars

| WHA

| 4

01111

| —

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| 1973–74

| Des Moines Capitols

| IHL

| 13

1564

| —

1973–74

| Long Island Cougars

| NAHL

| 45

82028194

| 17

51651
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| 1974–75

| Hampton Gulls

| SHL

| 46

192443212

| 13

551048
1974–75

| Minnesota Fighting Saints

| WHA

| 7

00022

| 12

02259
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| 1975–76

| Minnesota Fighting Saints

| WHA

| 59

4913255

| —

1975–76

| Quebec Nordiques

| WHA

| 15

459110

| 5

00018
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| 1976–77

| Quebec Nordiques

| WHA

| 77

161329146

| 17

35851
1977–78

| Quebec Nordiques

| WHA

| 33

491354

| 10

11231
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| 1978–79

| Quebec Nordiques

| WHA

| 70

131326155

| 4

1122
1979–80

| Quebec Nordiques

| NHL

| 63

681455

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1980–81

| Edmonton Oilers

| NHL

| 58

279153

| 2

0000
1981–82

| Edmonton Oilers

| NHL

| 14

02212

| —

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| 1981–82

| Wichita Wind

| CHL

| 47

11273899

| 7

07713
1982–83

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 6

1016

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1982–83

| Salt Lake Golden Eagles

| CHL

| 44

41923137

| 5

0112
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! ALIGN="center" | 141

! ALIGN="center" | 9

! ALIGN="center" | 17

! ALIGN="center" | 26

! ALIGN="center" | 226

! ALIGN="center" | 2

! ALIGN="center" | 0

! ALIGN="center" | 0

! ALIGN="center" | 0

! ALIGN="center" | 0

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! colspan="3" | WHA totals

! ALIGN="center" | 265

! ALIGN="center" | 41

! ALIGN="center" | 50

! ALIGN="center" | 91

! ALIGN="center" | 753

! ALIGN="center" | 48

! ALIGN="center" | 5

! ALIGN="center" | 9

! ALIGN="center" | 14

! ALIGN="center" | 161