Tim Brent
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1984)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Tim Brent Hurricanes.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| played_for = Anaheim Ducks
Pittsburgh Penguins
Chicago Blackhawks
Toronto Maple Leafs
Carolina Hurricanes
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
| position = Centre
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 195
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|3|10|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
| draft = 37th overall, 2002
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
75th overall
| draft_year = 2004
| draft_team = Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
| career_start = 2004
| career_end = 2016
}}
Tim Brent (born March 10, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played over 200 games in the National Hockey League (NHL), most notably for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Carolina Hurricanes.
Playing career
=Junior hockey=
Brent grew up in the Cambridge, Ontario, area playing minor ice hockey for the Hespeler Shamrocks of the OMHA and the Cambridge Hawks of the Alliance Pavilion League.{{cite web |url=http://cambridgeshf.com/inductee/tim-brent/ |title=Tim Brent |publisher=Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=November 9, 2022}} He played in the 1998 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Cambridge.{{cite web |url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf |title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA |year=2018 |website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament |access-date=2019-02-12 |archive-date=2019-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf |url-status=dead }} At age 15, Brent signed with the Cambridge Winterhawks Jr.B. team of the OHA Midwestern Ontario Hockey League in the 1999–2000 season. After completing his Jr.B. season, Brent was the 2nd overall selection of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s Toronto St. Michael's Majors in the 2000 OHL Priority Selection.
Brent began his major junior career on the Toronto St. Michael's Majors of the OHL in the 2000–01 season. He played on the team for four seasons, until 2003–04. During that time, he was drafted twice, both times by Anaheim. He was first drafted 37th overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, but was re-entered into the draft two years later after not signing with Anaheim. In the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, he was selected 75th overall, again by the Ducks. After firing his agent, he agreed to a three-year entry-level contract with Anaheim.{{cite web |url=https://www.toronto.com/life/former-toronto-maple-leaf-tim-brent-calls-it-a-career/article_5802f989-8165-51e3-9a01-7ee82eea72c4.html? |title=Former Toronto Maple Leaf Tim Brent calls it a career |work=Cambridge Times |last=Doucet |first=Bill |via=Toronto.com |date=July 6, 2016 |access-date=November 9, 2022}}{{cite press release |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/anaheim-signs-tim-brent-to-three-year-entry-level-contract/n-3084374 |title=Anaheim signs Tim Brent to three-year entry level contract |publisher=Cincinnati RailRiders |date=September 8, 2004 |access-date=November 9, 2022 |via=Oursportscentral}} In 2004, Brent was part of the Canada men's national junior ice hockey team at the 2003 World Junior Championships. He was named an alternate captain prior to the tournament's start.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canada-finalizes-world-junior-hockey-roster-1.397167 |title=Canada finalizes world junior hockey roster |work=CBC Sports |date=December 17, 2003 |access-date=November 9, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/world-junior-primer/article1049449/ |title=World junior primer |last=Wharnsby |first=Tim |work=The Globe and Mail |date=December 26, 2003 |access-date=November 9, 2022}} The team lost to the United States in the final game, earning the Canadians the silver medal.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/u-s-defeats-canada-for-world-junior-gold-1.515365 |title=U.S. defeats Canada for world junior gold |work=CBC Sports |date=January 5, 2004 |access-date=November 9, 2022}}
=Professional hockey=
In the 2004–05 season, he started his professional career with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks but was recalled by Anaheim and played 18 games in the NHL that season. The next season, he played on the Portland Pirates, the Ducks' new minor league affiliate. He began his 2006–07 season with Portland, but was recalled{{cite news |url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/tim-brent-recalled-by-anaheim-ducks-from-ahl-farm-team-in-portland-me |title=Tim Brent Recalled by Anaheim Ducks from AHL Farm Team in Portland, ME |work=The Hockey News |agency=The Canadian Press |date=January 4, 2007 |access-date=November 9, 2022}} to the Stanley Cup-winning Ducks and scored his first NHL goal February 20 against the Vancouver Canucks.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/270220025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109145916/https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/270220025 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 9, 2022 |title=Sabourin, Canucks edge Ducks in matchup of division leaders |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=February 21, 2007 |access-date=November 9, 2022}} Brent did receive a Stanley Cup Ring, but did not play enough games to be included on the Stanley Cup.
On June 23, 2007, the Anaheim Ducks traded Brent to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for centre Stephen Dixon.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2914257|title=Stanley Cup champs extend O'Donnell, Huskins and trade Brent | work=ESPN | date = 2007-06-23 | access-date = 2008-11-14}} He played only one game with the Penguins, spending the rest of the season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, their AHL affiliate reaching the Calder Cup final.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/blackhawks-hang-on-to-tim-brent-1.738099 |title=Blackhawks hang on to Tim Brent |work=CBC Sports |date=August 28, 2008 |access-date=November 9, 2022}} On July 17, 2008, Brent was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Danny Richmond.{{cite web|url=http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=368654|title=Pens acquire Danny Richmond |publisher=Pittsburgh Penguins |date=2008-07-17 |access-date=2008-11-14|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008114111/http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=368654&page=NewsPage&service=page |archive-date=2008-10-08}} Brent spent most of the 2008–09 season with the Blackhawks' AHL affiliate Rockford IceHogs, but was recalled to Chicago, playing in two games.
On July 6, 2009, Brent signed a one-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs.{{cite web | url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=283889 | title=Maple Leafs agree to Terms with Five Players | publisher=TSN | date = 2009-07-06 | access-date = 2009-07-06}} During his first preseason game of the 2009–2010 season, Brent tore his pectoral muscle – requiring surgery that would see him miss four months of action. After recovering, Brent returned to play with the Toronto Marlies, recording 28 points in 33 games. He was called up for the final game of the season to make his debut with the Toronto Maple Leafs versus the Montreal Canadiens. He re-signed with the Leafs that offseason to a one-year two-way contract.{{cite web |url=https://www.therecord.com/sports/2010/07/05/cambridge-s-tim-brent-re-signs-with-leafs.html |title=Cambridge's Tim Brent re-signs with Leafs |work=The Record |date=July 5, 2010 |access-date=November 9, 2022}} A strong training camp with Toronto saw Brent dress for the Maple Leafs in the season opener on October 7, 2010, versus the Montreal Canadiens. Brent immediately made an impact, scoring a goal.{{cite web |url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/leafs-open-2010-season-with-3-2-win-over-habs-1.560796?cache=yes%3FclipId%3D375756%3FautoPlay%3Dtrue |title=Leafs open 2010 season with 3-2 win over Habs |work=CTV News |agency=The Canadian Press |date=October 7, 2010 |access-date=November 9, 2022}} With the Leafs, Brent took on a checking center role, playing on the penalty kill unit. During a game on February 3, 2011, against the Carolina Hurricanes, Brent blocked two shots and cleared the puck in a single penalty kill. This play was considered among the Leafs' best of the season.{{cite web |url=https://nationalpost.com/sports/hockey/nhl/brents-blocks-highlight-best-sequence-of-leafs-season |title=Brent's blocks highlight best sequence of Leafs' season |work=National Post |last=Love |first=Noah |date=February 3, 2011 |access-date=November 9, 2022}} Brent went on to suit up for 79 games that season, registering 8 goals and 20 points while seeing the most time on the Leafs penalty kill.{{Cite web |last=Preston |first=Ken |date=July 1, 2010 |title=Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Tim Brent|url=https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/hurricanes-agree-to-terms-with-tim-brent/c-568027 |access-date=January 17, 2021 |publisher=Carolina Hurricanes}}
Brent signed a two-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes on July 1, 2011. He played 30 games for the Hurricanes, registering just 3 points.{{cite web |url=https://nhl.nbcsports.com/tag/tim-brent/ |title=Brent signs with KHL club |work=NBC Sports |last=Brough |first=Jason |date=July 30, 2013 |access-date=November 9, 2022}} Upon completion of his contract with the Hurricanes, Brent signed his first contract outside North America, on a one-year deal with Russian club, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League on July 30, 2013.{{cite web| url = http://www.hctorpedo.ru/index.php?newsid=4634 |title = Striker from Carolina signs with Torpedo |publisher=Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod |date=2013-07-30 |access-date=2013-07-30 | language = Russian}} After eighteen games with Torpedo, he was traded to Metallurg Magnitogorsk for Justin Hodgman. With Metallurg he won the Gagarin Cup.{{cite news |url=https://www.hamiltonnews.com/community-story/5630622-tim-brent-s-khl-career-comes-to-an-end/ |title=Tim Brent's KHL career comes to an end |work=Cambridge Times |last=Doucet |first=Bill |date=May 18, 2015 |access-date=November 9, 2022 |via=Hamiltonnews.com}}
Brent returned to North America following the 2014–15 season, signing a one-year, two-way contract with the Philadelphia Flyers on July 1, 2015.{{cite web |url=http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773515 |title=Flyers sign C Tim Brent, RW Chris Connor, D Davis Drewiske |publisher=Philadelphia Flyers |date=July 1, 2015 |accessdate=July 1, 2015}} He was assigned for the duration of the 2015–16 season to the team's AHL affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. In 52 games with the Phantoms, Brent contributed with 10 goals and 28 points before announcing his retirement from professional hockey at season's end on May 25, 2016.{{cite web| url =http://highlandparkhockey.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/tim-brent-retires-from-pro-hockey.html | title = Tim Brent retires from pro hockey | work = Highland Park Hockey | date = 2016-05-25 | accessdate = 2016-05-25}}
Personal life
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular Season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |
| 1999–2000
| MWJHL | 40 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000–01 | Toronto St. Michael's Majors | OHL | 64 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| 2001–02
| Toronto St. Michael's Majors | OHL | 61 | 19 | 40 | 59 | 52 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 20 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2002–03 | Toronto St. Michael's Majors | OHL | 60 | 24 | 42 | 66 | 74 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 14 |
| 2003–04
| Toronto St. Michael's Majors | OHL | 53 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 105 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 24 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2004–05 | AHL | 46 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2005–06
| AHL | 37 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2006–07 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 48 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07
| NHL | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2007–08 | Wilkes–Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 74 | 18 | 43 | 61 | 79 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 10 |
| 2007–08
| NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2008–09 | AHL | 64 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008–09
| NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2009–10 | AHL | 33 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009–10
| NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2010–11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 79 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011–12
| NHL | 79 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2012–13 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 30 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013–14
| KHL | 18 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2013–14 | KHL | 33 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 59 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 |
| 2014–15
| Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 42 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2015–16 | AHL | 52 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 354 ! 97 ! 154 ! 251 ! 310 ! 54 ! 16 ! 21 ! 37 ! 34 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 207 ! 21 ! 27 ! 48 ! 76 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |
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! colspan="3" | KHL totals ! 93 ! 14 ! 30 ! 44 ! 105 ! 30 ! 2 ! 2 ! 4 ! 45 |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||
| 2001
| Canada Ontario | U17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2001 | Canada | U18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 2004
| Canada | WJC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | Junior totals ! 15 ! 4 ! 6 ! 10 ! 19 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{icehockeystats|tsn=tim-brent}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brent, Tim}}
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