Barry Brust

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Brust with the Manchester Monarchs in 2006
Born (1983-08-08) August 8, 1983 (age 42)
Swan River, Manitoba, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 225 lb (102 kg; 16 st 1 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
team
Former teams
Retired
Los Angeles Kings
Straubing Tigers
KHL Medveščak Zagreb
HC Ugra
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Kunlun Red Star
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
HC Slovan Bratislava
Sheffield Steelers
NHL draft 73rd overall, 2002
Minnesota Wild
Playing career 20042022

Barry Brust (born August 8, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.

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Playing career

Brust was drafted in the third round, 73rd overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild from the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League. After his final year in the WHL with the Calgary Hitmen, Brust signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Kings to a three-year contract on June 9, 2004.

After initially beginning his professional career with the Kings ECHL affiliate of the Reading Royals, Brust moved up to the AHL with the Manchester Monarchs before making his NHL debut with the Kings in the 2006–07 season and played in 11 games, winning two.

After not being offered a qualifying offer by the Kings before the 2007–08 season, he signed with the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League, the primary affiliate of his original draft team in the Minnesota Wild. Brust was awarded at season's end, along with Aero's teammate Nolan Schaefer, the Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award for the fewest goals against in the AHL. On July 1, 2008, Brust was signed to a new two-year deal with the Wild and was assigned back to the Aeros. [1]

After beginning the 2009–10 season with a persistent foot injury from the previous injury affected season, Brust was reassigned from the Aeros to the Florida Everblades of the ECHL on a rehab assignment on November 10, 2009. [2]

On July 21, 2010, Brust left the Aeros organization after three years and signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with the Binghamton Senators of the AHL. [3] After one season with the Senators, during which the team won the Calder Cup, Brust signed a one-year contract with Straubing in July 2011. [4]

After a solid season abroad in the German DEL, Brust returned to North America to sign a one-year AHL contract with the Abbotsford Heat on August 8, 2012. [5]

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Brust with the Abbotsford Heat in 2013

On November 24, 2012, Brust set a new AHL record for longest shutout streak at 268 minutes and 17 seconds, breaking Hockey Hall of Famer Johnny Bower's previous record set with the Cleveland Barons in 1957. [6]

On July 8, 2013, Brust signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with KHL Medveščak Zagreb of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). [7]

On July 21, 2017, Brust was signed to a one-year deal by HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League (NL) as an emergency plan to replace Reto Berra who went back to the NHL without playing a single minute for Fribourg. [8] In the 2017–18 season, Brust claimed the starting duties with Fribourg, making 38 appearances in posting a 2.29 goals against average with a .926 save percentage.

At the conclusion of his contract in Switzerland, Brust returned to the KHL, agreeing to terms with Chinese participant, Kunlun Red Star on October 12, 2018. [9] After making just 9 appearances to start the 2018–19 season, Brust transferred from Kunlun to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on December 26, 2018. [10]

Brust spent the 2019–20 season playing with HC Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak Extraliga (Slovak), before sitting out the 2020–21 campaign. In August 2021, Brust was announced as having signed with UK Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) side Sheffield Steelers. [11]

In August 2022, it was announced Brust would not be returning to Sheffield for the 2022–23 season. [12]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGPWLT/OTMINGA SO GAA SV% GPWLMINGASOGAASV%
2000–01 Spokane Chiefs WHL 164617774203.24.8911000000.001.00
2001–02 Spokane ChiefsWHL60282110354015212.58.91211656772302.04.920
2002–03 Spokane ChiefsWHL5922314338519403.38.88211477223703.07.915
2003–04 Spokane ChiefsWHL271013215057502.99.903
2003–04 Calgary Hitmen WHL25128314485422.24.9177344571521.97.928
2004–05 Reading Royals ECHL 42279424137941.96.9288444811421.74.943
2005–06 Reading RoyalsECHL63303611803.00.906
2005–06 Manchester Monarchs AHL 351914119718922.71.9165222791713.66.899
2006–07 Manchester MonarchsAHL189709513822.40.923521199601.81.936
2006–07 Los Angeles Kings NHL 112414863003.70.878
2007–08 Houston Aeros AHL432416323809042.27.919312202611.78.932
2008–09 Houston AerosAHL2899315486502.52.912
2009–10 Florida Everblades ECHL169328823302.24.926
2009–10 Houston AerosAHL156607563112.46.908
2010–11 Binghamton Senators AHL5229192298612672.53.9256233301903.45.889
2011–12 Straubing Tigers DEL 331912019658112.47.9168534771812.26.935
2012–13 Abbotsford Heat AHL351319218947952.50.911
2013–14 KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL 28149516565742.06.930202118904.57.880
2014–15 KHL Medveščak ZagrebKHL1998211164022.15.933
2014–15 HC Ugra KHL22512412005422.70.916
2015–16 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL371611721317452.08.920404240902.25.928
2016–17 HC Slovan BratislavaKHL421915524359832.41.918
2017–18 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NL 3823078802.29.9265143.86.851
2018–19 Kunlun Red Star KHL94315212703.11.895
2018–19 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL155918824312.93.9207344522102.79.921
2019–20 HC Slovan Bratislava Slovak 2816484901.78.934
2021–22 Sheffield Steelers EIHL 21136012.82.89710101.00.957
NHL totals112414863003.70.878
KHL totals1727267259943393172.37.921133108103902.88.915

Awards and honours

AwardYear
WHL
West First All-Star Team 2002
AHL
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award 2008
All-Star Game 2009, 2013
Calder Cup (Binghamton Senators) 2011

References

  1. "TSN 2008 UFA Signings Tracker". The Sports Network. 2008-07-01. Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  2. "Barry Brust en route to ECHL (Florida)". thethirdintermission.com. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  3. "Senators sign former Aeros goalie Brust". chron.com. 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
  4. "Brust departs Binghamton Senators for German squad". pressconnects.com. July 17, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. "Heat sign Brust". American Hockey League. 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  6. "Abbotsford Heat goalie Barry Brust breaks 55-year-old Bower record". Vancouver Sun . 2012-11-25. Archived from the original on 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
  7. "Brust signed for the Bears" (in Croatian). KHL Medvescak. 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  8. "Fribourg signs Barry Brust and Jim Slater". HC Fribourg-Gottéron. 2017-07-21. Archived from the original on 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  9. "Kunlun Red Star signs Barry Brust". Kontinental Hockey League. 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  10. "Barry Brust signs with Torpedo" (in Russian). Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. 2018-12-26. Archived from the original on 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  11. @steelershockey (18 August 2021). "🍊📝Fox swoops for double in signing in Netminder Barry Brust and returning Dman Kevin SchulzeRead all about our…" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  12. "No Sheffield Steelers return for goaltender Barry Brust". August 2022.