Brad Moran (ice hockey)

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Brad Moran
Brad Moran.jpg
Moran with the Oklahoma City Barons in 2011
Born (1979-03-20) March 20, 1979 (age 45)
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 182 lb (83 kg; 13 st 0 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Columbus Blue Jackets
Vancouver Canucks
Skellefteå AIK
Växjö Lakers
SaiPa
EHC Black Wings Linz
Nottingham Panthers
NHL draft 191st overall, 1998
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 2000–2017

Brad Moran (born March 20, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre, his last team being the Nottingham Panthers of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

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Playing career

A graduate of the Western Hockey League (WHL)'s Calgary Hitmen, Moran, who was originally drafted in the 7th round, 191st overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, spent five seasons with the Hitmen before signing as a free agent with the Columbus Blue Jackets in the summer of 2000.

As a prolific scorer with the Hitmen, he recorded 532 regular season and playoff points over his five-year WHL career, earning WHL Player of the Year honours and capturing the Bob Clarke Trophy as the league's top scorer in 1999–2000 while being named to the WHL Eastern Conference First All-Star Team. He later had his number retired with the Calgary Hitmen with his #20 hanging in the rafters of the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Moran spent the majority of his first four seasons of professional hockey with the Blue Jackets' AHL affiliate in Syracuse while seeing limited action the parent club in Columbus.

In June 2006, he signed with the Vancouver Canucks as a free agent. After two seasons primarily leading the Canucks' AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose, Moran signed for Swedish team Skelleftea AIK prior to the 2008–09 season, becoming the highest paid player on the team. [1]

On July 7, 2010, it was announced that Moran had returned to North America, signing as a free agent with the Edmonton Oilers to a one-year contract. [2]

On April 25, 2011, Moran signed a two-year contract with Vaxjo Lakers of the Elitserien (SEL). [3]

On January 29, 2013 Moran signed a contract for the remainder of the 2012–13 season with SaiPa of the Finnish SM-liiga. [4]

On April 17, 2013 he signed a contract with EHC Black Wings Linz of the Austrian Erste Bank Eishockey Liga for the 2013–14 season. After scoring at a point per game pace with 51 points in 50 games with the Black Wings, Moran was re-signed to a one-year contract to remain in Linz. [5]

Having left the Black Wings after two seasons, Moran continued his career abroad, in agreeing to a one-year contract with English club, the Nottingham Panthers of the EIHL on August 14, 2015. [6] Moran announced his retirement after two seasons with the Panthers, the second as club captain, in April 2017. [7]

In November, 2018, Moran was named Head Coach of the Calgary Canucks [8]

Records

Calgary Hitmen

Syracuse Crunch

Career statistics

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1995–96 Calgary Hitmen WHL 7013314428—————
1996–97 Calgary HitmenWHL7230366661—————
1997–98 Calgary HitmenWHL72534910264181081820
1998–99 Calgary HitmenWHL716058118962117254226
1999–2000 Calgary HitmenWHL72487212084137152218
2000–01 Syracuse Crunch AHL 711119303053472
2001–02 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 30000—————
2001–02 Syracuse CrunchAHL64252449511058132
2002–03 Syracuse CrunchAHL4712193122—————
2003–04 Columbus Blue JacketsNHL21122—————
2003–04 Syracuse CrunchAHL722435594475382
2004–05 Syracuse CrunchAHL802646727075382
2005–06 SC Langnau NLA 1844818—————
2005–06 EHC Visp NLB 23252—————
2006–07 Vancouver Canucks NHL30112—————
2006–07 Manitoba Moose AHL692547725213561112
2007–08 Manitoba MooseAHL742255774461454
2008–09 Skellefteå AIK SEL 551131422892246
2009–10 Skellefteå AIKSEL5514264032120556
2010–11 Oklahoma City Barons AHL792052724061232
2011–12 Växjö Lakers SEL559283722—————
2012–13 Växjö LakersSEL3753824—————
2012–13 SaiPa SM-l 1451015830220
2013–14 EHC Black Wings Linz EBEL 501635511683474
2014–15 EHC Black Wings LinzEBEL50633391612311144
2015–16 Nottingham Panthers EIHL 451426401442132
2016–17 Nottingham PanthersEIHL512118392021012
AHL totals5561652974623534718294724
NHL totals81234—————
SEL totals20239881271062127912

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References

  1. ↑ "How much do the Elitserien stars make?". hockeyexpressen.se (in Swedish). 2009-02-02. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
  2. ↑ "Oilers sign Brad Moran". Edmonton Oilers. 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
  3. ↑ "Rutinerad kanadensisk center ansluter och forward lämnar" (in Swedish). Växjö Lakers Hockey. 2011-04-25. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
  4. ↑ "Brad Moran SaiPaan" (in Finnish). Liiga-SaiPa Oy. 2013-01-29. Archived from the original on 2015-09-10.
  5. ↑ "Three sign to stay in Linz" (in German). EHC Black Wings Linz. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  6. ↑ "Panthers sign Moran". Elite Ice Hockey League. 2015-08-14. Archived from the original on 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
  7. ↑ "Panthers Captain Moran to retire". Elite Ice Hockey League. 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2017-04-21.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Brad Moran Named Head Coach of the Calgary Canucks". Calgary Canucks. 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2018-11-27.[ permanent dead link ]
Awards
Preceded by Winner of the WHL airBC Trophy
1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the WHL Bob Clarke Trophy
2000 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the WHL Four Broncos Memorial Trophy
2000 		Succeeded by
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