Brad Moran (ice hockey)

Brad Moran
Moran with the Oklahoma City Barons in 2011
Born	(1979-03-20) March 20, 1979 (age 46) 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).

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

• Calgary Hitmen franchise record for assists in a season (72)
• Calgary Hitmen franchise record for career games played (357)
• Calgary Hitmen franchise record for career points (450)
• Calgary Hitmen franchise record for career goals (204)
• Calgary Hitmen franchise record for career assists (246)

Syracuse Crunch

• Syracuse Crunch franchise record for career powerplay goals (38)

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995–96	Calgary Hitmen	WHL		70	13	31	44	28		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Calgary Hitmen	WHL		72	30	36	66	61		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Calgary Hitmen	WHL		72	53	49	102	64		18	10	8	18	20
1998–99	Calgary Hitmen	WHL		71	60	58	118	96		21	17	25	42	26
1999–2000	Calgary Hitmen	WHL		72	48	72	120	84		13	7	15	22	18
2000–01	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		71	11	19	30	30		5	3	4	7	2
2001–02	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		3	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		64	25	24	49	51		10	5	8	13	2
2002–03	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		47	12	19	31	22		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		2	1	1	2	2		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		72	24	35	59	44		7	5	3	8	2
2004–05	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		80	26	46	72	70		7	5	3	8	2
2005–06	SC Langnau	NLA		18	4	4	8	18		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	EHC Visp	NLB		2	3	2	5	2		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		3	0	1	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Manitoba Moose	AHL		69	25	47	72	52		13	5	6	11	12
2007–08	Manitoba Moose	AHL		74	22	55	77	44		6	1	4	5	4
2008–09	Skellefteå AIK	SEL		55	11	31	42	28		9	2	2	4	6
2009–10	Skellefteå AIK	SEL		55	14	26	40	32		12	0	5	5	6
2010–11	Oklahoma City Barons	AHL		79	20	52	72	40		6	1	2	3	2
2011–12	Växjö Lakers	SEL		55	9	28	37	22		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Växjö Lakers	SEL		37	5	3	8	24		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	SaiPa	SM-l		14	5	10	15	8		3	0	2	2	0
2013–14	EHC Black Wings Linz	EBEL		50	16	35	51	16		8	3	4	7	4
2014–15	EHC Black Wings Linz	EBEL		50	6	33	39	16		12	3	11	14	4
2015–16	Nottingham Panthers	EIHL		45	14	26	40	14		4	2	1	3	2
2016–17	Nottingham Panthers	EIHL		51	21	18	39	20		2	1	0	1	2
AHL totals				556	165	297	462	353		47	18	29	47	24
NHL totals				8	1	2	3	4		—	—	—	—	—
SEL totals				202	39	88	127	106		21	2	7	9	12

Awards

• 1999 — CHL Third All-Star Team
• 1999 — WHL East First All-Star Team
• 1999 — WHL airBC Trophy
• 2000 — CHL Second All-Star Team
• 2000 — WHL Bob Clarke Trophy
• 2000 — WHL East First All-Star Team
• 2000 — WHL Four Broncos Memorial Trophy

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 ]}

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com , or  Eliteprospects.com , or  Hockey-Reference.com , or  The Internet Hockey Database

Awards
Preceded by Brent Belecki	Winner of the WHL airBC Trophy 1999	Succeeded by Dan Blackburn
Preceded by Pavel Brendl	Winner of the WHL Bob Clarke Trophy 2000	Succeeded by Justin Mapletoft
Preceded by Cody Rudkowsky	Winner of the WHL Four Broncos Memorial Trophy 2000	Succeeded by Justin Mapletoft