Brandon Montour

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Brandon Montour
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Montour with the Panthers in 2023
Born (1994-04-11) April 11, 1994 (age 30)
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams		 Florida Panthers
Anaheim Ducks
Buffalo Sabres
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
NHL Draft 55th overall, 2014
Anaheim Ducks
Playing career 2015–present

Brandon Montour (born April 11, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League (NHL). Montour was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the second round, 55th overall, of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. [1]

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Early life

Montour is of Mohawk descent and spent part of his childhood in Ohsweken, a village in the reserve of Six Nations of the Grand River. [2] [3] [4] His father is First Nations and his mother is not. [5] Montour spent eight years living in Tilbury, Ontario, where he completed his elementary education. [6] He then moved to Ohsweken and attended Assumption College School, in Brantford, Ontario. Montour also grew up playing lacrosse and won a Minto Cup with the Six Nations Arrows. [7] Montour also played in lacrosse tournaments with Nick Ritchie, a future teammate on the Ducks, as well as Ritchie's brother, Brett Ritchie, who played for the NHL's Arizona Coyotes. [8]

Playing career

Montour started his hockey journey playing minor hockey in Cambridge, Ontario, prior to joining the Brantford Golden Eagles hockey club in 2010–11. Montour then joined the Caledonia Corvairs for one season in 2012–13. [7]

Montour played with the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League (USHL) and one season with the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he became the highest NHL draft pick in their school program's history. [1] Montour began his professional career at age 21 with the Anaheim Ducks' affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League (AHL) towards the end of the 2014–15 season. He would then play the entire 2015–16 season with the Ducks' relocated AHL affiliate, the San Diego Gulls. [9] Montour was selected to the 2017 AHL All-Star game for the second consecutive year. Despite not playing the entire season for the Gulls, Montour had amassed 21 points in only 25 games. [10]

Montour spent the first half of the 2016–17 ice hockey season with San Diego before he was called up to Anaheim on December 28, 2016. [11] He made his NHL debut on December 29 against the Calgary Flames. [12] Montour scored his first NHL goal in his sixth game against Tampa Bay Lightning on February 6, 2017. [13] He finished the season with 4 assists and 2 goals in 27 games, then provided 7 more assists in the next 17 games of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Montour stuck with Ducks for the entirety of the 2017–18 season and put up a new personal best of 32 points in 80 games. At the conclusion of the season, with Montour as a restricted free agent, the Ducks signed him to a two-year contract. [14]

Montour began the 2018–19 season returning for his third season with the Ducks. [15] Montour led Anaheim defensemen with 25 points through 62 games, however with the Ducks out of a playoff spot approaching the trade deadline, Montour was dealt to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Brendan Guhle and a 2019 first-round pick on February 24, 2019. [16]

On April 10, 2021, Montour was traded to the Florida Panthers in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. [17]

After signing a three year extension in Florida, [18] Montour experienced a breakout in the 2022–23 season, nearly doubling his personal best with 16 goals and 73 points, the latter of which tied for fifth in the league among defensemen. His 5 goals in 7 games led all defensemen through the first round of the 2023 playoffs.

International play

Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Slovakia

On April 29, 2019, Montour was selected to make his international debut after he was named to the Canadian national team for the 2019 IIHF World Championship, held in Slovakia. [19] On May 13, 2019, during a 6–5 victory over host nation Slovakia, Montour suffered a tournament ending lower body injury, he finished scoreless through 3 games for Canada. [20] Canada lost the final to Finland to finish with the silver medal. [21]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2010–11 Brantford Eagles GOJHL 37113142210336—
2011–12Brantford EaglesGOJHL5114223665196121830
2012–13 Caledonia Corvairs GOJHL4918496794124111522
2013–14 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 6014486236126101610
2014–15 Waterloo Black HawksUSHL176152130—————
2014–15 UMass-Amherst HE 213172030—————
2014–15 Norfolk Admirals AHL 1419108—————
2015–16 San Diego Gulls AHL681245574291458
2016–17 San Diego GullsAHL3613193234—————
2016–17 Anaheim Ducks NHL 2724614170774
2017–18 Anaheim DucksNHL80923324240116
2018–19 Anaheim DucksNHL625202540—————
2018–19 Buffalo Sabres NHL20371016—————
2019–20 Buffalo SabresNHL545131828—————
2020–21 Buffalo SabresNHL38591424—————
2020–21 Florida Panthers NHL122241660006
2021–22 Florida PanthersNHL8111263748100336
2022–23 Florida PanthersNHL8016577310721851339
NHL totals45458161219335588162461

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2019 Canada WC Silver medal icon.svg30000
Senior totals30000

Awards and honours

AwardYear
GOJHL
Midwestern Best Defenseman2013
USHL
All-Star Game 2014
Defenseman of the Year2014
First All-Star Team2014
Player of the Year2014
College
HE All-Rookie Team 2015
AHL
All-Star Game 2016, 2017
First All-Star Team2016 [22]
All-Rookie Team2016 [23]

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