Brennan Othmann

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Brennan Othmann
Brennan Othmann game day entrance.jpg
Othmann in 2022
Born (2003-01-05) January 5, 2003 (age 21)
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada [1]
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team		 New York Rangers
Hartford Wolf Pack  (AHL)
NHL draft 16th overall, 2021
New York Rangers
Playing career 2020–present

Brennan Othmann (born January 5, 2003) is a Swiss Canadian ice hockey winger for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the first round, 16th overall, by the Rangers in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.

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Playing career

Othmann played for the Flint Firebirds of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in the 2019–20 season, and when the OHL shut down for the 2020–21 season he played for EHC Olten of the Swiss League. [2] [3] [4] In the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, he was selected by the New York Rangers. [5] On August 12, 2021, Othmann signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Rangers. [6] He was assigned back to Flint after an impressive 2021 training camp with the Rangers. [4]

After registering 50 goals and 47 assists for Flint in 2021–22, Othmann was named the OHL's First Team All-Star left wing. [7] [8] [9] Despite playing impressively at the Rangers 2022 training camp, Othmann was sent back to Flint, and was chosen by the media as the winner of the Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award for being the Rangers' best rookie at training camp. Othmann was traded to the Peterborough Petes on November 12, 2022. [10] Othmann had 18 goals and 25 assists for 43 points in 40 regular season games for the Petes. [11] He then led the Petes with 17 assists and 25 points in 23 playoff games as the Petes won the OHL Championship. [11] [12] As OHL champions, the Petes qualified to the 2023 Memorial Cup in Kamloops, facing the host Blazers, the Quebec Remparts, and the Seattle Thunderbirds. The Petes were ultimately eliminated in the semi-final by the Thunderbirds. [13]

Going into the 2023–24 season, Rangers' director of player personnel and amateur scouting John Lilley said of his chances of making the team out of training camp: "Well, he's an excellent player. He has offense. He's feisty. He plays a good two-way game. It is the next step." [14] Othmann started the season with the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL). He was called up to the Rangers on January 3, 2024, and made his NHL debut the following day in a 4–1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks. [15] [16] [17] He was reassigned to Hartford after playing in three games for the Rangers. [18] [19] He finished the season 2nd on Hartford in goals and points, and led the team with 10 power play goals. [20] After Hartford was eliminated from the Calder Cup playoffs, he was recalled to the Rangers roster for the Stanley Cup playoffs. [21]

Prior to the 2024-25 season, USA Today writer Vincent Z. Mercogliano rated him as the Rangers 2nd best prospect, particularly praising his shot. [20] The Hockey News and McKeen's Hockey also rated him as the Rangers' 2nd best prospect. [22] [23] He started the season at Hartford and had 2 goals and 3 assists in his first three games before a wrist injury kept him out of the lineup through December. [24]

International play

Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Canada
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Canada
World U18 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 United States

Despite the excellent 2021–22 season, Othmann was not included on Team Canada for the originally-scheduled 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in December 2021 through January 2022. [25] After the original tournament was cancelled due to the Omicron variant, Othmann was selected for the rescheduled tournament in August of 2022. [26] [27] Team Canada won the gold medal. [28] [27] Othmann said of playing on Team Canada with fellow Rangers' prospects Will Cuylle and Dylan Garand "It was a lot of fun, for sure. I think that you get to know them a little bit more. We got to know G a little bit, he’s a different character. You have to ask Cools about him. He’s a lot of fun and Cools and I built a good friendship, bonded out there, too. It’s two great guys, two guys I’ll be growing up with for the rest of my life, hopefully. I was very fortunate to have that with them." [27]

On December 12, 2022, Othmann was again named to Team Canada to compete at the 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. During the tournament he recorded two goals and four assists in seven games and won a gold medal. [29]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2018–19Don Mills Flyers GTHL 3333316430—————
2019–20 Flint Firebirds OHL 5517163336—————
2020–21 EHC Olten SL 3479166441120
2021–22 Flint FirebirdsOHL6650479765199152418
2022–23 Flint FirebirdsOHL1611132431—————
2022–23 Peterborough Petes OHL4018254348238172518
2023–24 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 6721284965101456
2023–24 New York Rangers NHL 30000—————
NHL totals30000—————

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2019 Canada Black U17 8th53362
2021 Canada U18 Gold medal icon.svg73366
2022 Canada WJC Gold medal icon.svg62462
2023 CanadaWJCGold medal icon.svg72460
Junior totals2510142410

Awards and honours

AwardYearRef
OHL
First All-Rookie Team 2020
First All-Star Team 2022 [30]
Third All-Star Team 2023 [31]
J. Ross Robertson Cup champion2023 [11]

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