Brent Bobyck

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Brent Bobyck
Born (1968-04-26) April 26, 1968 (age 55)
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Winston-Salem Thunderbirds
Albany Choppers
Fredericton Canadiens
Detroit Falcons
Charlotte Checkers
Peterborough Pirates
Daytona Beach Breakers
Nottingham Panthers
Bracknell Bees
Sheffield Steelers
Manchester Storm
NHL Draft 78th, 1986
Montreal Canadiens
Playing career 1990–2005

Brent Bobyck (born April 26, 1968) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey left winger. He was selected 78th overall in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. Although he never played in the National Hockey League, he has played fourteen professional seasons for various teams in North America and the United Kingdom. He has also played for both the Canadian and the Great Britain national ice hockey teams.

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Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Bobyck currently runs his own power skating school in the Regina area and in the United Kingdom.

Playing career

While playing for the University of North Dakota, with whom he won the NCAA Division 1 championship, Bobyck was selected 78th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. He played for their American Hockey League (AHL) farm team in 1990–91 as well as playing for the Albany Choppers in the International Hockey League (IHL) and the Winston-Salem Thunderbirds in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). The following season, 1991–92, he played for the Detroit Falcons in the Colonial Hockey League. In 1992–93, he signed with the Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL as well as playing for the Canada national men's ice hockey team.

In 1994 Bobyck signed for the Peterborough Pirates in the United Kingdom for whom he played for the next two seasons, finishing the 1995–96 season back in North America with the Daytona Beach Breakers in the Southern Hockey League.

Bobyck returned to the United Kingdom in 1996 to join the Nottingham Panthers for the inaugural season of the Ice Hockey Superleague (ISL). Playing for Nottingham for the next four seasons, he helped them to win the Benson & Hedges Cup in 1996 and 1998. After Nottingham failed to re-sign him for the 2000–01 season, Bobyck joined the Bracknell Bees, also in the ISL, as injury cover. [1] After a few weeks Bobyck moved to the Sheffield Steelers, also as injury cover, [1] before he finished the season with the Manchester Storm.

In 2001–02, Bobyck re-signed for Sheffield and remained with them for four seasons until he retired from ice hockey at the end of the 2004–05 season. During this time he helped Sheffield to win the playoffs in 2001–02, the league championship and the Challenge Cup in 2002–03, and the league championship and the playoffs in the Elite Ice Hockey League's inaugural season, 2003–04.

Having initially announced his retirement at the end of the 2003–04 season he was re-signed by Sheffield for the 2004–05 season after being offered a testimonial season. [2] Having suffered an elbow injury, he only managed a handful of games the following season before he retired from playing in January 2005. [3]

Honours and awards

Career statistics

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1986–87 University of North Dakota NCAA 468111916
1987–88 University of North DakotaNCAA4110203043
1988–89 University of North DakotaNCAA281181916
1989–90 University of North DakotaNCAA4416213747
1990–91 Winston-Salem Thunderbirds ECHL 18317209—————
1990–91 Albany Choppers IHL 1803310—————
1990–91 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 40004—————
1991–92 Detroit Falcons CoHL 551539542161120
1993–94 Charlotte Checkers ECHL442111314—————
1994–95 Peterborough Pirates BHL Prem 2516334936
1995–96Peterborough Pirates BHL 1 487169140
1995–96 Daytona Beach Breakers SHL 115914740002
1996–97 Nottingham Panthers ISL 3764101880220
1997–98 Nottingham PanthersISL25413171463140
1998–99 Nottingham PanthersISL3139121281236
1999–00 Nottingham PanthersISL37623293231120
2000–01 Bracknell Bees ISL51122
2000–01 Sheffield Steelers ISL1503310
2000–01 Manchester Storm ISL26347461236
2001–02 Sheffield SteelersISL47614201681452
2002–03 Sheffield SteelersISL2716720173144
2003–04 Sheffield Steelers EIHL 531635516052240
2004–05 Sheffield SteelersEIHL30002

International play

Played for Canada in:

Played for Great Britain in:

International statistics

YearTeamCompGPGAPtsPIM
1989–90 Canada Int'l30000
1993–94CanadaInt'l62132
1999 Great Britain WCQ 30000

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References

  1. 1 2 Stuart Hughes (2000-10-10). "Steelers line-up Bobyck". BBC Sport Online. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
  2. ↑ "Steelers 'test' out Bobyck's desire to retire", Sheffield Star , 17 June 2004, archived from the original on 5 May 2013, retrieved 2007-12-27
  3. ↑ "Bobyck bows out on night brimful of stars", Sheffield Star , 11 January 2005, archived from the original on 22 April 2013, retrieved 2007-12-27
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