Brandon Dubinsky

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Brandon Dubinsky
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Dubinsky with the Columbus Blue Jackets in November 2013
Born (1986-04-29) April 29, 1986 (age 38)
Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb)
Position Centre / Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for New York Rangers
Columbus Blue Jackets
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
NHL draft 60th overall, 2004
New York Rangers
Playing career 20062019

Brandon Grae Dubinsky (born April 29, 1986) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He previously played for the New York Rangers and Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Dubinsky was drafted 60th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Rangers.

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Playing career

Dubinsky was born to a Russian American family, in Anchorage, Alaska. He played minor ice hockey in Anchorage and Seattle through Sno-King Amateur Hockey Association, and graduated from Service High School in 2004.[ citation needed ] As a youth, he played in the 1999 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Alaska All-Stars. [1]

He spent his junior career with Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League (WHL) for four years, and was a two-time Western Conference second team All-Star before being drafted in the second round of the 2004 NHL Draft by the New York Rangers. [2]

New York Rangers

Dubinsky played for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL) for most of the 2006–07 season. He first played for the New York Rangers on March 8, 2007, against the New York Islanders.[ citation needed ]

Dubinsky scored his first NHL goal against Marc-André Fleury on November 8, 2007, in a 4–2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Dubinsky was the 3rd star of the game. [3] He spent much of the season centering the Rangers' first forward line with Jaromír Jágr and Sean Avery. [4] He was one of sixteen rookies selected to participate in the 2008 YoungStars competition at the 56th NHL All-Star Game in Atlanta. He scored two goals and one assist and was named YoungStars Most Valuable Player. [5] Dubinsky scored his first career playoff goal in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the New Jersey Devils on April 13, 2008.[ citation needed ]

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Dubinsky with the Rangers in October 2011

His successful rookie season was marked on April 4, 2008, when Dubinsky was awarded the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award for the 2007–08 season [6] and "Rookie of the Year" for the Rangers as voted by his teammates.[ citation needed ]

On May 12, 2008, Dubinsky scored a hat trick in his first World Championships, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, against Norway. [7] Team USA went on to win the game 9–1.[ citation needed ]

On November 24, 2008, Dubinsky scored a Gordie Howe hat trick against the Phoenix Coyotes. He squared off against the Coyotes' tough guy Daniel Carcillo protecting the Rangers' netminder Henrik Lundqvist at 2:58 into the first, taking a five-minute major penalty for fighting. He then scored a wraparound goal 1 minute 15 seconds into the second period (which ended up being the game winner). Dubinsky then finished the "Gordie" with an assist to Dan Girardi, who scored a power play goal from the blue line at 7:37 into the third period. The Rangers won the game 4–1 and Dubinsky along with Lundqvist and Zherdev were named the three stars. Ranger coach Tom Renney called the feat a "Gordie Orr hat trick" claiming that Dubinsky "didn't do that well in the fight". [8]

Dubinsky finished his second full season with one point more than his previous season. Despite a strong start with a game-winning goal in the Rangers' first game [9] and a streak of 11 points in his first 11 games in 2008–09, he suffered a 20-game goal-scoring drought. [10] On April 15, 2009, Dubinsky scored the game-winning goal with 8:17 remaining in the third period of the Rangers' first game of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the Washington Capitals.[ citation needed ]

After holding out at the beginning of the 2009–10 season and missing over a week of training camp, Dubinsky signed a two-year contract worth $3.7 million as a restricted free agent. [11] Dubinsky tallied 3 goals and 10 points on the season before suffering a broken hand in a game against the Calgary Flames on November 7, 2009, which relegated him to the injured reserved list for more than a month.[ citation needed ]

Dubinsky returned to the Rangers' lineup on December 14 against the Atlanta Thrashers. Four games later, he scored his first goal in more than two months against the Carolina Hurricanes. The goal was the game-winner in a 3–1 Rangers victory. Despite missing over a month due to injury, Dubinsky finished the season with career highs in goals and points. After the 2010–11 season, Dubinsky avoided arbitration with the Rangers and signed a four-year, $16.8 million contract. [12]

On April 14, 2012, in the opening minutes of what would be the Rangers' Game 2 3–2 overtime loss against the Ottawa Senators during the first round of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs, an incensed Dubinsky, ejected after attacking Matt Carkner during a brawl on the ice, slammed a water cooler on his way out of the game. [13]

On July 23, 2012, Dubinsky was traded, along with Artem Anisimov, Tim Erixon, and a first round draft pick in 2013, to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Rick Nash, minor leaguer Steven Delisle and a conditional third round pick in the same draft. [14] On July 11, 2014, Dubinsky signed a 6-year, $35.1 million contract extension with Columbus. [15]

Columbus Blue Jackets

During the 2012–13 NHL lockout, Dubinsky played for the Alaska Aces of the ECHL [16] and made his Blue Jackets debut once the NHL returned from the work stoppage.

Dubinsky was named an alternate captain of the Blue Jackets on October 8, 2015. [17]

In October 2017 Dubinsky was stripped of his "A", by head coach John Tortorella, and it was given to defenceman Jack Johnson. [18] During the 2017–18 season, Dubinsky suffered a fractured orbital during a fight with Zack Kassian of the Edmonton Oilers on December 12, 2017. He was subsequently placed on long term injured reserve. [19]

Personal life

Dubinsky was born in Anchorage, Alaska. [20]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2002–03 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 448182635722410
2003–04 Portland Winter HawksWHL7130487813750226
2004–05 Portland Winter HawksWHL6823365916074598
2005–06 Portland Winter HawksWHL5121466798125101524
2005–06 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 11551014
2006–07 Hartford Wolf PackAHL71212243115713412
2006–07 New York Rangers NHL 60002
2007–08 New York RangersNHL82142640791044812
2008–09 New York RangersNHL82132841112713418
2009–10 New York RangersNHL6920244454
2010–11 New York RangersNHL7724305410052132
2011–12 New York RangersNHL77102434110902214
2012–13 Alaska Aces ECHL 17971622
2012–13 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL292182076
2013–14 Columbus Blue JacketsNHL761634509861566
2014–15 Columbus Blue JacketsNHL4713233643
2015–16 Columbus Blue JacketsNHL7517314871
2016–17 Columbus Blue JacketsNHL801229419151126
2017–18 Columbus Blue JacketsNHL62610163360006
2018–19 Columbus Blue JacketsNHL61681436101016
NHL totals8231532854389055810162670

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2008 United States WC 6th43032
2010 United StatesWC13th637102
2016 United States WCH 7th20114
Senior totals1268148

Awards and honours

AwardYear
WHL
West Second All-Star Team 2004
West Second All-Star Team 2006

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award winner
2008
Succeeded by