Brad Moran (ice hockey)
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).
| Brad Moran | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Moran with the Oklahoma City Barons in the 2010–11 season. | |||
| Born |
March 20, 1979 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 | ||
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 games played (334)
- Syracuse Crunch franchise record for career points (241)
- Syracuse Crunch franchise record for career assists (143)
- Syracuse Crunch franchise record for career powerplay goals (38)
- Syracuse Crunch franchise record for career shorthanded goals (9)
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
- "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.
- "Oilers sign Brad Moran". Edmonton Oilers. 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
- "Rutinerad kanadensisk center ansluter och forward lämnar" (in Swedish). Växjö Lakers Hockey. 2011-04-25. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
- "Brad Moran SaiPaan" (in Finnish). Liiga-SaiPa Oy. 2013-01-29. Archived from the original on 2015-09-10.
- "Three sign to stay in Linz" (in German). EHC Black Wings Linz. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
- "Panthers sign Moran". Elite Ice Hockey League. 2015-08-14. Archived from the original on 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
- "Panthers Captain Moran to retire". Elite Ice Hockey League. 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- "Brad Moran Named Head Coach of the Calgary Canucks". Calgary Canucks Website. 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from 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 |