Brandon Buck

Brandon Buck (born August 16, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey Forward player who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played under contract for the then Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Brandon Buck
Born (1988-08-16) August 16, 1988
Delaware, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
team
Former teams		 Free Agent
Norfolk Admirals
Houston Aeros
Sparta Warriors
KHL Medveščak Zagreb
EHC Basel
ERC Ingolstadt
HC Davos
Vienna Capitals
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2009–present

Playing career

Undrafted, Buck played major junior hockey with the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League.

On June 14, 2011 Buck left North America and pursued a European career, signing for Norwegian club, Sparta Warriors of the GET-ligaen.[1] He previously played in the American Hockey League with the Norfolk Admirals and the Houston Aeros.

As a free agent on, July 6, 2012, Buck signed for Croatian team, KHL Medveščak Zagreb, who competed in their last season in Austrian Hockey League that season.[2] At the conclusion of the season in Austria on April 19, 2013, Buck and his teammate, Kyle Greentree from KHL Medveščak, moved to the Swiss National League B with EHC Basel.[3]

On July 18, 2014, Buck continued his journeyman European career, moving to the German DEL, in signing a contract with ERC Ingolstadt. In the 2014–15 season, Buck scored an impressive 28 goals and 59 points in 51 games. He led the club again offensively in the playoffs, scoring 20 points in 18 games in a defeat in the Championship final. After initially signing a two-year extension earlier in the season, Buck's importance to the club was signalled after he was signed to a further contract to remain in Ingolstadt through to the 2020 on August 8, 2015.[4] He amassed a total of 186 points (79 goals, 107 assists) in 183 appearances for ERC before leaving the team in December 2017 to move to HC Davos of the Swiss National League.[5] In February 2018, Buck parted ways with Davos and signed with the Vienna Capitals of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).[6]

On April 22, 2018, Buck returned to the DEL as a free agent, securing an optional three-year deal with the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers.[7]

International play

Brandon Buck has played several times for the Canadian national team. He played for Team Canada in the Deutschland Cup 2014 & 2016,[8] he also participated in the scouting tournaments of Team Canada's olympic preparation.[9]

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2006–07 Guelph Storm OHL 67 3 9 12 52 3 0 0 0 2
2007–08 Guelph Storm OHL 59 29 31 60 40 10 5 3 8 11
2008–09 Guelph Storm OHL 66 24 40 64 30 4 3 2 5 0
2008–09 Norfolk Admirals AHL 6 1 1 2 4 — — — — —
2009–10 Florida Everblades ECHL 47 18 21 39 22 9 2 2 4 4
2009–10 Houston Aeros AHL 21 0 3 3 4 — — — — —
2010–11 Houston Aeros AHL 56 3 13 16 8 — — — — —
2011–12 Sparta Warriors GET 45 16 26 42 26 7 3 3 6 2
2012–13 KHL Medvescak Zagreb EBEL 54 24 29 53 36 4 1 4 5 0
2013–14 EHC Basel NLB 38 15 33 48 32 4 4 1 5 4
2014–15 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 51 28 31 59 6 18 10 10 20 8
2015–16 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 41 20 28 48 26 — — — — —
2016–17 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 45 13 31 44 30 2 1 1 2 6
2017–18 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 26 7 6 13 10 — — — — —
2017–18 HC Davos NL 11 2 1 3 4 — — — — —
2017–18 Vienna Capitals EBEL 6 2 1 3 6 11 2 4 6 14
2018–19 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 44 16 13 29 14 8 0 3 3 4
2019–20 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 51 19 18 37 34 — — — — —
AHL totals 83 4 17 21 16 — — — — —

References
  1. "Brandon Buck is ready to play for Sparta next season" (in Norwegian). sa.no. 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  2. "Zagreb announce additions" (in Croatian). KHL Medveščak Zagreb. 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  3. "EHC Basel sign two Canadians" (in German). hockeyfans.ch. 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  4. "ERC Ingolstadt binds with scorer Buck" (in German). ERC Ingolstadt. 2015-08-08. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
  5. "Hockey Club Davos verpflichtet Brandon Buck". Hockey Club Davos. 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  6. "Vienna Capitals verpflichten Brandon Buck - Vienna Capitals". www.vienna-capitals.at (in German). Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  7. "Ice Tigers sign Brandon Buck". Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers. 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  8. "Two Panthers for Team Canada". ERC Ingolstadt. 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  9. "McNeill & Buck win bronze". ERC Ingolstadt. 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
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