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Rich Brennan
Rich Brennan
	Brennan in 2001
Born	November 26, 1972 (age 52); Schenectady, NY, USA
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Right
Played for	NHL; Colorado Avalanche; San Jose Sharks; New York Rangers; Los Angeles Kings; Nashville Predators; Boston Bruins; DEL; Augsburger Panther; Nürnberg Ice Tigers; NLA; SC Bern; EBEL; HC TWK Innsbruck
National team	United States
NHL draft	46th overall, 1991; Quebec Nordiques
Playing career	1995–2009

Richard John Brennan (born November 26, 1972) is an American retired professional ice hockey defenceman. He played briefly in the NHL with a number of teams including the Colorado Avalanche, San Jose Sharks, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Nashville Predators, and Boston Bruins.

Playing career

Brennan was chosen in the 3rd round, 46th overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft out of high school. After being drafted Brennan chose to go to college and played at Boston University for 4 years. In 1992 he played in the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship for the United States. Brennan's most successful collegiate season came during his junior year (1993–1994) when he scored 35 points in 41 games and earned a number of honors including Hockey East First All-Star team honors and NCAA East Second All-American team honors.

After college Brennan joined the Cornwall Aces for the 1995–96 season. Brennan spent the 1996–97 season with the Hershey Bears in addition to making his NHL debut, appearing in 2 games with the Colorado Avalanche. Brennan then signed as a free agent with the San Jose Sharks in 1997. He spent the majority of the 1997–98 season with the Sharks minor league affiliate Kentucky Thoroughblades while also appearing in 11 games with the Sharks before being traded to the New York Rangers and finishing the season with the Hartford Wolf Pack. The 1998–99 season saw Brennan play 47 games with the Wolf Pack in addition to playing in an NHL career high 24 games with the Rangers.

Brennan played the next 2 seasons with the Lowell Lock Monsters. During the 2000–01 season Brennan also managed to play in 2 games with the Los Angeles Kings. In 2001 Brennan signed with the Nashville Predators and spent the majority of the 2001–2002 season in the minors, only appearing in 4 games with the Predators. The 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons saw Brennan play with the Providence Bruins. During the 2002–2003 season he played in 7 games with the Boston Bruins.

Brennan began playing in Europe in 2004. He split one year between Swiss team SC Bern of the NLA before transferring to Augsburger Panther of the DEL in Germany.^[1] Brennan remained in Germany the following season and played 3 seasons with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers. Brennan then spent the 2008–09 season in the Austrian Hockey League with HC TWK Innsbruck before retiring.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991–92	Boston University	HE	31	4	13	17	54	—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Boston University	HE	40	9	11	20	68	—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Boston University	HE	41	8	27	35	82	—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Boston University	HE	31	5	23	28	56	—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Brantford Smoke	CoHL	5	1	2	3	2	—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Cornwall Aces	AHL	36	4	8	12	61	7	0	0	0	6
1996–97	Hershey Bears	AHL	74	11	45	56	88	23	2	16	18	22
1996–97	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Kentucky Thoroughblades	AHL	42	11	17	28	71	—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	San Jose Sharks	NHL	11	1	2	3	2	—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL	9	2	4	6	12	15	4	5	9	14
1998–99	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL	47	4	24	28	42	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	New York Rangers	NHL	24	1	3	4	23	—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL	67	15	30	45	110	7	1	5	6	0
2000–01	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL	69	10	31	41	146	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Nashville Predators	NHL	4	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	23	4	8	12	27	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Manchester Monarchs	AHL	16	2	5	7	6	5	1	1	2	16
2002–03	Providence Bruins	AHL	41	3	29	32	51	—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Boston Bruins	NHL	7	0	1	1	6	—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Providence Bruins	AHL	56	12	15	27	47	2	0	1	1	2
2004–05	SC Langenthal	NLB	1	0	2	2	0	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	SC Bern	NLA	23	5	5	10	24	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Augsburger Panther	DEL	16	4	5	9	22	5	0	1	1	16
2005–06	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	DEL	52	12	21	33	54	4	0	1	1	10
2006–07	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	DEL	38	11	15	26	103	6	0	1	1	2
2007–08	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	DEL	47	7	26	33	69	5	0	0	0	4
2008–09	HC TWK Innsbruck	EBEL	49	9	15	24	46	4	0	1	1	27
NHL totals			50	2	6	8	33	—	—	—	—	—
AHL totals			480	78	216	294	661	59	8	28	36	54

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1992	United States	WJC			7	0	2	2	4
Junior totals					7	0	2	2	4

Awards and honors

Award	Year
College
All-HE Rookie Team	1991–92
HE All-Tournament Team	1993, 1994	^[2]
All-HE First Team	1993–94
AHCA East Second-Team All-American	1993–94
AHL
All-Star Game	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002	^[3]^[4]
Calder Cup (Hershey Bears)	1997