John Brenneman

John Brenneman
Born (1943-01-05) January 5, 1943 (age 81)
Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Chicago Black Hawks
New York Rangers
Toronto Maple Leafs
Detroit Red Wings
Oakland Seals
Playing career 1959–1974

John Gary Brenneman (born January 5, 1943) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League between 1964 and 1969 with the Chicago Black Hawks, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, and Oakland Seals. In 159 games he scored 21 goals and 19 assists as a left winger.

Career

Brenneman played OHA junior hockey in the Chicago Black Hawks organization, playing for the St. Catharines Teepees from 1959 through 1962 and the St. Catharines Black Hawks in 1962–3. While still in his final year of junior he played 4 games for the AHL's Buffalo Bisons, scoring a goal. The next season saw Brenneman post impressive offensive totals with the St. Louis Braves of the CPHL. In 1964–65 he split the season amongst the Braves and two NHL teams, the Chicago Black Hawks, for whom he appeared in 17 games and scored a goal, and the New York Rangers, collecting 3 goals and 3 assists in 22 contests.

Brenneman remained in the Rangers organization for the following season, going scoreless in 11 games with the parent club while playing again in the CPHL for the Minnesota Rangers and the AHL with the Baltimore Clippers. For 1966–67, Brenneman played split time between the AHL's Rochester Americans and NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 41 regular season games for Toronto, qualifying to be on the cup. However, Brenneman's name was left off the cup, because he was sent to the minors before the playoffs.

Brenneman spent the following seasons split between the Detroit Red Wings organization, where he played 9 games and scored 2 assists for the parent club, and the Oakland Seals, for whom he appeared in 31 games and scored 10 goals and 8 assists in 31 games. He remained with Oakland for the following season, scoring a goal and collecting 2 assists in 21 games. Following a season when did not play pro hockey, Brenneman played 1970–71 in the IHL with the Dayton Gems, scoring 41 points in 50 games.

In 1974–5, Brenneman returned to pro hockey, joining Austrian club Innsbrucker EV, for whom he collected 18 goals and 31 points in 28 games.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1959–60 St. Catharines Teepees OHA 48 11 18 29 17 17 5 3 8 8
1960–61 St. Catharines Teepees OHA 48 12 13 25 26 14 5 8 13 2
1961–62 St. Catharines Teepees OHA 49 12 30 42 10 6 2 4 6 2
1962–63 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA 48 31 27 58 38 — — — — —
1962–63 Buffalo Bisons AHL 4 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
1963–64 St. Louis Braves CHL 70 28 47 75 28 6 2 1 3 11
1964–65 St. Louis Braves CHL 27 7 17 24 20 — — — — —
1964–65 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 17 1 0 1 2 — — — — —
1964–65 New York Rangers NHL 22 3 3 6 6 — — — — —
1965–66 New York Rangers NHL 11 0 0 0 14 — — — — —
1965–66 Baltimore Clippers AHL 33 5 8 13 16 — — — — —
1965–66 Minnesota Rangers CHL 20 10 7 17 16 7 0 2 2 0
1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 41 6 4 10 4 — — — — —
1966–67 Rochester Americans AHL 13 3 10 13 4 13 0 3 3 0
1967–68 Detroit Red Wings NHL 9 0 2 2 0 — — — — —
1967–68 Fort Worth Wings CHL 14 5 2 7 10 — — — — —
1967–68 California/Oakland Seals NHL 31 10 8 18 14 — — — — —
1967–68 San Diego Gulls WHL 5 2 2 4 4 — — — — —
1968–69 Oakland Seals NHL 21 1 2 3 6 7 0 0 0 0
1968–69 Cleveland Barons AHL 49 14 13 27 41 5 1 0 1 0
1970–71 Dayton Gems IHL 50 23 18 41 20 10 3 4 7 4
1973–74 Cambridge Hornets OHA Sr 16 7 5 12 12 — — — — —
1974–75 Innsbrucker EV AUT 28 18 13 31 16 — — — — —
AHL totals 99 23 31 54 61 18 1 3 4 0
CHL totals 131 50 73 123 74 13 2 3 5 11
NHL totals 152 21 19 40 46 7 0 0 0 0