Jack Brannen

John Patrick "Jack, Doctor" Brannen (September 13, 1874 – October 25, 1964) was a Canadian amateur ice hockey player who was active in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Brannen played as a rover, a position between defense and attack, for the Montreal Shamrocks in the AHAC and CAHL between 1896 and 1901. He won two Stanley Cups with the Shamrocks, in 1899 and 1900.Stanley Cup Annual Record 1899 (Mar) nhl.comStanley Cup Annual Record 1900 (Feb) nhl.com Brannen also played with the Shamrocks in a Stanley Cup challenge series in 1901, but the team lost to the Winnipeg Victorias.Stanley Cup Annual Record 1901 nhl.com
Brannen was born in Kenmore, Ontario in 1874. After his career in ice hockey he moved to northern New York where he worked as a medical doctor, though he occasionally acted as an umpire at hockey games in Montreal."Quebec beat Shams" The Montreal Gazette, January 27, 1906."Playing the field" Dink Carroll, The Montreal Gazette, January 20, 1953. He died in 1964, 90 years old.Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph Obituary Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, October 27, 1964.
==Playing style==
Jack Brannen was noted for his speed, which made him suitable for the free roaming rover position, and occasionally competed in speed skating events. In 1900 he won a 220-yard race in Montreal against some of the best speed skaters in the world, among them Norwegian Peter Sinnerud and American world titleholder Morris Wood."Turning back hockey's pages" D. A. L. MacDonald, The Montreal Gazette, March 20, 1934. On the Montreal Shamrocks team Brannen played on a forward line with Harry Trihey, Arthur Farrell and Fred Scanlan, all three of whom later on were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
==Statistics==
  	  	  	 	League	League
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G
1897 	Montreal Shamrocks	AHAC 	 	 	
1898 	Montreal Shamrocks	AHAC 	 	7 	0
1899 	Montreal Shamrocks	CAHL 	 	8 	8
 	Montreal Shamrocks	Stanley Cup 	 	1 	0
1900 	Montreal Shamrocks	CAHL 	 	8 	6
 	Montreal Shamrocks	Stanley Cup 	 	5 	4
1901 	Montreal Shamrocks	CAHL 	 	6 	4
 	Montreal Shamrocks	Stanley Cup 	 	2 	1
CAHL totals 	CAHL totals 	CAHL totals 	 	22 	18
Stanley Cup totals	Stanley Cup totals	Stanley Cup totals	 	8 	5
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
Statistics per SIHR at sihrhockey.org
==References==
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Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Montreal Shamrocks players
Category:Stanley Cup champions