Rich Brennan

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, his last stint in the NHL to date.
Brennan has played in Europe since 2004. He split one year between Swiss team SC Bern of the NLA before transferring to Augsburger Panther of the DEL in Germany. Brennan remained in Germany the following season and played 3 seasons with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers. Brennan the spent the 2008–09 season in the Austrian Hockey League with HC TWK Innsbruck before retiring.
==Awards and Achievements==
*1991–92 HE All-Rookie Team
*1993–94 HE First All-Star Team
*1993–94 NCAA East Second All-American Team
*1996–97 AHL Calder Cup (Hershey Bears)
==Career Statistics==
===Regular Season and Playoffs===
 	 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	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	NHL totals 	NHL totals		50 	2 	6 	8 	33 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
AHL totals	AHL totals 	AHL totals		480 	78 	216 	294 	661 		59 	8 	28 	36 	54
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
===International===
Year 	Team 	Comp 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1992 	United States 	WJC 	7 	0	2	2 	4
Junior int'l totals	Junior int'l totals	Junior int'l totals	7 	0	2	2 	4
==References==
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