Brad Boyes

Bradley Keith Boyes (born April 17, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, who spent thirteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of seven different teams.
==Early life==
Boyes went to Hazel McCallion Senior Public School and Clarkson Secondary School, both in Mississauga, before moving to Erie, Pennsylvania. His mother is a teacher. His father is a school principal, he was the principal of Champlain Trail Public School. His father is also one of the directors of the Streetsville Hockey League, a small house league based in Streetsville.
Despite living in the Greater Toronto Area, Boyes was an Ottawa Senators fan growing up. However, the hometown Toronto Maple Leafs were Boyes' "second team", and he would later say that he "always wanted to play for the Leafs".
==Playing career==
As a youth, Boyes played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Young Nationals minor ice hockey team.
Boyes played several years of roller hockey for the Mississauga Rattlers. He was a member of the Mississauga Reps AAA hockey team before being drafted by the Erie Otters. Boyes won the J. Ross Robertson Cup with the Otters in 2002.
Boyes was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round, 24th overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. He was traded to the San Jose Sharks along with Alyn McCauley and a 1st round selection in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft (who would be Mark Stuart) in exchange for Owen Nolan.
Boyes was later traded from the Sharks to the Boston Bruins in a 3-way deal that saw Jeff Jillson go to Buffalo Sabres, Curtis Brown go to San Jose, and Brad Boyes and Andy Delmore go to Boston on March 9, 2004.
Boyes scored his first NHL goal on October 9, 2005, against Sébastien Caron of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He scored his first NHL hat trick on March 18, 2006, against Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Bruins traded Boyes to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Dennis Wideman on February 27, 2007. In St. Louis Boyes became a star player, scoring 43 goals in the 2007–08 season, tied for 5th in the league. He followed this up with 33 goals in the 2008 season.
On February 27, 2011, Boyes was traded by the Blues to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a second round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. Boyes scored a goal in each of his first two games with the Sabres.
On July 1, 2012, Boyes signed as a free agent to a one-year, $1 million deal with the New York Islanders. With ambition to move on from a disappointing tenure with the Sabres, Boyes rediscovered his scoring touch during the shortened 2012–13 season to score 35 points in 48 games on the Islanders top scoring line alongside John Tavares and Matt Moulson.
Unsigned in the offseason, Boyes was offered a professional try-out contract by the Islanders and the Florida Panthers. He chose to attend the Panthers training camp and signed a one-year deal with them on September 28, 2013. After recording 36 points in 78 games, Boyes was resigned by the Panthers to a two-year, $5.25 million contract.
The last year of Boyes' contract was bought out on June 30, 2015, effectively making Boyes a free agent. Despite picking up 38 points in 78 games and having good advanced analytics, Boyes was unable to find a deal, and on September 10, 2015, he signed a professional tryout contract to attend training camp with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the team who originally drafted him in 2000. Boyes impressed at camp and during the pre-season, and on September 27, 2015, he was rewarded with a 1-year, $700,000 contract from the Leafs. On November 2, 2015, Boyes scored his first goal with the club. In the process, Boyes set a franchise record for longest span between getting drafted and scoring his first goal with the Maple Leafs, notching it 5609 days after being drafted. Boyes would finish the season with 24 points in 60 games, which was seen as decent production given his limited time on a Maple Leafs team that finished last in the NHL.
==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
1997–98 	Mississauga Reps AAA 	MTHL 		44 	27 	50 	77 	 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Erie Otters 	OHL 		59 	24 	36 	60 	30 		5 	1 	2 	3 	10
1999–2000 	Erie Otters 	OHL 		68 	36 	46 	82 	38 		13 	6 	8 	14 	10
2000–01 	Erie Otters 	OHL 		59 	45 	45 	90 	42 		15 	10 	13 	23 	8
2001–02 	Erie Otters 	OHL 		47 	36 	41 	77 	42 		21 	22 	19 	41 	27
2002–03 	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL 		65 	23 	28 	51 	45 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Cleveland Barons 	AHL 		15 	7 	6 	13 	21 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Cleveland Barons 	AHL 		61 	25 	35 	60 	38 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	San Jose Sharks 	NHL 		1 	0 	0 	0 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Providence Bruins 	AHL 		17 	6 	6 	12 	13 		2 	1 	0 	1 	0
2004–05 	Providence Bruins 	AHL 		80 	33 	42 	75 	58 		16 	8 	7 	15 	23
2005–06 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 		82 	26 	43 	69 	30 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2006–07 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 		62 	13 	21 	34 	25 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2006–07 	St. Louis Blues 	NHL 		19 	4 	8 	12 	4 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2007–08 	St. Louis Blues 	NHL 		82 	43 	22 	65 	20 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	St. Louis Blues 	NHL 		82 	33 	39 	72 	26 		4 	2 	1 	3 	0
2009–10 	St. Louis Blues 	NHL 		82 	14 	28 	42 	26 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	St. Louis Blues 	NHL 		62 	12 	29 	41 	30 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	Buffalo Sabres 	NHL 		20 	5 	9 	14 	6 		7 	1 	0 	1 	0
2011–12 	Buffalo Sabres 	NHL 		65 	8 	15 	23 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2012–13 	New York Islanders 	NHL 		48 	10 	25 	35 	16 		6 	0 	3 	3 	2
2013–14 	Florida Panthers 	NHL 		78 	21 	15 	36 	28 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2014–15 	Florida Panthers 	NHL 		78 	14 	24 	38 	20 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2015–16 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	NHL 		60 	8 	16 	24 	12 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
AHL totals	AHL totals 	AHL totals		238 	94 	117 	211 	175 		18 	9 	7 	16 	23
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals		822 	211 	294 	505 	251 		17 	3 	4 	7 	2
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
===International ===
Year 	Team 	Event 	Result 		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2001 	Canada 	WJC 	 		7 	1	3	4 	2
2002 	Canada 	WJC 	 		7 	5	4	9 	16
2006 	Canada 	WC 	4th 		9 	4	4	8 	4
Junior totals	Junior totals	Junior totals	Junior totals		14	6	7	13 	18
Senior totals	Senior totals	Senior totals	Senior totals		9 	4	4	8 	4
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
==Awards and honours==
*1997: Canadian inline hockey Champion - Gold medalist
* 1998: NARCh North American Roller Hockey Championships - Gold medalist
*1999–2000: Lindsay Cup Trophy
*1999–2000: CHL Scholastic Player of the Year
*1999–2000: OHL Bobby Smith Trophy (Scholastic Player of the Year)
*2000–01: OHL Red Tilson Trophy (Most Outstanding Player)
*2000–01: OHL William Hanley Trophy (Most Gentlemanly Player)
*2000–01: OHL Second All-Star Team
*2001–02: CHL Sportsman of the Year
*2001–02: CHL Second All-Star Team
*2001–02: OHL First All-Star Team
*2001–02: OHL Red Tilson Trophy
*2001–02: OHL William Hanley Trophy
*2001–02: OHL Wayne Gretzky 99 Award (Playoff MVP)
*2002–03: AHL All-Rookie Team
*2003–04: AHL Second All-Star Team
*2005–06: NHL All-Rookie Team
==References==
==External links==
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