Brad Lukowich

Brad Lukowich (born August 12, 1976) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He has won the Stanley Cup once in his career, with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004. He was on the roster of the Dallas Stars when they won the cup in 1998–99 but did not play enough games to get his name on the Cup. 
==Playing career==
Lukowich played major junior in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Kamloops Blazers for three seasons, where he won back-to-back Memorial Cup championships in 1994 and 1995. Following his rookie season with the Blazers, he was selected in the fourth round, 90th overall, by the New York Islanders in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. 
After graduating from junior, Lukowich was traded from the Islanders to the Dallas Stars for a third round pick in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft on June 1, 1996. He played in the Stars' system with the Michigan K-Wings of the International Hockey League (IHL) in his first three professional seasons, earning NHL call-ups with the Stars in 1997–98 and 1998–99. Lukowich participated in the Stars' 1999 Stanley Cup championship win, appearing in eight games during the playoffs, but did not qualify to have his name added to the Cup. In 1999–2000, he remained with the Stars full-time and recorded four points over 60 games in his NHL rookie season, averaging nearly 12 minutes of ice time. 
In the off-season, on June 12, 2000, he was traded along with goaltender Manny Fernandez to the Minnesota Wild for a third round pick in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft (Joel Lundqvist) and a fourth round pick in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft (Aaron Rome). However, just under two weeks later, on June 25, 2000, he was traded back to the Stars, along with third and ninth round picks in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft for Aaron Gavey, Pavel Patera and Dallas' eighth round pick in the 2000 draft (Eric Johansson). In his second full season with the Stars, he improved to 14 points.
On June 22, 2002, Lukowich was traded with Dallas' seventh round pick in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft (Jay Rosehill) to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Tampa Bay's second round pick in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft (Tobias Stephan). Following a five-goal, 19-point season in 2003–04, Lukowich earned his second Stanley Cup championship, helping the Lightning to their first title with a seven-game victory over the Calgary Flames in the finals.
Due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Lukowich signed as a free agent with the Fort Worth Brahmas of the Central Hockey League (CHL) on September 21, 2004. However, he played just 16 games with the minor-league team, notching eight points. With the NHL set to resume with the 2005–06 season, he became an unrestricted free agent and signed with the team that originally drafted him, the New York Islanders, on August 11, 2005. In his only season with the Islanders, he was dealt away at the trade deadline on March 9, 2006, to the New Jersey Devils for New Jersey's third round draft pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft (Jonas Ahnelov). He scored a combined career-high 21 points between the two teams. He completed a full season with the Devils in 2006–07, notching 12 points.
On July 3, 2007, Lukowich returned to the Lightning, signing as an unrestricted free agent. He scored a goal and seven points in his season back. The following off-season, on July 4, 2008, Lukowich was traded with defenceman Dan Boyle from the Tampa Bay Lightning to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for Matt Carle and Ty Wishart and San Jose's first round choice in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and San Jose's fourth round choice in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Lukowich scored eight points in his only season with the Sharks before being traded once more, along with defenceman Christian Ehrhoff on August 28, 2009, to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for prospects Daniel Rahimi and Patrick White.
With 10 defencemen on the Canucks with one-way contracts, however, Lukowich was assigned by the Canucks to the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League (AHL). He was recalled on January 1, 2010, due to an injury to defenceman Kevin Bieksa. He subsequently scored his first goal as a Canuck, as well as his first in 111 NHL games overall, on January 25, a game-winner in a 3–2 win against the Buffalo Sabres.
In 2010, Lukowich returned to Dallas to finish off his career, He retired at the end of the 2011-12 season.
==Personal life==
Lukowich's father, Bernie Lukowich, played two seasons in the NHL with the St. Louis Blues and Pittsburgh Penguins, as well as 21 games with the Calgary Cowboys of the World Hockey Association (WHA), while his cousin Morris Lukowich played 582 games in the NHL and 228 games in the WHA.
He is married to Cara Lukowich and has two daughters, Michaela and Marley.
Brad has previously managed a Dallas-based rock group Neverset.
==Career statistics==
 	 	 		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
1992–93 	Kamloops Blazers 	WHL 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1993–94 	Kamloops Blazers 	WHL 		42 	5 	11 	16 	168 		16 	0 	1 	1 	35
1994–95 	Kamloops Blazers 	WHL 		63 	10 	35 	45 	125 		18 	0 	7 	7 	21
1995–96 	Kamloops Blazers 	WHL 		65 	14 	55 	69 	114 		13 	2 	10 	12 	29
1996–97 	Michigan K-Wings 	IHL 		69 	2 	6 	8 	77 		4 	0 	1 	1 	2
1997–98 	Michigan K-Wings 	IHL 		60 	6 	27 	33 	104 		4 	0 	4 	4 	14
1997–98 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 		4 	0 	1 	1 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Michigan K-Wings 	IHL 		67 	8 	21 	29 	95 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 		14 	1 	2 	3 	19 		8 	0 	1 	1 	4
1999–00 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 		60 	3 	1 	4 	50 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 		80 	4 	10 	14 	76 		10 	1 	0 	1 	4
2001–02 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 		66 	1 	6 	7 	40 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL 		70 	1 	14 	15 	46 		9 	0 	1 	1 	2
2003–04 	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL 		79 	5 	14 	19 	24 		18 	0 	2 	2 	6
2004–05 	Fort Worth Brahmas 	CHL 		16 	3 	5 	8 	33 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	New York Islanders 	NHL 		57 	1 	12 	13 	32 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	New Jersey Devils 	NHL 		18 	1 	7 	8 	8 		9 	0 	0 	0 	4
2006–07 	New Jersey Devils 	NHL 		75 	4 	8 	12 	36 		11 	0 	1 	1 	2
2007–08 	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL 		59 	1 	6 	7 	20 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	San Jose Sharks 	NHL 		58 	0 	8 	8 	12 		6 	0 	0 	0 	0
2009–10 	Texas Stars 	AHL 		29 	3 	15 	18 	10 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	Vancouver Canucks 	NHL 		13 	1 	1 	2 	4 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	Texas Stars 	AHL 		67 	4 	23 	27 	59 		6 	1 	0 	1 	2
2010–11 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 		5 	0 	0 	0 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2011-12 	Texas Stars 	AHL 		67 	4 	22 	26 	40 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals		658 	23 	90 	113 	369 		71 	1 	5 	6 	22
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
==Awards==
*Won the Stanley Cup with the Dallas Stars in 1999 and with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004.
==References==
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Category:Born in 1976
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Dallas Stars players
Category:Kalamazoo Wings (1974–2000) players
Category:Kamloops Blazers alumni
Category:Memorial Cup winners
Category:New Jersey Devils players
Category:New York Islanders draft picks
Category:New York Islanders players
Category:San Jose Sharks players
Category:Stanley Cup champions
Category:Tampa Bay Lightning players
Category:Texas Stars players
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Category:Retired in 2012