Steve Brulé

Steve Brule (born January 15, 1975) is a professional ice hockey player currently with Saguenay Marquis of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey. He played in the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils and Colorado Avalanche.
==Playing career==
Brule was drafted 143rd overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils. He was drafted from St. Jean Lynx of the QMJHL where he was a prolific scorer as a junior winning the Michel Bergeron Trophy in 1992–93. Brule made his professional debut at the end of the 1994–95 season with Devils affiliate, the Albany River Rats of the AHL, helping the Rats capture the Calder Cup with 14 points in 14 playoff games.
Due to a strong Devils outfit, Brule spent the next five years with the River Rats, where he was a dependable scoring force. At the end of the 1999–2000 season with the River Rats, Brule was among a handful of players that made up their taxi squad of the Devils in case of injury or slump. When the Devils played against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Brule joined the Devils for a single game in place of Scott Gomez. However, when the Devils defeated the defending champion Dallas Stars, Brule, without a regular season game in his career, had his name engraved on the Stanley Cup.
Brule then signed with the Detroit Red Wings on July 20, 2000, and failing to make the team was assigned to the Manitoba Moose of the IHL. Brule then spent the 2001–02 season with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the AHL before he signed with the Colorado Avalanche on July 22, 2002. Steve made the Avlanche's opening night roster for the 2002–03 season and made his NHL regular season debut, but was subsequently sent to affiliate the Hershey Bears. 
Brule re-signed with the Avalanche on August 26, 2003, but again spent the year with the Bears, placing 2nd on the team in points with 58. During the 2004 NHL Lockout Brule left for Europe signing with German team Krefeld Pinguine of the DEL on July 22, 2004. After the Lockout Brule opted to stay in Europe spending time in the Austrian, and Swiss leagues.
After seven years abroad on June 23, 2011, Brule signed a one-year contract returning to play in Canada with the Saguenay Marquis of the LNAH.
==Awards and achievements==
*1992–93 QMJHL All-Rookie Team
*1992–93 QMJHL Michel Bergeron Trophy
*1994–95 QMJHL Second All-Star Team
*1994–95 AHL Calder Cup (Albany River Rats)
*1999–2000 NHL Stanley Cup (New Jersey Devils)
*2010–11 NLB Champion (EHC Visp)
==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 	St. Jean Lynx 	QMJHL 		70 	33 	47 	80 	46 		4 	0 	0 	0 	9
1993–94 	St. Jean Lynx 	QMJHL 		66 	41 	64 	105 	46 		5 	2 	1 	3 	0
1994–95 	St. Jean Lynx 	QMJHL 		69 	44 	64 	108 	42 		7 	3 	4 	7 	8
1994–95 	Albany River Rats 	AHL 		3 	1 	4 	5 	0 		14 	9 	5 	14 	4
1995–96 	Albany River Rats 	AHL 		80 	30 	21 	51 	37 		4 	0 	0 	0 	17
1996–97 	Albany River Rats 	AHL 		79 	28 	49 	77 	27 		16 	7 	7 	14 	12
1997–98 	Albany River Rats 	AHL 		80 	34 	43 	77 	34 		13 	8 	3 	11 	4
1998–99 	Albany River Rats 	AHL 		78 	32 	52 	84 	35 		5 	3 	1 	4 	4
1999–00 	Albany River Rats 	AHL 		75 	30 	46 	76 	18 		5 	1 	2 	3 	0
1999–00 	New Jersey Devils 	NHL 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0
2000–01 	Manitoba Moose 	IHL 		78 	21 	48 	69 	22 		13 	3 	10 	13 	12
2001–02 	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	AHL 		77 	21 	42 	63 	50 		3 	0 	1 	1 	0
2002–03 	Colorado Avalanche 	NHL 		2 	0 	0 	0 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Hershey Bears 	AHL 		49 	18 	19 	37 	30 		5 	4 	0 	4 	8
2003–04 	Hershey Bears 	AHL 		79 	29 	29 	58 	82 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2004–05 	Krefeld Pinguine 	DEL 		51 	18 	29 	47 	51 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	EV Duisburg 	DEL 		31 	8 	15 	23 	36 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	Kassel Huskies 	DEL 		18 	2 	4 	6 	22 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2006–07 	Graz EC 	EBEL 		38 	20 	27 	47 	59 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2007–08 	EHC Chur 	NLB 		31 	26 	24 	50 	96 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	EHC Visp 	NLB 		40 	29 	37 	66 	85 		9 	3 	12 	15 	8
2009–10 	HC Thurgau 	NLB 		42 	24 	37 	61 	20 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	HC Thurgau 	NLB 		33 	20 	16 	36 	10 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	EHC Visp 	NLB 		12 	5 	13 	18 	8 		17 	6 	6 	12 	8
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals		2 	0 	0 	0 	0 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
==References==
== External links ==
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*Picture of Steve Brule's Name on the 2000 Stanley Cup Plaque
Category:Born in 1975
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Category:Canadian ice hockey players
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