Brian Skrudland

Brian Skrudland (born July 31, 1963 in Peace River, Alberta) is a retired former professional player who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers, New York Rangers and Dallas Stars.
== Playing career ==
=== Junior and minor pro ===
Skrudland played for the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League from 1980–1983. His #10 jersey has been retired by the Blades.
Brian won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the Most Valuable Player in the 1985 AHL Playoffs. Skrudland scored 17 points in 17 games leading the Sherbrooke Canadiens to a Calder Cup championship. Sherbrooke defeated the Baltimore Skipjacks 4 games to 2 in the final.
=== NHL ===
Skrudland made his NHL debut in 1985 for the Montreal Canadiens. He played 7.5 seasons with the Habs, winning the Stanley Cup in 1986. He was selected to go to the 1991 NHL All-Star Game, but could not attend due to injury. Skrudland was traded to the Calgary Flames during the 1992–1993 season. He moved to the expansion Florida Panthers for the 1993–1994 season and was the first captain in franchise history, a title he held for four seasons. Skrudland was with the team until 1997, including Florida's run to the 1996 Stanley Cup finals, where they lost 4–0 to the Colorado Avalanche. He signed with the New York Rangers in the summer of 1997 and played one season with them until he was dealt along with Mike Keane to the Dallas Stars in exchange for Todd Harvey and Bob Errey. Skrudland was instrumental in helping the Stars win the Stanley Cup in 1999. Skrudland retired after the 2000 Stanley Cup finals (which Dallas lost to the New Jersey Devils), at 36 years old.
Skrudland was one of the final cuts for Team Canada during the 1991 Canada Cup tournament. 
He was the finalist for the Selke Trophy in 1994. The Frank J. Selke Trophy is awarded annually to the best defensive minded forward in the NHL.
Skrudland holds the NHL record for fastest goal in a playoff overtime when he scored the winning goal at 0:09 seconds into overtime in Game 2 in the 1986 finals.
==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
1980–81 	Saskatoon Blades 	WHL 	 	66 	15 	27 	42 	97 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
1981–82 	Saskatoon Blades 	WHL 	 	71 	27 	29 	56 	135 	 	5 	0 	1 	1 	2
1982–83 	Saskatoon Blades 	WHL 	 	71 	35 	59 	94 	42 	 	6 	1 	3 	4 	19
1983–84 	Nova-Scotia Voyageurs	AHL 	 	56 	13 	12 	25 	55 	 	12 	2 	8 	10 	14
1984–85 	Sherbrooke Canadiens 	AHL 	 	70 	22 	28 	50 	109 	 	17 	9 	8 	17 	23
1985–86 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	65 	9 	13 	22 	57 	 	20 	2 	4 	6 	76
1986–87 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	79 	11 	17 	28 	107 	 	14 	1 	5 	6 	29
1987–88 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	79 	12 	24 	36 	112 	 	11 	1 	5 	6 	24
1988–89 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	71 	12 	29 	41 	84 	 	21 	3 	7 	10 	40
1989–90 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	59 	11 	31 	42 	56 	 	11 	3 	5 	8 	30
1990–91 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	57 	15 	19 	34 	85 	 	13 	3 	10 	13 	42
1991–92 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	42 	3 	3 	6 	36 	 	11 	1 	1 	2 	20
1992–93 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	23 	5 	3 	8 	55 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
1992–93 	Calgary Flames 	NHL 	 	16 	2 	4 	6 	10 	 	6 	0 	3 	3 	12
1993–94 	Florida Panthers 	NHL 	 	79 	15 	25 	40 	136 	 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
1994–95 	Florida Panthers 	NHL 	 	47 	5 	9 	14 	88 	 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
1995–96 	Florida Panthers 	NHL 	 	79 	7 	20 	27 	129 	 	21 	1 	3 	4 	18
1996–97 	Florida Panthers 	NHL 	 	51 	5 	13 	18 	48 	 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
1997–98 	New York Rangers 	NHL 	 	59 	5 	6 	11 	39 	 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
1997–98 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 	 	13 	2 	0 	2 	10 	 	17 	0 	1 	1 	16
1998–99 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 	 	40 	4 	1 	5 	33 	 	19 	0 	2 	2 	16
1999–00 	Dallas Stars 	NHL 	 	22 	1 	2 	3 	22 	 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
WHL totals	WHL totals 	WHL totals	 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	881 	124 	219 	343 	1107 	 	164 	15 	46 	61 	323
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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