Brady Keeper
Brady Keeper | |||
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Born |
Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada | June 5, 1996||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 197 lb (89 kg; 14 st 1 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
NHL team (P) Cur. team Former teams |
Vancouver Canucks Abbotsford Canucks (AHL) Florida Panthers | ||
NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2019–present |
Brady Keeper (born June 5, 1996) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Abbotsford Canucks in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career
Keeper played junior hockey with the OCN Blizzard of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) from 2013 to 2017 and was named the league's Most Valuable Player for the 2016–17 season. He earned a scholarship to the University of Maine and played two seasons for the NCAA Division I Maine Black Bears, accumulating 57 points in 73 games.
Having gone undrafted into NHL, Keeper left the University of Maine to sign an entry-level contract with the Florida Panthers on March 21, 2019. He made his NHL debut on March 28 against the Ottawa Senators.[1] As a restricted free agent from the Panthers following the Return to Play qualifying series, Keeper was re-signed to a one-year, two-way contract on August 31, 2020.[2]
As a free agent from the Panthers after completing his third season within the organization, Keeper was signed to a two-year, $1.525 million contract with the Vancouver Canucks on July 28, 2021.[3]
Personal life
Keeper was born and raised in Cross Lake in northern Manitoba and is the first person from Cross Lake First Nation to play in the NHL.[4]
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2012–13 | Norway House North Stars | KJHL | 29 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
2013–14 | Norman Northstars | MMHL | 42 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2013–14 | OCN Blizzard | MJHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2014–15 | OCN Blizzard | MJHL | 54 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 160 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
2015–16 | OCN Blizzard | MJHL | 58 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 202 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 32 | ||
2016–17 | OCN Blizzard | MJHL | 48 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 82 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 42 | ||
2017–18 | University of Maine | HE | 37 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018–19 | University of Maine | HE | 36 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018–19 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2019–20 | Springfield Thunderbirds | AHL | 61 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 108 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2019–20 | Florida Panthers | NHL | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2020–21 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Awards and honours
Award | Year | |
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MJHL | ||
MJHL All-Rookie Team | 2015 | |
MJHL First All-Star Team | 2016, 2017 | |
Brian Kozak Award (MJHL Top Defenceman) | 2017 | |
Steve "Boomer" Hawrysh Award (MJHL Most Valuable Player) | 2017 | |
College | ||
HE Third All-Star Team | 2019 |
See also
References
- ^ Warren, Ken (March 29, 2019). "Keeper's NHL debut is a story of inspiration and motivation for northern Canadian communities". Ottawa Sun.
- ^ "Florida Panthers re-sign defenseman Brady Keeper to a one-year contract". Florida Panthers. August 31, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "Canucks sign Dowling, Keeper and Hunt". Vancouver Canucks. July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ Friesen, Paul (March 21, 2019). "Against all odds, Cross Lake's Brady Keeper makes the NHL". Winnipeg Sun.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Articles with short description
- Use mdy dates from December 2013
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Abbotsford Canucks players
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Cree people
- First Nations sportspeople
- Florida Panthers players
- Ice hockey people from Manitoba
- Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey players
- OCN Blizzard players
- People from Northern Region, Manitoba
- Springfield Thunderbirds players
- Syracuse Crunch players
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- All stub articles
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1990s births stubs