Brendan Morrison was born on August 15,1975 and is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre.
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48 Facts About Brendan Morrison
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Brendan Morrison has previously played in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, Washington Capitals, Calgary Flames and Chicago Blackhawks.
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Brendan Morrison played his rookie season in the NHL the following season with the New Jersey Devils before being traded to the Vancouver Canucks in March 2000.
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Brendan Morrison played seven full seasons with the Canucks, which included a club-record 534 consecutive regular season games played.
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Internationally, Brendan Morrison has competed for Canada in three World Championships, winning gold in 2004 and silver in 2005.
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Brendan Morrison ranked second in team scoring, behind Marcel Sakac, and was awarded the Bruce Allison Memorial Trophy as the Interior Conference's rookie of the year.
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Brendan Morrison had been approached by the Denver Pioneers and the Maine Black Bears to join their school teams, but ultimately chose Michigan.
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Brendan Morrison played on a line with fellow freshman Jason Botterill; the two played together throughout their college career.
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Brendan Morrison added 15 points in 7 post-season games to capture his second CCHA championship with the Wolverines.
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Brendan Morrison totalled college personal bests that season of 31 goals, 57 assists and 88 points over 43 games, culminating in a Hobey Baker Award as the NCAA's most outstanding player; Morrison had been a finalist for the award the previous two years.
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Brendan Morrison completed his four-year college career as the Wolverines' all-time points leader with 284, surpassing Denny Felsner.
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Brendan Morrison was seen as an unlikely candidate to secure a roster spot with the Devils; ahead of Morrison on the depth chart were numerous centres, including Doug Gilmour, Bobby Holik and Petr Sykora.
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Brendan Morrison scored 35 goals and 84 points over 72 games in the AHL, ranking first in team scoring and eighth in the League overall.
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Brendan Morrison finished second among League rookies in scoring, eight points behind Daniel Briere of the Springfield Falcons, and was named to the AHL All-Rookie Team.
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Brendan Morrison was called up to the Devils in December 1997 as a replacement for winger John MacLean, who had been informally suspended by General Manager Lou Lamoriello after requesting to be traded.
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Brendan Morrison ranked fifth in Calder Memorial Trophy voting as the League's rookie of the year with one first-place ballot.
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Brendan Morrison was pointless in two games with Trebic and recorded seven points in five games with Pardubice.
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Brendan Morrison helped the team reach the post-season for the first time since 1996, as Vancouver secured the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference.
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Brendan Morrison scored his first NHL playoff goal during the series and finished with three points in four games.
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Brendan Morrison went on to record his three best statistical seasons in the NHL while playing with the two wingers.
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Brendan Morrison ranked 26th in NHL point-scoring, while Naslund and Bertuzzi finished second and fifth, respectively.
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Brendan Morrison helped the Canucks come within a point of the Northwest Division title, entering the 2003 playoffs as the fourth seed in the West.
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Brendan Morrison had a career-high four goals, seven assists and 11 points over 14 post-season games.
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Brendan Morrison suffered a torn labrum in his hip in December 2005, but chose to play through the injury.
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Brendan Morrison extended his ironman streak to 542 games before opting for wrist surgery on December 12,2007.
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Brendan Morrison was succeeded as the league's active ironman by Flames defenceman Cory Sarich, who had played in 419 consecutive games at the time of Brendan Morrison's injury.
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Brendan Morrison had received interest from as many as nine NHL teams, including the Canucks, who offered a one-year, US$1.
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Brendan Morrison was relegated to the fourth line and made a healthy scratch at various points in the season.
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Brendan Morrison finished the campaign with 42 points in 74 games with the Capitals, his highest total in three years.
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The following day, on October 4,2010, Brendan Morrison was signed by the Calgary Flames to a one-year, one-way contract worth US$725,000.
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Brendan Morrison hurt his left knee in a game against the Chicago Blackhawks when opposing defenceman Niklas Hjalmarsson pinned him against the end-boards.
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At the time of the injury, Brendan Morrison was leading the Flames with a plus-minus rating of +13 while centring the team's top line with Jarome Iginla and Alex Tanguay.
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On July 15,2011, Brendan Morrison came to terms with the Flames on a one-year deal worth US$1.
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On January 27,2012, Brendan Morrison was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for defenceman Brian Connelly.
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Brendan Morrison debuted with the Canadian national team at the 2000 IIHF World Championship in Saint Petersburg.
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Brendan Morrison was joined on the team by four other Canucks—Todd Bertuzzi, Adrian Aucoin, Ed Jovanovski and Peter Schaefer.
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Brendan Morrison ranked sixth in team point-scoring and tied for first with Aucoin with a plus-minus rating of +7.
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Four years later, Brendan Morrison was selected again to the Canadian team for the 2004 IIHF World Championship in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic.
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Brendan Morrison was one of two Canucks players on the roster, alongside Matt Cooke.
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Brendan Morrison was named to the team alongside Canucks teammate Ed Jovanovski.
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Brendan Morrison ranked third on the team in goal-scoring with four; he had no assists.
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Several months later, Brendan Morrison was invited to Canada's Olympic Orientation Camp in August 2005—a part of the selection process for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
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Brendan Morrison was a late addition, replacing Mario Lemieux, who chose not to attend due to commitments with his club team, the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Brendan Morrison was born in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, to Ron and Deborah Brendan Morrison.
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Brendan Morrison's parents had moved to Pitt Meadows from Windsor, Ontario, in the 1970s.
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Ron coached his son on minor hockey teams, before Brendan Morrison moved away from home at age 17 to play junior hockey in Penticton.
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Brendan Morrison spent a year living with his family in Newport Beach, California, during his stint with the Anaheim Ducks.
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