Richard Brooks Orpik was born on September 26,1980 and is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League.
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20 Facts About Brooks Orpik
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Brooks Orpik currently serves as an assistant coach of the Boston College Eagles under Jerry York in the NCAA.
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Brooks Orpik was born in San Francisco, California, a few months after the US "Miracle on Ice" win over the Soviet Union in Lake Placid, New York, in 1980.
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Brooks Orpik attended the Nichols School in Buffalo and Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts.
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Brooks Orpik played three seasons at Boston College for the Eagles ice hockey team, winning the Hockey East playoff championship in 1999 and 2001, as well as the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship in 2001.
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Brooks Orpik's younger brother Andrew was a hockey player, playing for Boston College and having a brief minor league career.
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Brooks Orpik was drafted in the first round, 18th overall, of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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On March 4,2006, Brooks Orpik boarded Carolina Hurricanes forward Erik Cole, fracturing a vertebra in Cole's neck.
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Brooks Orpik was the first native of California to win the Stanley Cup.
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On December 17,2011, Brooks Orpik recorded his 100th career point by earning an assist on Evgeni Malkin's goal on Ryan Miller at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.
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On May 11,2013, Brooks Orpik scored the game-winning goal in overtime of Game 6 to eliminate the New York Islanders and advance Pittsburgh to the second round of the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs; it was his first career Stanley Cup playoff goal.
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On December 7,2013, Brooks Orpik hit Boston Bruins forward Loui Eriksson, resulting in a concussion to the latter.
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In Game 2 of Washington's 2016 playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Brooks Orpik delivered an illegal and late hit to Pittsburgh defenseman Olli Maatta, making contact with Maatta's head.
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Brooks Orpik was suspended three games for the late hit and Maatta returned a few games later to finish, and help win, the series.
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On June 22,2018, less than three weeks after winning the Stanley Cup for the second time, and due to salary cap considerations, Brooks Orpik was traded by the Capitals to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Colorado's second-round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
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Brooks Orpik was immediately informed by Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic that he would be moved to a preferred destination or bought-out from the remaining year of the five-year contract he initially signed with Washington.
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In 1999, Brooks Orpik competed for the United States in the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Stockholm.
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In 2009, Brooks Orpik was invited to the USA Hockey orientation camp, from August 17 to 19, in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
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Brooks Orpik was ultimately selected to the American team, which finished with a silver medal finish behind Canada.
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Brooks Orpik is married to Erin Orpik, with whom he has two daughters.
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