62 Facts About Derick Brassard

Derick Brassard was born on September 22,1987 and is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League.

Derick Brassard previously played in the NHL for the Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Florida Panthers, Colorado Avalanche, New York Islanders, Arizona Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers and the Edmonton Oilers.

Derick Brassard began ice skating at the age of five and played minor ice hockey for the Gatineau L'Intrepide.

Derick Brassard doubled his offensive production the next season and received the Michael Bossy Trophy for the top prospect in the QMJHL.

Derick Brassard missed most of his final junior ice hockey season after suffering a shoulder subluxation during a preseason game.

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Derick Brassard reached the Stanley Cup playoffs all four seasons he was with the Rangers, including their loss to the Los Angeles Kings in the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals.

Derick Brassard found more difficulties in Pittsburgh due to injuries and limited playing time on the lower lines.

Derick Brassard was born on September 22,1987, in Hull, Quebec, to Suzanne and Pierre Derick Brassard.

Derick Brassard's father was a star junior ice hockey player for the Pembroke Lumber Kings of the Central Junior Hockey League and was selected by the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League in the 1976 NHL Entry Draft.

Derick Brassard began ice skating at the age of five, and he took up hockey shortly after that.

Derick Brassard was raised near the Robert Guertin Centre and would often attend ice hockey games held there.

Derick Brassard appeared in seven postseason games but did not record a point in any of them.

Derick Brassard was named the QMJHL Rookie of the Month for December 2004 after recording four goals and 15 points in 10 games, including two power play goals and three game-winners.

Derick Brassard finished his first full QMJHL season with 25 goals and 76 points in 69 regular season games, as well as one goal and six points in six playoff games.

Derick Brassard was awarded both the Michel Bergeron Trophy for the offensive rookie of the year and the RDS Cup for the Rookie of the Year, and he was named to the QMJHL All-Rookie Team.

Derick Brassard missed a total of 56 games with the injury but began scoring as soon as he returned, with 17 points in his first nine games of the season.

Derick Brassard added nine goals and 15 assists in 12 postseason games before the Voltigeurs were eliminated by the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the second round of QMJHL playoffs.

Derick Brassard finished his junior ice hockey career with 218 points in 151 games, and the Voltigeurs retired his No 61 jersey in 2016.

Derick Brassard made his NHL debut that night, wearing No 16 and centering the fourth line with Jody Shelley and Jared Boll for a game against the St Louis Blues.

Derick Brassard played a total of 46 games for the Crunch, recording 15 goals and 36 assists for a team that fell to the Toronto Marlies in the second round of Calder Cup playoffs.

Derick Brassard primarily skated on a productive rookie line with Voracek and Jason Chimera.

On December 19,2008 Derick Brassard suffered a separated shoulder during a fight with Dallas Stars forward James Neal.

Derick Brassard finished the season with nine goals and 36 points in 79 games, while his -79 plus–minus was tied with defenceman Anton Stralman for the worst on the team.

On February 16,2011, Derick Brassard injured his left hand after being struck by a Jan Hejda slapshot in the Blue Jackets' game against the Los Angeles Kings.

At the time of the injury, Derick Brassard had a career-high 14 goals and 39 points through 57 games, including five goals and eight assists in the last 14 games before the injury.

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NHL lockout came to an end on January 5,2013, and Derick Brassard departed for Columbus shortly after the announcement was made.

Derick Brassard recorded 11 points in the last 13 regular season games of the lockout-truncated season before joining the Rangers for the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Derick Brassard was one of the most valuable offensive players in the Rangers' playoff run, with three points in Game 3 of New York's first-round series against the Washington Capitals, six points through his first five postseason games, and 12 points through his entire 12-game playoff run.

Derick Brassard reconciled with Arniel before the season began, as his former Columbus coach took an assistant coaching position on the Rangers.

Derick Brassard missed the first game of the Rangers' opening-round playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers but returned for game two, scoring four goals and seven points in 14 playoff games, including two game-winning goals against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Derick Brassard was injured again in the first game of the Eastern Conference finals when he was shouldered by Montreal Canadiens' skater Mike Weaver.

Derick Brassard finished the Rangers' postseason run with six goals and 12 points in 23 playoff games before the Los Angeles Kings defeated New York in the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals.

On July 27,2014, Derick Brassard, a restricted free agent, agreed to a five-year, $25 million contract extension with the Rangers.

Derick Brassard finished the regular season with 19 goals but 41 assists, most of which came on Nash's 42 season goals.

Derick Brassard added an additional nine goals and 16 points in the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs, including a hat-trick to keep the Rangers from elimination in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Derick Brassard joined the second line on his new team, serving as a left-handed skater to counterbalance first- and third-line centers Kyle Turris and Jean-Gabriel Pageau.

Derick Brassard told reporters that it took "a while to adjust" to the new team, particularly coach Guy Boucher's affinity for changing offensive lines every game, but Brassard managed to finish the regular season with 14 goals and 39 points in 80 games.

The Senators clinched a spot in the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, and Derick Brassard recorded an additional eight points in their first-round victory over the Boston Bruins.

Altogether, Derick Brassard had 11 points in 19 postseason games before Ottawa was ousted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference finals.

In 58 games with Ottawa that season, Derick Brassard scored 18 goals and recorded an additional 20 assists.

On February 23,2018, Derick Brassard was part of what Pittsburgh Penguins' general manager Jim Rutherford called "the most complex trade" of his career.

Derick Brassard, meanwhile, attributed his postseason difficulties to a groin injury that he had suffered during the regular season, and his subsequent demotion to the fourth line.

Derick Brassard continued to struggle upon returning to the line-up, with only three points in 17 games by the Christmas break.

Derick Brassard told reporters after the fact that he had difficulties finding a permanent, rewarding role within the Penguins organization.

Derick Brassard played one game in his usual third line position, centreing Aleksander Barkov and Vincent Trocheck, before receiving a promotion to the second line wing with Trocheck and Mike Hoffman.

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Derick Brassard dressed with the Panthers for only 10 games before being traded again, during which time he had one goal and three assists.

The day of the trade, the Panthers were already in Colorado to play the Avalanche at the Pepsi Center, and Derick Brassard was pulled away during Florida's morning skate session to begin dressing for the other team.

Derick Brassard scored four goals in 20 games with Colorado, finishing the season with 14 goals and 23 points across the three teams for which he played.

The Avalanche fell to the San Jose Sharks in the second round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, and Derick Brassard, who missed three games of the first-round series against the Calgary Flames with an illness, was one of many depth forwards who did not score a goal during the Sharks–Avalanche series.

Derick Brassard became a free agent at the end of the season, which marked a change in his career trajectory.

Derick Brassard served as a mentor to Beauvillier, a rookie and fellow Francophone.

Derick Brassard finished the curtailed regular season with 10 goals and 22 assists in 66 games.

Derick Brassard had taken an interest in Arizona while watching the team during the 2020 playoffs, while Coyotes general manager Bill Armstrong was looking for a veteran center to help a younger-skewing line-up.

The Coyotes failed to qualify for the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs, having been mathematically eliminated from postseason contention at the start of May, but Derick Brassard finished the season with eight goals and 20 points in 53 games.

Derick Brassard signed a professional try-out with the Ottawa Senators on September 15,2022.

Derick Brassard has represented Team Canada at a number of international ice hockey tournaments, beginning with the 2004 World U-17 Hockey Challenge.

Derick Brassard recorded four points in the six-game contest, all assists.

Derick Brassard had hoped to join the Canadian junior team for the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in British Columbia, but despite a strong showing in training camp, he was one of the final players cut from the tournament team.

Ten years after he was cut from the Canadian junior team, Derick Brassard joined the Canada men's national ice hockey team for the 2016 IIHF World Championship in Russia.

Derick Brassard led the Canadian team with five goals and 11 points in the tournament and won the gold medal.

In May 2020, Derick Brassard became a minority owner of the Gatineau Olympiques QMJHL team.

Derick Brassard maintains close friendships with fellow NHL players Cam Atkinson, Mats Zuccarello, Kevin Hayes, and Mark Stone, and he served as a groomsman at Atkinson's wedding.