Brent Sopel

Brent Sopel

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Defence
shoots = Right
nickname = Sopes
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 205
team = Chicago Blackhawks
former_teams = Vancouver Canucks
Los Angeles Kings
New York Islanders
league = NHL
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date and age|1977|1|7
birth_place = Calgary, AB, CAN
draft = 144th overall
draft_year = 1995
draft_team = Vancouver Canucks
career_start = 1997

Brent Sopel (born January 7, 1977) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League.

Playing career

Vancouver Canucks

On April 3, 1996, just under a year after being drafted, Sopel signed his first professional contract with his draft team, the Vancouver Canucks. [cite news|last=Jamieson |first=Jim |title=Sports |publisher=The Province|date=1996-04-04 |url=|accessdate=2007-10-22] Sopel scored his first NHL goal on April 10, 1999 against the Edmonton Oilers' Tommy Salo. [cite news|last=Jamieson |first=Jim |title=Canucks wear ugly tie |publisher=The Province|date=1999-04-11 |url=|accessdate=2007-10-22]

Sopel was traded back to the Canucks during their 2006-07 season, on February 1, 2007, the trading deadline. He missed the first game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Dallas Stars after he injured his back picking a cracker up off the floor. [cite news|last=Ziemer |first=Brad |title=Sopel's heard enough cracker jokes |publisher=The Vancouver Sun|date=2007-04-13 |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=a3ef0d89-d6db-494c-a8aa-434d8b0e1453 |accessdate=2007-09-29] The Canucks beat the Stars in quadruple overtime, in the sixth longest game in NHL history. [cite news|last=Heika |first=Mike |title=Stars lose to Canucks in fourth OT |publisher=The Dallas Morning News|date=2007-04-12 |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/041207dnspostarslede.13808604.html|accessdate=2007-09-29]

New York Islanders

On August 3, 2005, the Canucks traded Sopel to the New York Islanders for a conditional draft pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. [cite news|last=Pap |first=Elliott |title=Brent Sopel moves on to New York Islanders |publisher=The Vancouver Sun|date=2005-08-04 |url=|accessdate=2007-10-22] On August 16, just under a week after being traded, Sopel signed a two-year, $4.8-million with the Islanders. [cite news|title=Sopel signs on |publisher=The Province|date=2005-08-17 |url=|accessdate=2007-10-22]

Chicago Blackhawks

Heading into the 2007-08 season with no contract, Sopel was invited to the Detroit Red Wings' training camp. [cite news|last=Hunter |first=Paul |title=A Leaf training camp hopeful|publisher=Toronto Star|date=2007-09-16 |url=http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/257124 |accessdate=2007-09-29] However, on September 28, 2007, Sopel left Red Wings camp, signing a one-year, $1.5-million contract with the Chicago Blackhawks after the Red Wings had only offered a one-year, $500,000 contract. [cite news|title=Sopel leaves Wings, signs with Chicago|publisher=TSN|date=2007-09-28|url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=219440&hubname=nhl|accessdate=2007-09-29] [cite news|last=Sassone |first=Tim |title=Sopel's poise big part of Hawks' early success|publisher=Daily Herald|date=2007-10-17 |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=58713 |accessdate=2007-10-22] On January 10, 2008, Sopel signed a 3-year, $7-million contract extension with the Blackhawks, keeping him in Chicago through the 2010-11 NHL season. [cite news|title=Sopel inks three-year deal with Hawks|publisher=TSN|date=2008-01-10|url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=226950&hubname=nhl|accessdate=2008-01-10]

Awards

*2002 – NHL Player of the Week (January 21 – 27)

Transactions

*July 8, 1995 – Drafted in the sixth round, 144th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft
*August 3, 2005 – Traded by the Vancouver Canucks to the New York Islanders for the Islanders' second round selection (Bryce Swan — later acquired by Anaheim) in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft
*March 8, 2006 – Traded by the New York Islanders with Mark Parrish to the Los Angeles Kings for Denis Grebeshkov and Jeff Tambellini
*February 26, 2007 – Traded by the Los Angeles Kings to the Vancouver Canucks for the Canucks' second round selection (Wayne Simmonds — originally acquired from Anaheim) in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft and the Canucks' fourth round selection (Justin Jokinen — later acquired by Buffalo) in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft
*September 28, 2007 – Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Chicago Blackhawks

Career statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM
1993-94 Saskatoon Blades WHL 11 2 2 4 2 -- -- -- -- --
1994-95 Saskatoon Blades WHL 22 1 10 11 31 -- -- -- -- --
Swift Current Broncos WHL 41 4 19 23 50 3 0 3 3 0
1995-96 Swift Current Broncos WHL 71 13 48 61 87 6 1 2 3 4
1995-96 Syracuse Crunch AHL 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
1996-97 Swift Current Broncos WHL 62 15 41 56 109 10 5 11 16 32
1996-97 Syracuse Crunch AHL 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
1997-98 Syracuse Crunch AHL 76 10 33 43 70 5 0 7 7 12
1998-99 Syracuse Crunch AHL 53 10 21 31 59 -- -- -- -- --
1998-99 Vancouver Canucks NHL 5 1 0 1 4 -- -- -- -- --
1999-00 Syracuse Crunch AHL 50 6 25 31 67 4 0 2 2 8
1999-00 Vancouver Canucks NHL 18 2 4 6 12 -- -- -- -- --
2000-01 Kansas City Blades IHL 4 0 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- --
2000-01 Vancouver Canucks NHL 52 4 10 14 10 4 0 0 0 2
2001-02 Vancouver Canucks NHL 66 8 17 25 44 6 0 2 2 2
2002-03 Vancouver Canucks NHL 81 7 30 37 23 14 2 6 8 4
2003-04 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 10 32 42 36 7 0 1 1 0
2005-06 New York Islanders NHL 57 2 25 27 64 -- -- -- -- --
Los Angeles Kings NHL 11 0 0 1 1 -- -- -- -- --
2006-07 Los Angeles Kings NHL 44 4 19 23 14 -- -- -- -- --
Vancouver Canucks NHL 20 1 4 5 10 11 0 0 0 2
2007-08 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 58 1 19 20 28 -- -- -- -- --
NHL Totals 492 40 161 201 251 42 2 9 11 10

References

External links

* [http://blackhawks.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8462176&service=page&tab=prf Official Chicago Blackhawks profile]
*hockeydb|21513

Persondata
NAME= Sopel, Brent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Professional ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH= January 7, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH= Calgary, Alberta, Canada
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=


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