2011-12 MEDIA GUIDE - Carolina Hurricanes - NHL.com

HIGHLIGHTS
Center • Shoots Right Acquired: 2007 NHL Entry Draft
6'3" • 183 lbs. 2010-11 Team: Carolina (NHL)
2/14/89 • Huntington, NY Drafted: Carolina 2007 (1-11-1)
NHL FIRSTS: NHL HIgHS:
game: 10/10/08; 6-4 W vs. FLa goals: 2-2x (Last: 1/24/11; 6-4 W vs. TOR)
Point: 10/10/08; 6-4 W vs. FLa (assist) Assists: 2-3x (Last: 11/9/10; 7-1 W vs. edM)
goal: 10/23/08; 4-1 L at PiT (Fleury) Points: 3 (2/11/10; 4-3 W vs. BuF)
Penalty Min: 7 (3/26/11; 4-2 L vs. TB)
goal Streak: 3 games-2x (Last: 3/29/10-4/1/10: 3g)
Assist Streak: 3 games (2/22/11-2/26/11: 3a)
Point Streak: 6 games (2/11/10-3/7/10: 4g, 4a)
CAREER STATS
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BRANDON SUTTER 16
REgULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS
YEAR TEAM LEAgUE gP g A TP PIM gP g A TP PIM
2003-04 Red deer aMBHL 35 25 34 59 28 11 5 4 9 –
2004-05 Red deer aMHL 34 4 16 20 28 – – – – –
Red deer WHL 7 0 2 2 8 7 1 4 5 2
2005-06 Red deer WHL 68 22 24 46 36 – – – – –
2006-07 (a) Red deer WHL 71 20 37 57 54 7 0 3 3 14
2007-08 (b) Red deer WHL 59 26 23 49 38 – – – – –
albany aHL 7 1 1 2 2 7 0 2 2 4
2008-09 Carolina NHL 50 1 5 6 16 – – – – –
albany aHL 22 4 8 12 6 – – – – –
2009-10 Carolina NHL 72 21 19 40 2 – – – – –
albany aHL 7 1 3 4 2 – – – – –
2010-11 Carolina NHL 82 14 15 29 25 – – – – –
NHL Totals (3 Seasons) 204 36 39 75 43 – – – – –
(a) June 21, 2007—Selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2007 NHL entry draft. First Hurricanes pick, 11th overall, first round.
(b) March 26, 2008—Signed by the Carolina Hurricanes to a three-year, entry-level contract.
PERSONAL
Brandon is single and spends his summers in Sylvan Lake, alberta… He was the
ninth member of his family drafted into the NHL, joining his father Brent (1980,
17th overall, NY islanders), uncles Brian (1976, 20th overall, St. Louis), darryl (1979,
179th overall, Chicago), duane (1979, 17th overall, NY islanders), Rich (1982, 10th
overall, Pittsburgh) and Ron (1982, 4th overall, Philadelphia) and cousins Shaun
(1998, 102nd overall, Calgary) and Brett (2005, 179th overall, Calgary)… The
Hurricanes acquired Brandon’s cousin Brett in a trade with Calgary in November
2010, and selected another cousin, Brody, in the seventh round of the 2011 NHL
entry draft… His father, Brent, was his head coach in junior hockey with Red deer
(WHL) and is now the head coach of the Calgary Flames… Brandon participates
in the Sutter Fund Charity Golf Classic in Red deer each summer, benefiting minor
hockey and other children’s causes in alberta… Brandon started playing hockey
VS. NHL
CLUB gP g A PTS PIM
aNa 4 1 1 2 6
BOS 11 1 3 4 2
BuF 10 3 3 6 2
CGY 2 0 1 1 0
CaR 0 0 0 0 0
CHi 2 1 0 1 0
COL 2 1 0 1 2
CBJ 3 0 0 0 0
daL 4 0 0 0 0
deT 3 0 1 1 0
edM 2 0 3 3 2
FLa 16 0 3 3 7
La 3 0 0 0 0
MiN 5 3 1 4 0
MTL 11 3 1 4 2
NSH 4 0 0 0 2
NJ 8 1 1 2 0
NYi 8 2 5 7 0
NYR 10 1 2 3 0
OTT 9 2 2 4 0
PHi 11 2 1 3 2
PHX 3 0 1 1 5
PiT 10 2 1 3 0
STL 3 1 0 1 0
SJ 3 1 0 1 0
TB 14 0 3 3 7
TOR 10 5 2 7 2
VaN 3 0 0 0 0
WSH 14 1 1 2 0
WPG 16 5 3 8 2
at age 5, and his first team was the Huskies in downers Grove, iL… His favorite
player growing up was Jarome iginla and his father was the biggest influence on
his career… His favorite TV show is The Office, favorite movie is Wedding Crashers
and favorite video game is Call of duty… His favorite website is YouTube.com… His
first job was working on the family farm… His favorite foods are alberta steak and
perogies… He enjoys playing golf and watching football… The most-played artist
on his iPod is eric Church… His favorite places in the Triangle are Nina’s and North
Hills… The person he would most like to meet is Will Ferrell… His most memorable
hockey moment was winning the 2008 World Junior Championship… His favorite
former teammates are Ray Whitney and Luke egener… His most-common gameday
habit is taking a nap… He got the number 16 because it was assigned to him…
His favorite road city is Montreal and favorite road arena is Bell Centre.