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

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CAREER STATS
CAREER
BRETT SUTTER 42
Left Wing • Shoots Left Acquired: 11/17/10, trade with Calgary
6'0" • 200 lbs. 2010-11 Teams: Carolina/Calgary (NHL), Charlotte (AHL)
6/2/87 • Viking, Alb. Drafted: Calgary 2005 (7-179-6)
NHL FIRSTS: NHL HIgHS: NHL STREAKS:
game: 12/23/08; 4-3 CGY W vs. aNa goals: 1 (12/23/08; 4-3 CGY W vs. aNa) goal Streak: None
Point: 12/23/08; 4-3 CGY W vs. aNa (goal) Assists: 1 (10/10/10; 3-1 CGY W vs. La) Assist Streak: None
goal: 12/23/08; 4-3 CGY W vs. aNa (Giguere) Points: 1-2x (10/10/10; 3-1 CGY W vs. La) Point Streak: None
Penalty Min: 5-2x (Last: 10/7/10; 4-0 CGY L at edM)
is in his fourth NHL season and second with the Hurricanes… Had 80 points (32g, 48a)
in 272 career american Hockey League (aHL) games entering 2011-12… acquired
by Carolina from Calgary along with ian White on 11/17/10 in exchange for anton
Babchuk and Tom Kostopoulos… Signed a one-year contract with the Hurricanes on
7/15/11… Was drafted by the Flames in the sixth round of the 2005 NHL entry draft…
2003-04: Played his first season of major junior hockey with the Kootenay ice of the
Western Hockey League (WHL)… Totaled five goals and seven assists (12 points) in
44 games… Skated in all four playoff games for Kootenay as the ice were swept by
eventual Memorial Cup champion Kelowna… 2004-05: Notched 19 points (8g, 11a)
in 70 regular-season games for Kootenay… earned three points (1g, 2a) in 16 playoff
games, as the ice advanced to the Western Conference Final before falling to Kelowna
in six games… 2005-06: Split the season between Kootenay and Red deer, finishing
the season as Red deer’s leading scorer with 50 points (17g, 33a) in 73 games… Was
teammates with his cousin and current Hurricanes center Brandon Sutter with Red
deer, and was coached by his uncle, Brent… 2006-07: Completed his fourth WHL
season, serving as captain for Red deer… Was second among Rebels skaters in goals
(28) and tied with his cousin Brandon for third on the team in points (57)… Was second
among Rebels skaters with seven points (3g, 4a) in seven playoff games, as Red deer
REgULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS
YEAR TEAM LEAgUE gP g A TP PIM gP g A TP PIM
2003-04 Kootenay WHL 44 5 7 12 26 4 0 0 0 4
2004-05 (a) Kootenay WHL 70 8 11 19 70 16 1 2 3 16
2005-06 Kootenay WHL 16 8 7 15 21 – – – – –
Red deer WHL 57 9 26 35 80 – – – – –
2006-07 Red deer WHL 67 28 29 57 77 7 3 4 7 11
2007-08 Quad City aHL 75 4 6 10 63 – – – – –
2008-09 Calgary NHL 4 1 0 1 2 – – – – –
Quad City aHL 71 10 15 25 50 – – – – –
2009-10 Calgary NHL 10 0 0 0 5 – – – – –
abbotsford aHL 66 9 15 24 69 13 4 7 11 20
2010-11 (b) Calgary NHL 4 0 1 1 5 – – – – –
Carolina NHL 1 0 0 0 0 – – – – –
Charlotte aHL 60 9 12 21 84 16 4 10 14 15
Hurricanes Totals (1 Season) 1 0 0 0 0 – – – – –
NHL Totals (3 Season) 19 1 1 2 12 – – – – –
(a) July 30, 2005—Selected by the Calgary Flames in the 2005 NHL entry draft. Seventh Flames pick, 179th overall, sixth round.
(b) Nov. 17, 2010—acquired by the Carolina Hurricanes from the Calgary Flames along with ian White in exchange for Tom Kostopoulos and anton Babchuk.
2010-11 SEASON
Completed his third NHL season and first with the Hurricanes… Skated in five NHL
games, earning one assist… Totaled 21 points (9g, 12a) in 60 games for Charlotte
on the aHL level… Served his only stint with Carolina from 2/11-2/13… Made his
Hurricanes debut and was (even) in 4:09 of ice time at TB (2/12)… Played in 60 of
Charlotte’s final 61 games following the trade… Had a four-game aHL point streak
from 1/7-1/13 (3g, 3a)… Netted a pair of goals vs. Manchester (1/13)… Made his
2011 PLAYOFFS
Skated in all 16 Calder Cup Playoff games for Charlotte, as the Checkers advanced to
the eastern Confernece Final before falling to Binghamton… Led Checkers skaters in
Charlotte debut vs. adirondack (11/19) and scored his first Checkers goal vs. Syracuse
(12/6)… acquired from Calgary along with ian White on 11/17 in exchange for Tom
Kostopoulos and anton Babchuk… earned a spot on the Calgary roster out of training
camp, but appeared in just four of 16 games prior to the trade… earned his only NHL
point of the season with an assist for Calgary vs. La (10/10)… Made his season debut
and sparred with Colin Fraser vs. edM (10/7).
points (14) and assists (10)… Scored the overtime, game-winning goal in Game 3 of
the east division Final vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (5/2).
fell to Medicine Hat in the opening round… Completed his junior hockey career with
138 points (58g, 80a) and 274 penalty minutes in 254 regular-season games… 2007-
08: Completed his first professional season, spending the entire season with Quad
City (aHL)… Totaled 10 points (4g, 6a) and 63 penalty minutes in 75 games… Made
his aHL debut and earned his first professional point (assist) vs. Rockford (10/6)…
Netted his first aHL goal at iowa (11/17)… 2008-09: Spent the majority of the season
with Quad City (aHL), also appearing in his first NHL season with Calgary… Had 25
points (10g, 15a) in 71 games on the aHL level, and scored one goal in four NHL
games with the Flames… Began the season with Quad City, tallying seven points (1g,
6a) in 28 games before earning his first NHL recall on 12/22… Made his NHL debut
and beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere for his first NHL goal vs. aNa (12/23)… Skated in
three more NHL games before being reassigned to Quad City for the remainder of the
season… 2009-10: again split the season between Calgary’s aHL and NHL teams…
appeared in 10 NHL games with the Flames, totaling five penalty minutes… earned
24 points (9g, 15a) in 66 games for the abbotsford Heat on the aHL level… Served as
an alternate captain for abbotsford… Led the Heat in playoff scoring with 11 points
(4g, 7a) in 13 games as abbotsford topped Rochester before falling to Hamilton in the
division finals.
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