Barry Brust

Barry Brust (born August 8, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.

Playing career Brust was drafted in the third round, 73rd overall in the 2002 NHL entry draft by the Minnesota Wild from the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League. After his final year in the WHL with the Calgary Hitmen, Brust signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Kings to a three-year contract on June 9, 2004.

After initially beginning his professional career with the Kings ECHL affiliate of the Reading Royals, Brust moved up to the AHL with the Manchester Monarchs before making his NHL debut with the Kings in the 2006–07 season and played in 11 games, winning two.

After not being offered a qualifying offer by the Kings before the 2007–08 season, he signed with the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League, the primary affiliate of his original draft team in the Minnesota Wild. Brust was awarded at season's end, along with Aero's teammate Nolan Schaefer, the Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award for the fewest goals against in the AHL. On July 1, 2008, Brust was signed to a new two-year deal with the Wild and was assigned back to the Aeros.

After beginning the 2009–10 season with a persistent foot injury from the previous injury affected season, Brust was reassigned from the Aeros to the Florida Everblades of the ECHL on a rehab assignment on November 10, 2009.

On July 21, 2010, Brust left the Aeros organization after three years and signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with the Binghamton Senators of the AHL. After one season with the Senators, during which the team won the Calder Cup, Brust signed a one-year contract with Straubing in July 2011.

After a solid season abroad in the German DEL, Brust returned to North America to sign a one-year AHL contract with the Abbotsford Heat on August 8, 2012.

On November 24, 2012, Brust set a new AHL record for longest shutout streak at 268 minutes and 17 seconds, breaking Hockey Hall of Famer Johnny Bower's previous record set with the Cleveland Barons in 1957.

On July 8, 2013, Brust signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with KHL Medveščak Zagreb of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

On July 21, 2017, Brust was signed to a one-year deal by HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League (NL) as an emergency plan to replace Reto Berra who went back to the NHL without playing a single minute for Fribourg. In the 2017–18 season, Brust claimed the starting duties with Fribourg, making 38 appearances in posting a 2.29 goals against average with a .926 save percentage.

At the conclusion of his contract in Switzerland, Brust returned to the KHL, agreeing to terms with Chinese participant, Kunlun Red Star on October 12, 2018. After making just 9 appearances to start the 2018–19 season, Brust transferred from Kunlun to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on December 26, 2018.

Brust spent the 2019–20 season playing with HC Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak Extraliga (Slovak), before sitting out the 2020–21 campaign. In August 2021, Brust was announced as having signed with UK Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) side Sheffield Steelers.

In August 2022, it was announced Brust would not be returning to Sheffield for the 2022–23 season.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2000–01 Spokane Chiefs WHL 16 4 6 1 777 42 0 3.24.891 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 2001–02 Spokane Chiefs WHL 60 28 21 10 3540 152 1 2.58.912 11 6 5 677 23 0 2.04.920 2002–03 Spokane Chiefs WHL 59 22 31 4 3385 194 0 3.38.882 11 4 7 722 37 0 3.07.915 2003–04 Spokane Chiefs WHL 27 10 13 2 1505 75 0 2.99.903 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 Calgary Hitmen WHL 25 12 8 3 1448 54 2 2.24.917 7 3 4 457 15 2 1.97.928 2004–05 Reading Royals ECHL 42 27 9 4 2413 79 4 1.96.928 8 4 4 481 14 2 1.74.943 2005–06 Reading Royals ECHL 6 3 3 0 361 18 0 3.00.906 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Manchester Monarchs AHL 35 19 14 1 1971 89 2 2.71.916 5 2 2 279 17 1 3.66.899 2006–07 Manchester Monarchs AHL 18 9 7 0 951 38 2 2.40.923 5 2 1 199 6 0 1.81.936 2006–07 Los Angeles Kings NHL 11 2 4 1 486 30 0 3.70.878 — — — — — — — — 2007–08 Houston Aeros AHL 43 24 16 3 2380 90 4 2.27.919 3 1 2 202 6 1 1.78.932 2008–09 Houston Aeros AHL 28 9 9 3 1548 65 0 2.52.912 — — — — — — — — 2009–10 Florida Everblades ECHL 16 9 3 2 882 33 0 2.24.926 — — — — — — — — 2009–10 Houston Aeros AHL 15 6 6 0 756 31 1 2.46.908 — — — — — — — — 2010–11 Binghamton Senators AHL 52 29 19 2 2986 126 7 2.53.925 6 2 3 330 19 0 3.45 .889 2011–12 Straubing Tigers DEL 33 19 12 0 1965 81 1 2.47.916 8 5 3 477 18 1 2.26 .935 2012–13 Abbotsford Heat AHL 35 13 19 2 1894 79 5 2.50 .911 — — — — — — — — 2013–14 KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL 28 14 9 5 1656 57 4 2.06.930 2 0 2 118 9 0 4.57 .880 2014–15 KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL 19 9 8 2 1116 40 2 2.15.933 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 HC Ugra KHL 22 5 12 4 1200 54 2 2.70.916 — — — — — — — — 2015–16 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 37 16 11 7 2131 74 5 2.08.920 4 0 4 240 9 0 2.25 .928 2016–17 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 42 19 15 5 2435 98 3 2.41.918 — — — — — — — — 2017–18 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NL 38 — — — 2307 88 0 2.29 .926 5 1 4 — — — 3.86 .851 2018–19 Kunlun Red Star KHL 9 4 3 1 521 27 0 3.11 .895 — — — — — — — — 2018–19 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 15 5 9 1 882 43 1 2.93.920 7 3 4 452 21 0 2.79 .921 2019–20 HC Slovan Bratislava Slovak 28 — — — 1648 49 0 1.78 .934 — — — — — — — — 2021–22 Sheffield Steelers EIHL 21 13 6 0 — — 1 2.82.897 1 0 1 — — 0 1.00 .957 NHL totals 11 2 4 1 486 30 0 3.70.878 — — — — — — — — KHL totals 172 72 67 25 9943 393 17 2.37 .921 13 3 10 810 39 0 2.88 .915

Awards and honours Award Year WHL West First All-Star Team 2002 AHL Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award 2008 All-Star Game 2009, 2013 Calder Cup (Binghamton Senators) 2011