Brad Purdie

Brad Purdie (born July 11, 1972) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre.

Early life Born in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec, Purdie spent four seasons with the Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey team.

Career Purdie began his professional career in the East Coast Hockey League with the Dayton Bombers and the Peoria Rivermen, and in the American Hockey League with the Cornwall Aces before spending three seasons in the International Hockey League. He played for the Chicago Wolves before joining the Manitoba Moose, finishing second in points with 72 behind Greg Pankewicz's 76. He then moved to the Fort Wayne Komets, where he scored 68 points and again finished second in points with Vyacheslav Butsayev leading the team with 72.

In 1999, Purdie moved to Austria and joined EC VSV, where he led the team with 32 goals and 50 assists for 82 points in 33 games. He then moved to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany, joining the Krefeld Pinguine, where he led the team in points in each of his three seasons. He had the highest number of assists while playing for Krefeld Pinguine of the German DEL. He moved to the Hamburg Freezers in 2003, where he was the top points scorer in his first season with 52 points in 52 games. The following season, he scored 33 points. In 2005, he moved to the Iserlohn Roosters but struggled with injuries and failed to make the playoffs twice.

In 2007, Purdie returned to Austria and joined Steinbach Black Wings Linz of the Austrian Hockey League, where he scored 16 goals and 37 assists for 53 points.

Since retiring from playing professional hockey in 2011, Purdie played for and now coaches the South East Prairie Thunder, a Senior 'AAA' team in Manitoba, and volunteers with the Manitoba Bisons.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1990–91 Weyburn Red Wings SJHL 45 20 20 40 22 — — — — — 1991–92 Weyburn Red Wings SJHL 47 27 35 62 42 — — — — — 1992–93 University of Maine HE 20 3 7 10 14 — — — — — 1993–94 University of Maine HE 36 6 8 14 20 — — — — — 1994–95 University of Maine HE 44 29 19 48 28 — — — — — 1995–96 University of Maine HE 39 17 20 37 36 — — — — — 1995–96 Dayton Bombers ECHL 3 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 1995–96 Cornwall Aces AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1996–97 Chicago Wolves IHL 61 14 22 36 28 4 0 1 1 4 1996–97 Peoria Rivermen ECHL 11 9 4 13 10 — — — — — 1997–98 Manitoba Moose IHL 81 29 43 72 73 3 0 0 0 0 1998–99 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 80 27 41 68 45 2 0 2 2 0 1999–2000 EC VSV IEHL 33 32 50 82 24 — — — — — 1999–2000 EC VSV AUT 14 7 18 25 10 — — — — — 2000–01 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 58 25 39 64 72 — — — — — 2001–02 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 60 32 43 75 54 3 0 1 1 6 2002–03 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 52 11 41 52 42 14 12 11 23 18 2003–04 Hamburg Freezers DEL 52 19 33 52 52 11 4 8 12 10 2004–05 Hamburg Freezers DEL 52 14 19 33 50 6 0 1 1 4 2005–06 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 39 9 24 33 60 — — — — — 2006–07 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 41 19 18 37 94 — — — — — 2007–08 EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz AUT 46 16 37 53 68 11 0 8 8 16 2008–09 EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz AUT 52 21 42 63 82 10 3 7 10 26 2009–10 EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz AUT 51 23 33 56 74 18 11 11 22 32 2010–11 EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz AUT 47 18 22 40 57 5 2 0 2 8 2011–12 South East Prairie Thunder AC — — — — — 4 2 6 8 0 IHL totals 222 70 106 176 146 9 0 3 3 4 AUT totals 212 85 152 237 291 44 16 26 42 82 DEL totals 354 129 217 346 424 34 16 21 37 38