Brandon Montour

Brandon Montour (born April 11, 1994) is a Haudenosaunee professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). Montour was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the second round, 55th overall, of the 2014 NHL entry draft. Montour won the Stanley Cup with the Panthers in 2024.

Early life Montour is of Mohawk descent and spent part of his childhood in Ohsweken, a village in the reserve of Six Nations of the Grand River. His father is First Nations and his mother is not. Montour spent eight years living in Tilbury, Ontario, where he completed his elementary education. He then moved to Ohsweken and attended Assumption College School, in Brantford, Ontario. Montour also grew up playing minor box lacrosse in Windsor, then with the Six Nations Rebels of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League (OJBLL), before winning a Minto Cup with the Six Nations Arrows. Montour also played in lacrosse tournaments with Nick Ritchie, a future teammate on the Ducks, as well as Ritchie's brother, Brett Ritchie, who also played in the NHL.

Playing career Montour started his ice hockey journey playing minor ice hockey in Cambridge, Ontario, prior to joining the Brantford Eagles in 2010–11. Montour then joined the Caledonia Corvairs for one season in 2012–13. Montour was selected to the 2017 AHL All-Star game for the second consecutive year. Despite not playing the entire season for the Gulls, Montour had amassed 21 points in only 25 games.

Montour spent the first half of the 2016–17 season with San Diego before he was called up to Anaheim on December 28, 2016. He made his NHL debut on December 29, against the Calgary Flames. Montour scored his first NHL goal in his sixth game against Tampa Bay Lightning on February 6, 2017. He finished the season with four assists and two goals in 27 games, then provided seven more assists in the next 17 games of the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Montour stuck with Ducks for the entirety of the 2017–18 season and put up a new personal best of 32 points in 80 games. At the conclusion of the season, with Montour as a restricted free agent, the Ducks signed him to a two-year contract.

Buffalo Sabres Montour began the 2018–19 season returning for his third season with the Ducks. He led Anaheim defencemen with 25 points through 62 games, however with the Ducks out of a playoff spot approaching the trade deadline, Montour was dealt to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Brendan Guhle and a 2019 first-round pick on February 24, 2019.

Florida Panthers On April 10, 2021, Montour was traded to the Florida Panthers in exchange for a 2021 third-round pick.

After signing a three-year extension with Florida, Montour experienced a breakout in the 2022–23 season, nearly doubling his personal best with 16 goals and 73 points, the latter of which tied for fifth in the league among defencemen. His five goals in seven games led all defencemen through the first round of the 2023 playoffs. During the 2024 playoffs, Montour helped the Panthers win their first Stanley Cup. On October 29, he recorded the first hat trick of his career, which was also a natural hat trick, in an 8–2 Kraken win over the Montreal Canadiens. On March 12, 2025, Montour recorded the fastest overtime goal in NHL history, scoring 4 seconds after the initial face-off against the Montreal Canadiens.

International play

On April 29, 2019, Montour was selected to make his international debut after he was named to Canada senior team for the 2019 IIHF World Championship. On May 13, during a 6–5 victory over host nation Slovakia, Montour suffered a tournament-ending lower body injury, he finished scoreless through three games for Canada. Canada lost the final to Finland to finish with the silver medal.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2010–11 Brantford Eagles GOJHL 37 1 13 14 22 10 0 3 3 6 2011–12 Brantford Eagles GOJHL 51 14 22 36 65 19 6 12 18 30 2012–13 Caledonia Corvairs GOJHL 49 18 49 67 94 12 4 11 15 22 2013–14 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 60 14 48 62 36 12 6 10 16 10 2014–15 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 17 6 15 21 30 — — — — — 2014–15 UMass-Amherst HE 21 3 17 20 30 — — — — — 2014–15 Norfolk Admirals AHL 14 1 9 10 8 — — — — — 2015–16 San Diego Gulls AHL 68 12 45 57 42 9 1 4 5 8 2016–17 San Diego Gulls AHL 36 13 19 32 34 — — — — — 2016–17 Anaheim Ducks NHL 27 2 4 6 14 17 0 7 7 4 2017–18 Anaheim Ducks NHL 80 9 23 32 42 4 0 1 1 6 2018–19 Anaheim Ducks NHL 62 5 20 25 40 — — — — — 2018–19 Buffalo Sabres NHL 20 3 7 10 16 — — — — — 2019–20 Buffalo Sabres NHL 54 5 13 18 28 — — — — — 2020–21 Buffalo Sabres NHL 38 5 9 14 24 — — — — — 2020–21 Florida Panthers NHL 12 2 2 4 16 6 0 0 0 6 2021–22 Florida Panthers NHL 81 11 26 37 48 10 0 3 3 6 2022–23 Florida Panthers NHL 80 16 57 73 107 21 8 5 13 39 2023–24 Florida Panthers NHL 66 8 25 33 46 24 3 8 11 12 2024–25 Seattle Kraken NHL 81 18 23 41 70 — — — — — 2025–26 Seattle Kraken NHL 64 11 21 32 45 — — — — —NHL totals 665 95 230 325 496 82 11 24 35 73

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2019 Canada WC 3 0 0 0 0 2025 Canada WC 5th 8 2 7 9 0Senior totals 11 2 7 9 0

Awards and honours Award Year RefGOJHL Midwestern best Defenceman 2013 USHL All-Star Game 2014 Defenceman of the Year 2014 First All-Star Team 2014 Player of the Year 2014 College HE All-Rookie Team 2015 AHL All-Star Game 2016, 2017 First All-Star Team 2016 All-Rookie Team 2016 NHL Stanley Cup champion 2024