Brandon Nolan

Brandon Nolan (born July 18, 1983) is a Canadian actor and former professional ice hockey centre who is a member of the Ojibwe group of Indigenous Peoples from the Garden River First Nations in Northern Ontario. His brother Jordan Nolan also played hockey in the NHL.

Playing career By the end of Nolan's three-year Ontario Hockey League (OHL) career with the Oshawa Generals, he finished with 81 goals and 103 assists, eventually becoming the top scorer during his three years of playing.

Post-playing career

Since his retirement from ice hockey Nolan has been involved in charity and other work: [independent source needed] [ No significant coverage] advisor for community and client relations with Ishkonigan Incorporated, an alternative dispute resolution firm in Akwesasne, Ontario hockey scout with the Rochester Americans Research analyst with the Assembly of First Nations

After the end of Nolan's career and being gone for two years due to a concussion, he attended Durham College and graduated with an advanced diploma in Business Administration and Marketing. [independent source needed] Upon completing his studies, he created and ran a business alongside his father and brother, 3NOLANS First Nation Hockey School. This hockey camp was intended to inspire the lives of First Nation adolescence across Canada and to make a hockey skills camp available for youth. [independent source needed] Nolan is also the Vice president of the Ted Nolan Foundation, whose aim is to send Aboriginal youths to leadership camps. [independent source needed]

He and his brother Jordan both have a recurring role as ice hockey players called Jim in the 2022 television series Shoresy.

Career statistics Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1999–2000 St. Catharines Falcons GHL 47 18 13 31 10 — — — — — 2000–01 Oshawa Generals OHL 52 15 23 38 21 — — — — — 2001–02 Oshawa Generals OHL 57 30 28 58 78 5 2 4 6 4 2002–03 Oshawa Generals OHL 68 36 52 88 57 13 10 7 17 4 2003–04 Manitoba Moose AHL 48 7 10 17 18 — — — — — 2003–04 Columbia Inferno ECHL 19 5 10 15 38 3 0 1 1 17 2004–05 Manitoba Moose AHL 48 4 8 12 16 — — — — — 2005–06 Manitoba Moose AHL 18 3 8 11 10 — — — — — 2005–06 Columbia Inferno ECHL 43 20 31 51 94 — — — — — 2006–07 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 40 9 13 22 59 — — — — — 2006–07 Växjö Lakers Allsv 19 6 10 16 44 — — — — — 2007–08 Albany River Rats AHL 48 22 26 48 72 — — — — — 2007–08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 6 0 1 1 0 — — — — —AHL totals 202 45 65 110 175 — — — — —NHL totals 6 0 1 1 0 — — — — —

Awards and honours Nolan received awards, including the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for academic excellence.