Brett Lysak

Brett Lysak (born December 30, 1980) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. He played 2 games in the National Hockey League with the Carolina Hurricanes during the 2003–04 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2001 to 2013, was spent in various minor leagues and later in Europe.

Playing career Lysak was drafted 49th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 1999 NHL entry draft, with whom he played two regular season games during the 2002–03 NHL season. He also spent three seasons with the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League and had a short spell in the East Coast Hockey League with the Florida Everblades. During the NHL lockout, he played in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga with the Iserlohn Roosters.

He moved to Serie A in 2005 after playing four games for the Manitoba Moose. In 2006–07, he was the team's top scorer with 16 goals and 29 assists for 45 points in just 28 games. In 2009–10, he was the League's top scorer with 23 goals in the Danish ice hockey Premier League AL-Bank Ligaen. He played for Odense Bulldogs for his first season in Danish ice hockey followed by EfB Ishockey and SønderjyskE Ishockey

After competing with the Graz 99ers in the Austrian Hockey League of the 2011–12 season, Lysak returned to North America after seven years signing a one-year deal with the Kalamazoo Wings of the ECHL on September 13, 2012.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1994–95 St. Albert Sabres AMBHL 27 32 24 56 18 — — — — — 1995–96 St. Albert Sabres AMBHL 18 6 5 11 20 — — — — — 1995–95 St. Albert Raiders AMHL 35 20 23 43 68 — — — — — 1996–97 Regina Pats WHL 66 11 14 25 41 5 0 1 1 5 1997–98 Regina Pats WHL 70 22 38 60 82 9 6 2 8 8 1998–99 Regina Pats WHL 61 39 49 88 84 — — — — — 1999–00 Regina Pats WHL 70 38 40 78 24 7 5 4 9 2 2000–01 Regina Pats WHL 64 35 48 83 44 6 5 1 6 4 2000–01 Regina Pats M-Cup — — — — — 5 3 4 7 4 2001–02 Florida Everblades ECHL 16 2 7 9 14 6 3 1 4 6 2001–02 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 53 6 8 14 26 3 0 0 0 0 2002–03 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 46 6 9 15 59 — — — — — 2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2003–04 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 71 17 18 35 104 — — — — — 2004–05 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 49 9 9 18 151 — — — — — 2005–06 Manitoba Moose AHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2005–06 Milano Vipers ITA 35 13 8 21 36 7 6 3 9 10 2006–07 Milano Vipers ITA 34 19 28 47 34 6 2 2 4 4 2007–08 Odense Bulldogs DEN 44 24 29 53 109 10 4 6 10 18 2008–09 EfB Ishockey DEN 41 24 24 48 135 4 2 0 2 6 2009–10 EfB Ishockey DEN 36 23 19 42 16 5 1 1 2 2 2010–11 HK Acroni Jesenice EBEL 39 20 18 38 80 — — — — — 2010–11 SønderjyskE Ishockey DEN 3 2 0 2 6 5 1 1 2 6 2011–12 Graz 99ers EBEL 48 17 29 46 30 — — — — — 2012–13 Kalamazoo Wings ECHL 60 19 23 42 28 — — — — — AHL totals 174 29 35 64 189 3 0 0 0 0 NHL totals 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — —

Awards and achievements Named to the WHL East Second All-Star Team in 1999 Memorial Cup All Star - Forward in 2001