Brian Felsner

Brian Lee Felsner (born November 7, 1972) is an American former professional ice hockey left winger who played 12 games with the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League during the 1997–98 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1996 to 2008, was spent in the minor leagues and then in various European leagues. Felsner's brother Denny was also a professional hockey player.

Playing career As a youth, Felsner played in the 1985 and 1986 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with the Detroit Compuware and Detroit Red Wings minor ice hockey teams.

Felsner played twelve games for the Chicago Blackhawks during the 1997–98 NHL season, scoring a goal and three assists for four points. He first moved to Europe in 2001, playing in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga for Kassel Huskies. He then played two seasons in the Swedish Elitserien for Linköpings HC and four games in Switzerland's Nationalliga A for the Kloten Flyers before returning to Germany to play for Augsburger Panther.

He returned to Elitserien to play for Brynäs IF and then returned to American to play for the Port Huron Icehawks of the International Hockey League before moving to Slovenia to finish his career with HDD Olimpija Ljubljana of the Austrian Hockey League.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1992–93 Compuware Ambassadors NAHL 50 25 35 60 — — — — — — 1993–94 Lake Superior State CCHA 6 1 1 2 6 — — — — — 1994–95 Lake Superior State CCHA 41 24 28 52 48 — — — — — 1995–96 Lake Superior State CCHA 40 17 36 53 44 — — — — — 1996–97 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 75 29 41 70 38 7 2 3 5 6 1997–98 Indianapolis Ice IHL 53 17 36 53 36 — — — — — 1997–98 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 15 7 8 15 20 10 3 9 12 12 1997–98 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 12 1 3 4 12 — — — — — 1998–99 Detroit Vipers IHL 72 20 35 55 49 11 4 6 10 12 1999–00 Houston Aeros IHL 28 7 16 23 20 — — — — — 1999–00 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 38 15 17 32 18 11 4 5 9 20 2000–01 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 73 27 38 65 62 5 3 2 5 6 2001–02 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 25 3 10 13 20 — — — — — 2001–02 Kassel Huskies DEL 24 5 11 16 24 7 1 0 1 8 2002–03 Linköpings HC SEL 31 10 4 14 40 — — — — — 2003–04 Kloten Flyers NLA 4 0 1 1 8 — — — — — 2003–04 Linköpings HC SEL 38 13 15 28 63 — — — — — 2004–05 Augsburger Panther DEL 43 11 12 23 89 5 4 0 4 8 2005–06 Port Huron Flags UHL 15 3 13 16 20 — — — — — 2005–06 Brynäs IF SEL 17 3 5 8 14 4 0 1 1 0 2006–07 Herning IK DEN 15 11 10 21 30 — — — — — 2006–07 EHC Biel NLB 16 14 17 31 46 9 3 7 10 10 2007–08 EHC Biel NLB 6 2 6 8 0 — — — — — 2007–08 Port Huron Icehawks IHL 11 5 14 19 12 — — — — — 2007–08 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana EBEL 14 4 9 13 8 14 1 1 2 16 IHL totals 354 122 191 313 243 44 16 24 41 56 NHL totals 12 1 3 4 12 — — — — —