Greg Brown

Gregory Curtis Brown (born March 7, 1968) is an American ice hockey coach and a former professional player, most notably for the Buffalo Sabres and the Pittsburgh Penguins. He is currently the head coach of the Boston College Eagles, an NCAA Division I team competing in Hockey East. Previously, Brown was a member of the Eagles coaching staff for fourteen years from 2004–2018, serving as an assistant coach under Jerry York and later alongside him as associate head coach. He also coached under David Quinn with the New York Rangers from 2018–2021 and served as the head coach for the Dubuque Fighting Saints for the 2021–22 USHL season.

Playing career Brown was drafted in the second round, 26th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1986 NHL entry draft. Brown played his prep hockey career at St. Mark's School in Massachusetts before moving on to Boston College, where he played from 1986–1990 and amassed 120 points in 119 games. Brown skipped his sophomore season at B.C. to play for the American national men's hockey team and in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, where he totaled four points in six games for the seventh place US team. Following his junior and senior seasons at B.C., Brown was named Hockey East player of the year and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, given to the top NCAA men's ice hockey player. He was also named 1990 Athlete of the Year by USA Hockey.

Brown moved into the professional ranks for the 1990/91 season, splitting time between the Sabres and their AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans and scoring 26 points in 80 combined games. The 39 games played in Buffalo that season represented a career high, as he would play in only 55 more NHL games over the next three seasons. Most of Brown's time with the Sabres organization was spent in Rochester, where he was part of the team's 1991 and 1993 Calder Cup finalists. Brown left the Americans during the 1992 season to again represent USA Hockey at the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Brown appeared in seven games for the US team, which finished in fourth place after losing to Czechoslovakia in the Bronze Medal game.

Following the 1992–93 season, Brown was released by the Sabres and signed with the San Diego Gulls of the IHL and later with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Brown scored a career-high 11 points in 36 games for the Penguins during the 1993/94 season. Brown was traded to the Winnipeg Jets during the following season, where he appeared in his final nine NHL contests.

With the exception of two brief stints with USA Hockey, Brown spent the final six seasons of his pro career in Europe, retiring after the 2002/03 season. His stops in Europe included games with Rogle Angelholm and Leksands IF in the Swedish Elite League, Feldkirch VEU of the Austrian National League, the Kloten Flyers of Nationalliga A in Switzerland, and EV Landshut and the Kölner Haie of Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

Coaching career Boston College Following his playing career, Brown returned to Boston College, where he was named as an assistant coach on the men's hockey team for the 2004–05 season.

New York Rangers On July 17, 2018, the New York Rangers announced that Brown would be joining David Quinn as an assistant coach for the team, along with David Oliver.

Dubuque Fighting Saints On June 28, 2021, Brown was hired for his first head coaching position with the Dubuque Fighting Saints of the junior United States Hockey League (USHL).

Return to Boston College Brown was named the head coach of the Boston College Eagles on May 6, 2022.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1984–85 St. Mark's School HS-Prep 24 16 24 40 12 — — — — — 1985–86 St. Mark's School HS-Prep 19 22 28 50 30 — — — — — 1986–87 Boston College HE 37 10 27 37 22 — — — — — 1987–88 United States National Team Intl 55 6 29 35 22 — — — — — 1988–89 Boston College HE 40 9 34 43 24 — — — — — 1989–90 Boston College HE 42 5 35 40 42 — — — — — 1990–91 Rochester Americans AHL 31 6 17 23 16 14 1 4 5 8 1990–91 Buffalo Sabres NHL 39 1 2 3 35 — — — — — 1991–92 United States National Team Intl 8 0 0 0 5 — — — — — 1991–92 Rochester Americans AHL 56 8 30 38 25 16 1 5 6 4 1992–93 Buffalo Sabres NHL 10 0 1 1 6 — — — — — 1992–93 Rochester Americans AHL 61 11 38 49 46 16 3 8 11 14 1993–94 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 36 3 8 11 28 6 0 1 1 4 1993–94 San Diego Gulls IHL 42 8 25 33 26 — — — — — 1994–95 Winnipeg Jets NHL 9 0 3 3 17 — — — — — 1994–95 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 28 5 14 19 22 — — — — — 1995–96 Rögle BK SEL 22 4 7 11 32 — — — — — 1995–96 Rögle BK Allsv 18 3 9 12 12 12 1 3 4 8 1996–97 Kloten Flyers NDA 46 3 12 15 36 4 1 1 2 2 1996–97 VEU Feldkirch AUT 6 0 2 2 8 — — — — — 1997–98 Landshut EV DEL 43 1 17 18 4 6 2 4 6 12 1998–99 Kölner Haie DEL 41 4 20 24 30 — — — — — 1999–00 Kölner Haie DEL 56 2 12 14 32 10 0 4 4 8 2000–01 Kölner Haie DEL 42 4 10 14 36 — — — — — 2001–02 Leksands IF Allsv 31 8 15 23 73 10 3 6 9 14 2002–03 Leksands IF SEL 30 2 8 10 32 5 1 0 1 10 AHL totals 148 25 85 110 87 46 5 17 22 26 NHL totals 94 4 14 18 86 6 0 1 1 4 DEL totals 182 11 59 70 102 16 2 8 10 20

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1986 United States WJC 7 0 2 2 8 1987 United States WJC 7 1 1 2 2 1988 United States OLY 6 0 4 4 2 1989 United States WC 10 0 1 1 4 1990 United States WC 10 2 3 5 0 1992 United States OLY 7 0 0 0 2 1998 United States WC 6 0 0 0 0 1998 United States WC Q 3 0 1 1 0 Junior totals 14 1 3 4 10 Senior totals 42 2 9 11 8

Transactions On June 21, 1986 the Buffalo Sabres selected Greg Brown in the second-round (#26 overall) of the 1986 entry draft. On September 29, 1993 the Pittsburgh Penguins signed free agent Greg Brown. On April 7, 1995 the Pittsburgh Penguins traded Greg Brown to the Winnipeg Jets.

Awards and honors Award Year All-Hockey East Rookie Team 1986–87 All-Hockey East First Team 1988–89 AHCA East First-Team All-American 1988–89 Hockey East All-Tournament Team 1989, 1990 All-Hockey East First Team 1989–90 AHCA East First-Team All-American 1989–90

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Personal He is the brother of former NHL winger Doug Brown and uncle of current Boston Bruins player Patrick Brown.

He coached his nephews Patrick and Christopher while they attended Boston College from 2010–2014, and 2015–2019, respectively. Both Patrick and Christopher were captains of the Eagles during their senior years.

Brown has been married to his wife, Katharine Walker Brown, since June 1993. They have two children, Ashley (born 1997) and Peyton (born in 2000).