Tim Brent

Tim Brent (born March 10, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played over 200 games in the National Hockey League (NHL), most notably for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Carolina Hurricanes.

Playing career

Junior hockey Brent grew up in the Cambridge, Ontario, area playing minor ice hockey for the Hespeler Shamrocks of the OMHA and the Cambridge Hawks of the Alliance Pavilion League. He played in the 1998 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Cambridge. At age 15, Brent signed with the Cambridge Winterhawks Jr.B. team of the OHA Midwestern Ontario Hockey League in the 1999–2000 season. After completing his Jr.B. season, Brent was the 2nd overall selection of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s Toronto St. Michael's Majors in the 2000 OHL Priority Selection. In 2004, Brent was part of the Canada men's national junior ice hockey team at the 2003 World Junior Championships. He was named an alternate captain prior to the tournament's start. The team lost to the United States in the final game, earning the Canadians the silver medal.

Professional hockey In the 2004–05 season, he started his professional career with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks but was recalled by Anaheim and played 18 games in the NHL that season. to the Ducks and scored his first NHL goal February 20, 2007, against the Vancouver Canucks. The Ducks went on to win the Stanley Cup that year. He was on the Ducks roster when they won the Stanley Cup. Brent received a Stanley Cup ring, but did not play enough games to be included on the Stanley Cup engraving. He played only one game with the Penguins, spending the rest of the season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, their AHL affiliate reaching the Calder Cup final. On July 17, 2008, Brent was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Danny Richmond. Brent spent most of the 2008–09 season with the Blackhawks' AHL affiliate Rockford IceHogs, but was recalled to Chicago, playing in two games. During his first preseason game of the 2009–2010 season, Brent tore his pectoral muscle – requiring surgery that would see him miss four months of action. After recovering, Brent returned to play with the Toronto Marlies, recording 28 points in 33 games. He was called up for the final game of the season to make his debut with the Toronto Maple Leafs versus the Montreal Canadiens. He re-signed with the Leafs that offseason to a one-year two-way contract. A strong training camp with Toronto saw Brent dress for the Maple Leafs in the season opener on October 7, 2010, versus the Montreal Canadiens. Brent immediately made an impact, scoring a goal. With the Leafs, Brent took on a checking center role, playing on the penalty kill unit. During a game on February 3, 2011, against the Carolina Hurricanes, Brent blocked two shots and cleared the puck in a single penalty kill. This play was considered among the Leafs' best of the season. Brent went on to suit up for 79 games that season, registering 8 goals and 20 points while seeing the most time on the Leafs penalty kill.

Brent signed a two-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes on July 1, 2011. Upon completion of his contract with the Hurricanes, Brent signed his first contract outside North America, on a one-year deal with Russian club, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League on July 30, 2013. After eighteen games with Torpedo, he was traded to Metallurg Magnitogorsk for Justin Hodgman. With Metallurg he won the Gagarin Cup.

Brent returned to North America following the 2014–15 season, signing a one-year, two-way contract with the Philadelphia Flyers on July 1, 2015. He was assigned for the duration of the 2015–16 season to the team's AHL affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. In 52 games with the Phantoms, Brent contributed with 10 goals and 28 points before announcing his retirement from professional hockey at season's end on May 25, 2016.

Personal life Brent is married to Eva Shockey. The couple have two children.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1999–2000 Cambridge Winterhawks MWJHL 40 19 16 35 42 — — — — — 2000–01 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 64 9 19 28 31 18 2 8 10 6 2001–02 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 61 19 40 59 52 14 7 12 19 20 2002–03 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 60 24 42 66 74 19 7 17 24 14 2003–04 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 53 26 41 67 105 18 4 13 17 24 2004–05 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 46 5 13 18 42 12 0 1 1 6 2005–06 Portland Pirates AHL 37 15 9 24 32 15 4 4 8 16 2006–07 Portland Pirates AHL 48 16 14 30 40 — — — — — 2006–07 Anaheim Ducks NHL 15 1 0 1 6 — — — — — 2007–08 Wilkes–Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 74 18 43 61 79 23 12 15 27 10 2007–08 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2008–09 Rockford IceHogs AHL 64 20 42 62 59 4 0 1 1 2 2008–09 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2009–10 Toronto Marlies AHL 33 13 15 28 19 — — — — — 2009–10 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2010–11 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 79 8 12 20 33 — — — — — 2011–12 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 79 12 12 24 27 — — — — — 2012–13 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 30 0 3 3 8 — — — — — 2013–14 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 18 3 8 11 16 — — — — — 2013–14 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 33 6 12 18 59 20 1 0 1 37 2014–15 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 42 5 10 15 30 10 1 2 3 8 2015–16 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 52 10 18 28 39 — — — — — AHL totals 354 97 154 251 310 54 16 21 37 34 NHL totals 207 21 27 48 76 — — — — — KHL totals 93 14 30 44 105 30 2 2 4 45

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2001 Canada Ontario U17 4 1 1 2 2 2001 Canada U18 5 2 3 5 13 2004 Canada WJC 6 1 2 3 4 Junior totals 15 4 6 10 19