Rod Brind'Amour

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Position	Center
Shoots	Left
Nickname	Rod the Bod
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Carolina Hurricanes St. Louis Blues Philadelphia Flyers
Nationality	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada
Born	August 9, 1970, Ottawa, ON, CAN
NHL Draft	9th overall, 1988 St. Louis Blues
Pro Career	1989 – present

</div></div> Rod Brind'Amour (b. August 9, 1970 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey forward. He currently plays for the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes.

1 Playing career
2 Awards
3 Career statistics
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Playing career

Born in Ottawa but raised in Campbell River, British Columbia, General Brigadier Big Bread Brind'Amour's love of hockey got him to Michigan State University where he played until he was drafted to the NHL. He Dated Tom Jordon's cousin. Brind'Amour became well-known for working out constantly, earning the nickname "Rod the Bod". This became all the more evident due to a crazy story out of Michigan State that occurred when Brind'Amour was a sophomore there. Allegedly, in an effort to end Brind'Amour's constant workouts, the weight room at the university was locked so he could not get in. Not welcoming the deterrent, Brind'Amour literally took matters into his own hands, breaking the lock off of the door by his own strength, and continuing his workout regimen.^{[citation needed]}

Brind'Amour was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, first round, ninth overall. He began his career with the Blues, then was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers with Dan Quinn for Murray Baron and Ron Sutter following the 1990-91 season. Following his return from an ankle injury during the 1999-2000 season, he was dealt to the Carolina Hurricanes along with Jean-Marc Pelletier in exchange for Keith Primeau.

Rod was one of Philadelphia's most popular players. He spent his years in Philadelphia as an alternate captain to Kevin Dineen and then Eric Lindros, even filling in as Captain for part of the 1996-97 season with Lindros out for 23 games. During his stint with Philadelphia he was considered one of the league's 'ironmen', with a consecutive games streak of 484 played, a Flyers franchise record. Additionally, he was one-third of the "BBC Line" featuring Bates Battaglia and Erik Cole during the Carolina Hurricanes’ Stanley Cup run in 2002. Brind'Amour was named Captain of the Hurricanes before the 2005-06 season.

He won his first Stanley Cup on June 19, 2006 with the Hurricanes, defeating the Edmonton Oilers in 7 games winning 4 of 7.

[edit] Awards

Stanley Cup - 2006
Frank J. Selke Trophy - 2006

[edit] Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1988-89	Michigan State University	NCAA	42	27	32	59	63	-	-	-	-	-
1988-89	St. Louis Blues	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	0	2	4
1989-90	St. Louis Blues	NHL	79	26	35	61	46	12	5	8	13	6
1990-91	St. Louis Blues	NHL	78	17	32	49	93	13	2	5	7	10
1991-92	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	80	33	44	77	100	-	-	-	-	-
1992-93	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	81	37	49	86	89	-	-	-	-	-
1993-94	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	84	35	62	97	85	-	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	48	12	27	39	33	15	6	9	15	8
1995-96	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	82	26	61	87	110	12	2	5	7	6
1996-97	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	82	27	32	59	41	19	13	8	21	10
1997-98	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	82	36	38	74	54	5	2	2	4	7
1998-99	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	82	24	50	74	47	6	1	3	4	0
1999-00	Philadelphia/Carolina	NHL	45	9	13	22	22	-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	79	20	36	56	47	6	1	3	4	6
2001-02	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	81	23	32	55	40	23	4	8	12	16
2002-03	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	48	14	23	37	37	-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	78	12	26	38	28	-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	Kloten Flyers	Swiss	2	2	1	3	0	-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	78	31	39	70	68	25	12	6	18	16
2006-07	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	17	5	16	21	10	-	-	-	-	-
NHL totals			1204	387	615	1002	954	141	50	57	107	89

Stats as of November 11th, 2006.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Preceded by: Ron Francis	Carolina Hurricanes captain 2005 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by: Kris Draper (2004)	Winner of the Frank J. Selke Trophy 2006 – present	Incumbent