KIP BRENNAN SIGNS AHL CONTRACT

Springfield, MA – The Springfield Falcons, in conjunction with their National Hockey League affiliate the Edmonton Oilers, announced today that they have signed forward Kip Brennan to a standard American Hockey League contract.

 

Brennan will be entering his ninth full season of pro hockey after splitting the 2008-09 campaign in Finland, with the ECHL’s South Carolina Stingrays and ending the year with the AHL’s Hershey Bears.  Brennan was a member of the Hershey squad that captured the 2009 Calder Cup Championship. 

 

The 6-foot-4, 222-pound native of Kingston, Ontario is a veteran of 259 career AHL games collecting 25 goals, 19 assists and 1,284 penalty minutes.  Brennan has spent time with the AHL’s Lowell Lock Monsters, Manchester Monarchs, Chicago Wolves, Portland Pirates, Toronto Marlies, Hershey Bears and Bridgeport Sound Tigers during his pro career. 

 

Brennan was originally drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the fourth round (103rd overall) in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.  He has played in 61 career NHL contests seeing time with the Kings, Atlanta Thrashers, Anaheim Ducks and New York Islanders.

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Season

Team

Lge

 

GP

G

A

PTS

PIM

 

GP

G

A

PTS

PIM

2000-01

Sudbury

OHL

 

27

7

14

21

94

 

12

5

6

11

92

 

Lowell

AHL

 

23

2

3

5

117

 

-

-

-

-

-

2001-02

Manchester

AHL

 

44

4

1

5

269

 

4

0

1

1

26

 

LA Kings

NHL

 

4

0

0

0

22

 

-

-

-

-

-

2002-03

Manchester

AHL

 

35

3

2

5

195

 

3

0

0

0

0

 

LA Kings

NHL

 

19

0

0

0

57

 

-

-

-

-

-

2003-04

LA Kings

NHL

 

18

1

0

1

79

 

-

-

-

-

-

 

Manchester

AHL

 

2

0

0

0

6

 

-

-

-

-

-

 

Atlanta

NHL

 

5

0

0

0

17

 

-

-

-

-

-

2004-05

Chicago

AHL

 

48

7

6

13

267

 

18

1

1

2

105

2005-06

Anaheim

NHL

 

12

0

1

1

35

 

-

-

-

-

-

 

Portland

AHL

 

9

2

1

3

22

 

-

-

-

-

-

2006-07

Toronto

AHL

 

1

0

0

0

6

 

-

-

-

-

-

 

Long Beach

ECHL

 

11

2

3

5

74

 

-

-

-

-

-

 

Hershey

AHL

 

26

4

2

6

67

 

6

0

1

1

30

2007-08

Bridgeport

AHL

 

49

2

1

3

247

 

-

-

-

-

-

 

NY Islanders

NHL

 

3

0

0

0

12

 

-

-

-

-

-

2008-09

Helsinki

FNL

 

22

0

3

3

118

 

-

-

-

-

-

 

Hershey

AHL

 

22

1

3

4

88

 

1

0

0

0

4

 

South Carolina

ECHL

 

3

0

0

0

16

 

-

-

-

-

-

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