Brent Sutter

Brent Colin Sutter (born on June 10th, 1962 with Viking in Alberta) is a former player of Hockey and is the current trainer of the Devils of the New Jersey.

Career of Player

Brent Sutter is the 4th child on 6 of a family which will pass to the history. Born on an arable land located somewhat at north from Edmonton. The Sutter wire already had very young an unquestionable talent for hockey. These brothers Brian, Darryl, Duane, the twins Ron and Rich, as even were all to fish out to him by a team of the National league of Hockey, they are the Canadian family to have counted the greatest number of member in LNH.Durant exactly 24 seasons, that is to say of 1976-77 with 2000-01, have will find at least one of the brothers endorsing the uniform of a team. This sequences will finish when Ron , the still active last as a player withdraw yourself at the summer 2001.au proportion, the 6 brothers will have played 4994 parts and will have accumulated 2935 points what made say one day to the former trainer of the Devils of the New Jersey , Pat Burns: " If I were to be adopted one day, I would like that it is by the Sutter" family;.

Most prolific of Sutter was Brent.En career in the LNH, it will pile up 829 points in 1.111 parts, collecting with the passage two Coupe Stanley with the Islanders of New York at the better beginning of the year 80.Sa season in career will have occurred in 1984-85 whereas it collects 42 goals and a total of 102 points.

Brent made its appearance in the LNH when Islanders fîrent of him them first choice (17th on the whole) at the time of the fishing out of 1980.Fait to note, the previous year (1979) his/her brother Duane was also fished out by Islanders and this, exactly with the same row as Brent, i.e. in first round and 17th on the whole.

Before going to join Duane with Long Island , Brent still spent a season on the level junior with the Broncos de Lethbridge, of the Western Hockey League where it have like partner of trio these brothers Rich and Ron . It will spend the 10 next seasons in the uniform of Islanders before being exchanged with Brad Lauer with the Blackhawks of Chicago in return of Adam Creighton and Steve Thomas early at the beginning of the season 1991-92. He will play these 7 last seasons with Hawks.Durant this period, he will have during a certain time his big brother Darryl as trainer.

He also played for international Équipe Canada at the time of tournaments where he was member with Rick Tocchet of the Kamikaze Line , line of attack which had been creates to intimidate their adversaries. And this went to wonder as testifies to them 3 gold medals to them.

At the end of the season 1997-98 it announced its withdrawal of the competition and two years later it imitated these brother Darryl and Brian while becoming trainer.

Career trainer

May 11th, 1999, Brent Sutter devena the owner of the Rebels de Red Deer of WHL , it was named at the same time General manager and trainer-chief of the club. From 2001 to 2003, it will lead the club to 3 championship of conference, it will gain of aillor the Coupe the Memorial, cut given to best the major junior team in Canada, in 2001.En 2006-07, his son Brandon played for him with Rebels.

it was in 2005 and 2006 the trainer-chief of the national team of the Canada to the Championnat of the world junior of hockey, gaining the gold medal at the time of the two years. The team was unconquered when Brent directed it and it had to be about it the trainer at the time of the Super-Series opposing Canada to the Russia in 2007.

Before the beginning of the season 2007-08, it resigned of its station of DG and yielded its post of trainer to his brother Brian before signing a contract as trainer with Devils of the New Jersey, the LNH, while remaining the owner of Rebels.

Statistical player

Statistical trainer

Caption: P = Left played by the team; V = Victoire; D = Demolished; NR = Left no one; OTL = Demolished in Prolongation; Pts = Points accumulated by the team.

Honor and Trophy

As a player :
Alberta Junior Hockey victorious League

of the Cut Centennial in 1980 .

National league of Victorious hockey

of the Cut Stanley in 1982 and 1983 .
Partcipation with the match of stars of the LNH in 1985

Victorious Level international

of the Cut Canada to 3 recovery ( 1984 , 1987 , 1991 ).

As a trainer :
Western Hockey Victorious League

of the Cut Memorial in 2001 .

Victorious Level International

of 2 gold medal with Team Canada with the Championship of the world junior of hockey ( 2005 and 2006 )
Victorious of the Super-series with Canada in 2007.

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