Brandon Gormley
Encyclopedia
Brandon Gormley is a Canadian
ice hockey
defenceman who currently plays for Moncton Wildcats
of the QMJHL
. He was selected 13th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes
in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft
.
in Wilcox, Saskatchewan
. He played two years of midget hockey with the Notre Dame Hounds in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League. He scored 23 goals and 53 points in 42 games for the Hounds in 2007–08 as a 16-year-old, after which the Moncton Wildcats
made him the first overall selection in the 2008 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
(QMJHL) Draft. He joined the Wildcats in 2008–09
and scored 7 goals and 27 points for Moncton in 62 games. He joined Team Canada for the 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
and scored 3 goals to help Canada win the gold medal.
He improved to 9 goals and 43 points for the Wildcats in 2009–10
and added 17 more points in the playoffs, the third highest post-season total amongst defencemen. Gormley and the Wildcats won the President's Cup
as QMJHL champions, earning a berth in the 2010 Memorial Cup
. He scored three points in three games in the Memorial Cup
, but the Wildcats lost all three games and were eliminated. He was voted the recipient of the Mike Bossy Trophy
in 2010 as the Quebec League's top professional prospect. He was also named a second-team All-Star by the QMJHL in 2009–10.
Gormley finished the season highly rated for the 2010 NHL Entry Draft
. He is ranked sixth among North American skaters by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau
and third by International Scouting Services. Scouts describe Gormley as "well rounded, but not dynamic" and praise his intelligence on the ice and ability to move the puck.
Gormley participated in Team Canada's selection camp for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
, but as a 17-year-old competing against players two years his senior, failed to make the cut. He was expected to participate in the 2011 tournament
, however could not due to a knee injury. Gormley has represented Atlantic Canada twice at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge
, scoring six points in five games in both the 2008
and 2009
tournaments.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
defenceman who currently plays for Moncton Wildcats
Moncton Wildcats
The Moncton Wildcats are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They play at the Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada....
of the QMJHL
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League...
. He was selected 13th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes
Phoenix Coyotes
The Phoenix Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their home games at Jobing.com Arena....
in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft
2010 NHL Entry Draft
The 2010 NHL Entry Draft was the 48th NHL Entry Draft, held on June 25–26, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, home arena of the Los Angeles Kings. This was the first time Los Angeles hosted the NHL Entry Draft. An unofficial record of 11 American-trained players were selected in...
.
Playing career
Gormley left his home in PEI at the age of 14 to attend the Athol Murray College of Notre DameAthol Murray College of Notre Dame
- History :In 1920, the Sisters of Charity of St. Louis opened the Notre Dame of the Prairies Convent and St. Augustine's residential elementary and high school for boys and girls at Wilcox, Saskatchewan; a small town on the Canadian prairies south of Regina – the provincial capital.Father Athol...
in Wilcox, Saskatchewan
Wilcox, Saskatchewan
Wilcox is a small village in Saskatchewan, Canada. Located approximately 41 kilometers south of Regina, Wilcox is best known for being the home of the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame, a boarding school for students in grades 9-12. The village is also home to the Notre Dame Hounds ice hockey...
. He played two years of midget hockey with the Notre Dame Hounds in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League. He scored 23 goals and 53 points in 42 games for the Hounds in 2007–08 as a 16-year-old, after which the Moncton Wildcats
Moncton Wildcats
The Moncton Wildcats are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They play at the Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada....
made him the first overall selection in the 2008 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League...
(QMJHL) Draft. He joined the Wildcats in 2008–09
2008–09 QMJHL season
The 2008–09 QMJHL season was the 40th season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League . The regular season began on September 11, 2008, and ended on March 15, 2009. The 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge series, featuring Team QMJHL versus the Russian Selects, took place on November 17 and 19, 2008....
and scored 7 goals and 27 points for Moncton in 62 games. He joined Team Canada for the 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
The 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament was an under-18 ice hockey tournament held in Břeclav, Czech Republic and Piešťany, Slovakia from August 11–15, 2009. The two venues were Alcaplast Arena in Břeclav and Patrícia Ice Arena 37 in Piešťany...
and scored 3 goals to help Canada win the gold medal.
He improved to 9 goals and 43 points for the Wildcats in 2009–10
2009–10 QMJHL season
The 2009–10 QMJHL season was the 41st season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League . The regular season, which consisted of eighteen teams playing 68 games each, began on September 10, 2009, and ended on March 14, 2010....
and added 17 more points in the playoffs, the third highest post-season total amongst defencemen. Gormley and the Wildcats won the President's Cup
President's Cup (QMJHL)
The President's Cup is awarded annually by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to the league's playoffs champion.--Winners—Teams that went on to win the Memorial Cup are listed in bold font.-External links:* List of trophy winners....
as QMJHL champions, earning a berth in the 2010 Memorial Cup
2010 Memorial Cup
The 2010 Memorial Cup was a 4-team round-robin format tournament played during May 14–23, 2010 in Brandon, Manitoba. It determined the 92nd major junior champions of the Canadian Hockey League . The Western Hockey League announced on October 15, 2008, that the Brandon Wheat Kings were chosen to...
. He scored three points in three games in the Memorial Cup
Memorial Cup
The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...
, but the Wildcats lost all three games and were eliminated. He was voted the recipient of the Mike Bossy Trophy
Mike Bossy Trophy
The Mike Bossy Trophy is awarded annually to the player in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League judged to be the best professional prospect. The award is named after former New York Islanders forward Mike Bossy, who played in the QMJHL prior to his Hockey Hall of Fame career.-Winners:-External...
in 2010 as the Quebec League's top professional prospect. He was also named a second-team All-Star by the QMJHL in 2009–10.
Gormley finished the season highly rated for the 2010 NHL Entry Draft
2010 NHL Entry Draft
The 2010 NHL Entry Draft was the 48th NHL Entry Draft, held on June 25–26, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, home arena of the Los Angeles Kings. This was the first time Los Angeles hosted the NHL Entry Draft. An unofficial record of 11 American-trained players were selected in...
. He is ranked sixth among North American skaters by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau
NHL Central Scouting Bureau
The NHL Central Scouting Bureau or NHL Central Scouting Services is a department within the National Hockey League that ranks prospects for the NHL Entry Draft at specific times during the hockey season. Players are ranked based on how well they will translate to the professional game in the...
and third by International Scouting Services. Scouts describe Gormley as "well rounded, but not dynamic" and praise his intelligence on the ice and ability to move the puck.
Gormley participated in Team Canada's selection camp for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2010 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2010 World Junior Hockey Championships , was the 34th edition of World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The tournament was hosted in Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, from December 26, 2009 to January 5, 2010...
, but as a 17-year-old competing against players two years his senior, failed to make the cut. He was expected to participate in the 2011 tournament
2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2011 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championships , was the 2011 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was hosted by the United States. The games were played in Western New York, at HSBC Arena in Buffalo and Niagara...
, however could not due to a knee injury. Gormley has represented Atlantic Canada twice at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge
World U-17 Hockey Challenge
The World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, originally known as the Quebec Esso Cup, is an international ice hockey tournament held annually in Canada. The tournament does not operate during years in which the Canada Winter Games are held. As such, the World Under-17 Challenge is held three out of every...
, scoring six points in five games in both the 2008
2008 World U-17 Hockey Challenge
The 2008 World U-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament held in London, Lucan, St. Thomas, Stratford, Strathroy, and Woodstock, Ontario, Canada between December 29, 2007 and January 4, 2008...
and 2009
2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge
The 2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge was an international ice hockey tournament held in Campbell River, Courtenay, Duncan, Nanaimo, Parksville, and Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada between December 29, 2008 and January 4, 2009...
tournaments.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2008–09 | Moncton Wildcats Moncton Wildcats The Moncton Wildcats are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They play at the Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.... |
QMJHL Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League... |
62 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2009–10 | Moncton Wildcats | QMJHL | 58 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 54 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 10 | ||
| 2010–11 | Moncton Wildcats | QMJHL | 47 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2010–11 | San Antonio Rampage San Antonio Rampage The San Antonio Rampage are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League based in San Antonio, Texas. They are the top affiliate of the Florida Panthers of the NHL. Their home arena is the AT&T Center.-History:... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| QMJHL totals | 167 | 29 | 89 | 118 | 130 | 36 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 22 | ||||
Awards and honors
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Junior | ||
| Mike Bossy Trophy Mike Bossy Trophy The Mike Bossy Trophy is awarded annually to the player in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League judged to be the best professional prospect. The award is named after former New York Islanders forward Mike Bossy, who played in the QMJHL prior to his Hockey Hall of Fame career.-Winners:-External... |
2009–10 2009–10 QMJHL season The 2009–10 QMJHL season was the 41st season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League . The regular season, which consisted of eighteen teams playing 68 games each, began on September 10, 2009, and ended on March 14, 2010.... |
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| QMJHL Second-Team All-Star | 2009–10 | |
- Invited to take part in Canada’s 2011 National Junior Team selection camp