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 host, see Fab Five Freddy

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Fredrick Brathwaite (born November 24, 1972) is a Canadian

Canada

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 professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 goaltender

Goaltender

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 currently playing for Adler Mannheim

Adler Mannheim

Adler Mannheim are an ice hockey team of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the highest ice hockey league in Germany. The team is from Mannheim, a city in the north of Baden-Wurttemberg...

 of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He previously played in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

 (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers

The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....

, Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames

The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the...

, St. Louis Blues, Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...

 and Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers

The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League on June 25, 1997, and became the league's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season...

. Brathwaite was named Deutsche Eishockey Liga MVP in 2009.

Playing career

Following junior hockey with the Orillia Travelways/Orillia Laidlaw, Brathwaite played major junior for the Oshawa Generals, London Knights and Detroit Jr. Red Wings in the Ontario Hockey League

Ontario Hockey League

The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....

 (OHL). Undrafted, he was signed by the Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers

The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....

 in 1993. He played in the Oilers' system for three seasons between the NHL and Edmonton's American Hockey League

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...

 (AHL) affiliate, the Cape Breton Oilers

Cape Breton Oilers

The Cape Breton Oilers were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. The team relocated from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1988 and was renamed for Cape Breton Island. Home games were played in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, at Centre 200...

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In 1996–97, Brathwaite began a two-season stint with the Manitoba Moose

Manitoba Moose

The Manitoba Moose were a Canadian professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba that played in the International Hockey League from 1996 to 2001 and American Hockey League from 2001 to 2011. The team moved to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011 to become the St...

 of the International Hockey League (IHL). In his first season with the Moose, he scored a rare goal as a goaltender November 19, 1996.

Brathwaite began the 1998–99 season on the Canadian National Team before being signed by the Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames

The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the...

. He appeared in 28 games, recording a 2.45 goals against average

Goals against average

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 and .915 save percentage

Save percentage

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 in what qualified as his NHL rookie season. He remained with the Flames for two more seasons until he was traded to the St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues

The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team is named after the famous W. C. Handy song "St. Louis Blues", and plays in the 19,150-seat Scottrade...

 by general manager Craig Button

Craig Button

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 as part of a deal for goaltender Roman Turek

Roman Turek

Roman Turek is a retired Czech professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Dallas Stars, St. Louis Blues, and Calgary Flames in a 9-year National Hockey League career...

 in the 2001 off-season. He played with the Blues for two seasons as a backup before being signed by the Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...

 for the 2003–04. In his sole season with the Blue Jackets, he backed up Marc Denis

Marc Denis

Marc Denis is a former Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, who last played with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League . For the 2009–10 season, he has been hired as the goaltenders' coach of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens, a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team...

 while also spending time in the AHL with the Syracuse Crunch

Syracuse Crunch

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Due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Brathwaite played overseas in the Russian Superleague

Russian Superleague

The Russian Superleague , commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was considered the second best league in the world, after the National Hockey League of North America...

 for Ak-Bars Kazan. He remained there for two seasons until returning to North America

North America

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 to play in the AHL for the Chicago Wolves

Chicago Wolves

The Chicago Wolves are a professional hockey team playing in the American Hockey League. They are the top affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL. The Wolves play home games at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois...

. After two seasons in Chicago, Brathwaite went back to Europe

Europe

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 to join Adler Mannheim

Adler Mannheim

Adler Mannheim are an ice hockey team of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the highest ice hockey league in Germany. The team is from Mannheim, a city in the north of Baden-Wurttemberg...

 of the German

Germany

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 Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In his first season in Germany, Brathwaite reeled off a 2.37 GAA, .925 save percentage performance to be named the German league's 2009 MVP.

Personal life

Brathwaite was born in Nepean, Ontario

Nepean, Ontario

- Recent quantity of snow :- History :Nepean Township, originally known as Township D, was established in 1792 and originally included what is now the central area of Ottawa west of the Rideau River. Jehiel Collins, from Vermont, is believed to have been the first person to settle in Nepean...

 to parents who had emigrated to Canada from Barbados

Barbados

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 in 1964. He appeared in the Jermaine Dupri

Jermaine Dupri

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 rap video "Welcome to Atlanta

Welcome to Atlanta

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" with the rappers the St. Lunatics

St. Lunatics

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. The scene was shot at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

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