Keith Brown (hockey player)
Encyclopedia
Keith Jeffrey Brown is a retired professional
ice hockey
defenceman who played sixteen seasons in the National Hockey League
from 1979–80 until 1994–95. His first fourteen seasons were played with the Chicago Black Hawks
.
Brown was drafted 7th overall by the Blackhawks in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft
. He played 876 career NHL games, scoring 68 goals and 274 assists for 342 points.
, Brown currently lives in Georgia. He works as a network analyst. He has been married to wife Debbie for 27 years. Has four children; Cody, Katie, Christy and Casey. His charities include Hockey Ministries International and Christian Missions. He Supports Liberty University.
Professional
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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 played sixteen seasons 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...
from 1979–80 until 1994–95. His first fourteen seasons were played with the Chicago Black Hawks
Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...
.
Brown was drafted 7th overall by the Blackhawks in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft
1979 NHL Entry Draft
The 1979 NHL Entry Draft took place on August 9, 1979, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. The National Hockey League teams selected 126 players eligible for entry into professional ranks, in the reverse order of the 1978–79 NHL season and playoff standings. This is the list of those...
. He played 876 career NHL games, scoring 68 goals and 274 assists for 342 points.
Personal life
According to a 2006 issue of The Hockey NewsThe Hockey News
The Hockey News, commonly abbreviated to THN, is a North American ice hockey magazine published by Transcontinental. The Hockey News was founded in 1947 by Ken McKenzie and Bill Côté, and has since been the most recognized hockey publication in North America...
, Brown currently lives in Georgia. He works as a network analyst. He has been married to wife Debbie for 27 years. Has four children; Cody, Katie, Christy and Casey. His charities include Hockey Ministries International and Christian Missions. He Supports Liberty University.
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 | ||
| 1976–77 | Fort Saskatchewan Traders Fort Saskatchewan Traders The Fort Saskatchewan Traders were an ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. They played in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada at the Jubilee Recreation Centre, capacity 2000.... |
AJHL | 59 | 14 | 61 | 75 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Portland Winter Hawks Portland Winter Hawks The Portland Winterhawks are a major junior ice hockey team based in Portland, Oregon, playing in the Western Hockey League, a member league in the Canadian Hockey League. They play their home games at the Memorial Coliseum, though typically a few games each season are also played in the... |
WCHL Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Portland Winter Hawks | WCHL | 72 | 11 | 53 | 64 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1978–79 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 70 | 11 | 85 | 96 | 75 | 25 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 21 | ||
| 1979–80 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL 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... |
76 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1980–81 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 80 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1981–82 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 33 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1982–83 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 50 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| 1983–84 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 74 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 1984–85 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 56 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 31 | ||
| 1985–86 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 70 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 1986–87 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 73 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1987–88 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 24 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 1988–89 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 74 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 84 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25 | ||
| 1989–90 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 67 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 87 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 43 | ||
| 1990–91 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 45 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1991–92 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 57 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 69 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 18 | ||
| 1992–93 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 33 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1993–94 | Florida Panthers Florida Panthers The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their games at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise and are the... |
NHL | 51 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 876 | 68 | 274 | 342 | 916 | 103 | 4 | 32 | 36 | 184 | ||||