Brandon Bochenski

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Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 197 lb (90 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Boston Bruins Ottawa Senators Chicago Blackhawks
Nationality	United States
Born	April 4, 1982, Blaine, MN, USA
NHL Draft	7th round, 223rd overall, 2001 Ottawa Senators
Pro Career	2005 – present

Brandon Bochenski (born on April 4, 1982 in Blaine, Minnesota) is a current NHL player for the Boston Bruins.

Contents 1 Hockey career 1.1 High School 1.2 Juniors 1.3 College 1.4 Minors 1.5 NHL 2 Career statistics 3 References

[edit] Hockey career

[edit] High School

Bochenski went to Blaine High School where he graduated in 2000. Bochenski was apart of the Blaine Bengals when they defeated the Duluth East Greyhounds 6-0 in the class AA championship. Also in the Minnesota State High School League tournament, Bochenski and the Bengals defeated Rochester Mayo, Hastings. The Pioneer Press named Bochenski and teammates Matt Hendricks and Matt Moore to the second team of the All-State Boys hockey team [2].

[edit] Juniors

With the Lincoln Stars of the USHL in 2000-2001, Bochenski lead the league in goals with 47 goals. Playing in 55 games that year, Bochenski had 80 points and was noticed by the Ottawa Senators. He was drafted that following year in the seventh round. Bochenski would not sign however and would go on to play of the University of North Dakota.

[edit] College

Bochenski's college career got off to a rough start, as his scholarship offer to the Univeristy of Minnesota was rescinded after Bochenski was charged with counterfeiting money. [3] The University of North Dakota, however, extended a scholarship offer despite Bochenski's plea of guilty to the charges. [4] Bochenski went on to spend 3 seasons with the University Of North Dakota. As a freshman at UND, Bochenski led his team with five game winning goals and was third in total points. While the Fighting Sioux failed to make the NCAA tournament in 2001-2002, Bochenski would not fail again leading UND to two NCAA tournaments in his final two years at UND. In each of his final two years at UND, Bochenski led his team in goals, points and power play goals. After the 2003-2004 season, Bochenski would sign with the Ottawa Senators were he would make his professional hockey debut with the Binghamton Senators of the AHL.

[edit] Minors

During his first season in the AHL, Bochenski racked up 34 goals and 36 assists for 70 points in just 75 games. The following year, he only saw action in 33 games, but scored 22 goals and had 24 assists. It would be the 2005-2006 season when Bochenski would make his NHL debut with the Ottawa Senators.

[edit] NHL

After being called up from the Senators, Bochenski would debut on October 5, 2005 and go on to play in twenty games. His first NHL point was an assist versus the Buffalo Sabres on October 8, 2005. Just one week later on October 15, 2005, Bochenski would have his first career goal scoring against the Boston Bruins. In a show against the Florida Panthers on December 15, 2005, Bochenski scored his first career hat trick. Bochenski would then be traded to the Chicago Blackhawks, leaving the Ottawa Senators scoring six goals and assisting on seven others. Bochenski was traded from the Ottawa Senators to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Tyler Arnason.

On March 9, 2006, he was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks along with a second round pick in exchange for Tyler Arnason. Bochenski would record his first point for the Blackhawks on March 19, 2006 and his first goal on April 1, 2006. Bochenski would go on to play for the Blackhawks in twenty games before helping the Norfolk Admirals in which he tallied two points in three playoff games.. In his twenty appearances in 2005-2006, Bochenski would record four points.

In 2006-2007, Bochenski never found his permanent place on the Blackhawk roster. Bochenski spent most of his time in the Blackhawk organization with the Admirals. After an early January 2006 injury to Martin Havlat, Bochenski was recalled and found more playing time. But on February 3, 2007 the Blackhawks traded him to the Boston Bruins for Kris Versteeg and a conditional pick.^[1]

On February 6, 2007, soon after joining to the Bruins, Bochenski scored his first Bruin goal at the five-minute mark of the second period. The game ended in a 3-2 victory after a shootout against the Washington Capitals.

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000-01	Lincoln Stars	USHL		55	47	33	80	22		11	5	7	12	4
2001-02	University of North Dakota	NCAA		36	17	15	32	34		-	-	-	-	-
2002-03	University of North Dakota	NCAA		43	35	27	62	42		-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	University of North Dakota	NCAA		41	27	33	60	40		-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	Binghamton Senators	AHL		75	34	36	70	16		6	1	0	1	2
2005-06	Binghamton Senators	AHL		33	22	24	46	36		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Ottawa Senators	NHL		20	6	7	13	14		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		20	2	2	4	8		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		-	-	-	-	-		3	1	1	2	0
2006-07	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		29	28	26	54	21		-	-	-	-	-
2006-07	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		20	2	2	4	8		-	-	-	-	-
USHL Totals	1 Team	USHL		55	47	33	80	22		11	5	7	12	4
NCAA Totals	1 Team	NCAA		120	79	75	154	116		-	-	-	-	-
AHL Totals	2 Teams	AHL		108	56	60	116	52		9	2	1	3	2
NHL Totals	2 Teams	NHL		50	10	9	19	24		-	-	-	-	-

[edit] References

1. ^ Boston Bruins Website [1]