Brendan Morrison

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Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
Nickname	Mo B-Mo
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Vancouver Canucks New Jersey Devils
Nationality	Canada
Born	August 15, 1975, Pitt Meadows, BC, CAN
NHL Draft	39th overall, 1993 New Jersey Devils
Pro Career	1997 – present

Brendan Morrison (born August 15, 1975 in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia) is a professional ice hockey player in the NHL, playing centre for the Vancouver Canucks.

1 Playing career
2 Records
3 Career NHL statistics
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Playing career

Brendan Morrison was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 2nd round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, and was the 39th player selected overall. From 1993 to 1997, he played four seasons for the University of Michigan Wolverines, including winning the NCAA National Championship in 1996. In 1997 he won the Hobey Baker Award, awarded annually to the best NCAA ice hockey player. He also began his professional ice hockey career in 1997, playing mostly for the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League. He appeared in 11 NHL games for New Jersey during 1997-1998. He eventually landed a full-time spot on the Devils' roster for 1998-1999, where he stayed until 2000 when he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks along with Denis Pederson in exchange for Alexander Mogilny.

Morrison's most productive seasons in the NHL have been the 2001-02 and the 2002-03 seasons, when he scored 67 and 71 points respectively, third most on the Canucks team after linemates Todd Bertuzzi and Markus Naslund.

Morrison has played for Team Canada in the 2000 and 2004 Ice Hockey World Championships, winning the Gold Medal in 2004.

In 2004-05 he represented Linköpings HC of the Swedish Elitserien during the NHL conflict.

On August 5, 2005, Morrison was re-signed by the Canucks for three more years for a total value of over $9 million.

On August 14, 2005, Morrison was added to the Team Canada Olympic Orientation Camp roster, for the team that represented Canada at the 2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy. However, Morrison didn't make the final roster.

On February 25, 2007, he became the NHL's reigning Ironman, when Karlis Skrastins was forced to miss a game with a knee injury. Earlier in the day he played in his 493rd consecutive game (484 of them with Vancouver).

[edit] Records

Vancouver Canucks franchise record for consecutive games played (504) (as of April 8, 2007).
NHL's active leader for consecutive games played (512) (as of April 8, 2007).

[edit] Career NHL statistics

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1997-98	New Jersey Devils	NHL	11	5	4	9	0	3	0	1	1	0
1998-99	New Jersey Devils	NHL	76	13	33	46	18	7	0	2	2	0
1999-00	New Jersey Devils	NHL	44	5	21	26	8	-	-	-	-	-
1999-00	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	12	2	7	9	10	-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	82	16	38	54	42	4	1	2	3	0
2001-02	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	82	23	44	67	26	6	0	2	2	6
2002-03	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	82	25	46	71	36	14	4	7	11	18
2003-04	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	82	22	38	60	50	7	2	3	5	3
2005-06	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	82	19	37	56	84	-	-	-	-	-
2006-07	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	82	20	31	51	60	-	-	-	-	-
NHL Totals			635	150	299	449	334	41	7	17	24	32