Brad Moran (ice hockey)

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
team = Vancouver Canucks
former_teams = Columbus Blue Jackets
prospect_team = Skellefteå AIK
prospect_league = Elitserien
league = NHL
position = Centre
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 190
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date and age|1979|3|20
birth_place = Abbotsford, BC, CAN
draft = 191st overall
draft_year = 1998
draft_team = Buffalo Sabres
career_start = 2002

Brad Moran (born March 20, 1979 in Abbotsford, British Columbia) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Skellefteå AIK of the Elitserien.

Playing career

A graduate of the Western Hockey League's Calgary Hitmen, Moran, who was originally drafted in the 7th round, 191st overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, spent five seasons with the Hitmen before signing as a free agent with the Columbus Blue Jackets in the summer of 2000.

He recorded 532 regular season and playoff points over his five year WHL career, earning WHL Player of the Year honours and capturing the Bob Clarke Trophy as the league's top scorer in 1999–2000 while being named to the WHL Eastern Conference First All-Star Team.

Moran spent the majority of his first four seasons of professional hockey with the Blue Jackets AHL affiliate in Syracuse while seeing limited action the parent club in Columbus.

In June 2006, he signed with the Vancouver Canucks as a free agent.

Brad Moran has his number retired with the Calgary Hitmen with his #20 hanging in the rafters of the Pengrowth Saddledome.

Awards

*1999 - CHL Third All-Star Team
*1999 - WHL East First All-Star Team
*1999 - WHL airBC Trophy
*2000 - CHL Second All-Star Team
*2000 - WHL Bob Clarke Trophy
*2000 - WHL East First All-Star Team
*2000 - WHL Four Broncos Memorial Trophy

Records

Calgary Hitmen

*Calgary Hitmen franchise record for assists in a season (72)
*Calgary Hitmen franchise record for career games played (357)
*Calgary Hitmen franchise record for career points (450)
*Calgary Hitmen franchise record for career goals (204)
*Calgary Hitmen franchise record for career assists (246)

yracuse Crunch

*Syracuse Crunch franchise record for career games played (334)
*Syracuse Crunch franchise record for career points (241)
*Syracuse Crunch franchise record for career assists (143)
*Syracuse Crunch franchise record for career powerplay goals (38)
*Syracuse Crunch franchise record for career shorthanded goals (9)

Career statistics

External links

* [http://www.moosehockey.com/roster/moran_brad/ Official Manitoba Moose profile]
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