Eric Brewer (ice hockey)

] However, Brewer finished the year with 33 points in only 34 games, a near one point-per-game average, and was named to the WHL West Second All-Star Team. [] Although eligible for the 1999 edition of the same tournament, Brewer was unable to play due to NHL commitments with the New York Islanders. [cite news|last=Spencer|first=Donna|title=With more junior-aged NHLers, could Canada have won the gold?|publisher="Star-Phoenix"|date=January 7, 1999|accessdate=2007-05-10]

Brewer made his debut with the Canadian national men's team on April 24, 2001 when he joined Canada for the 2001 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Nuremberg, Cologne, and Hanover, Germany. [cite news|last=Matheson|first=Jim|title=Oilers' Brew joins Canada's crew
publisher="Edmonton Journal"|date=April 24, 2001|page=D3|accessdate=2007-12-13] Later that year, on July 24, 2001, Brewer was invited to the orientation camp for the Canadian team for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. [cite press release|title=Canada's men's Olympic team invites 34 players to orientation session in September|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/1/0/5/8/2/index1.shtml|publisher=Hockey Canada|date=July 24, 2001|accessdate=2007-04-13] Five months later, on December 12, 2001, Brewer was named to the final Canadian roster for the tournament. [cite news|title=Gretzky rounds out Canada's Olympic roster|publisher=CBC|date=December 14, 2001|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2001/12/14/olycanada1215.html|accessdate=2007-12-13] In the opening game of the tournament against Sweden, Brewer scored Canada's second goal of the game in a 5–2 loss, while in the semi-finals of the tournament, Brewer scored the game winning goal against Belarus in a 7–1 victory, helping send Canada to the gold medal game against the host United States. [cite news|title=Sweden scores four in second to pull away for 5–2 win|publisher=CNN Sports Illustrated|date=February 15, 2002|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/ice_hockey/news/2002/02/15/sweden_canada_ap/|accessdate=2007-12-13] [cite news|title=Canada crush Belarus|publisher=BBC News|date=February 22, 2002|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/ice_hockey/newsid_1836000/1836809.stm|accessdate=2007-12-13] Canada would go on to defeat the Americans by a score of 5–2, winning their first Olympic gold medal in fifty years. [cite news|title=Canada captures first hockey gold medal in 50 years|publisher=CNN Sports Illustrated|date=February 24, 2002|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/ice_hockey/news/2002/02/24/usa_canada_ap/|accessdate=2007-12-04]

Shortly after his Olympic experience, Brewer was named to the Canadian roster for the 2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Gothenburg, Karlstad, and Jönköping, Sweden, his second consecutive Ice Hockey World Championships. [cite press release|title=11 players added to Men's World Hockey Championship roster|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/1/0/6/8/8/index1.shtml|publisher=Hockey Canada|date=April 16, 2002|accessdate=2007-12-17] He represented Canada once again the following year, when on April 22, 2003, Brewer was named to the Canadian roster for the 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. [cite press release|title=Four Edmonton Oilers named to Team Canada's Men's Worlds roster|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/1/0/8/2/5/index1.shtml|publisher=Hockey Canada|date=April 22, 2003|accessdate=2007-12-17] In the tournament quarterfinals versus Germany, Brewer scored the game winning goal 37 seconds into overtime to give Canada a 3–2 victory. [cite news|title=Sweden makes a sensational comeback|publisher="Taipei Times"|date=May 9, 2003|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2003/05/09/205353|accessdate=2007-12-17] Canada would go on to win their first Ice Hockey World Championships gold medal since the 1997 tournament, defeating Sweden 3–2 in overtime in the final. [cite news|title=Canada wins world hockey gold|publisher=CBC|date=May 11, 2003|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2003/05/11/canada_sweden030511.html|accessdate=2007-12-17] Brewer once again participated for Canada at the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, his fourth consecutive Ice Hockey World Championships, where he helped Canada win its second consecutive championship after defeating Sweden 5–3 in the gold medal game. [cite press release|title=Five additional NHL players named to Team Canada's roster for 2004 IIHF Men's World Hockey Championship|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/10980/la_id/1.htm|publisher=Hockey Canada|date=April 5, 2004|accessdate=2007-12-17] [cite news|last=Velinger|first=Jan|title=Canada strikes gold at the 68th Ice Hockey World Championship in Prague|publisher=Cesky rozhlas|date=May 10, 2004|url=http://www.radio.cz/en/article/53711|accessdate=2007-12-04]

On May 15, 2004, Brewer was named to the Canadian roster for the 2004 World Cup of Hockey. [cite news|title=Gretzky announces World Cup roster|publisher=CBC|date=May 15, 2004|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2004/05/15/hockeyworldcup040515.html|accessdate=2007-12-17] In the semifinal of the tournament, Brewer scored Canada's first goal of the game in 4–3 overtime victory against the Czech Republic. [cite news|title=Lecavalier lifts Canada into World Cup final|publisher=CBC|date=September 11, 2004|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2004/09/11/can-czech040911.html|accessdate=2007-12-17] Team Canada would go on to win the tournament on home ice in Toronto, defeating Finland 3–2 in the final. [cite news|last=Allen|first=Kevin|title=Hockey joy in Canada, but for how long?|publisher="USA Today"|date=September 14, 2004|url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/2004-09-14-world-cup-final_x.htm|accessdate=2007-12-17] Just under one year following his World Cup appearance, Brewer was named to the orientation camp for the Canadian team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy held from August 15–20, 2005 in Vancouver and Kelowna, British Columbia. [cite news|last=Allen|first=Kevin|title=Team Canada invites 36 to camp|publisher="USA Today"|date=June 30, 2005|url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/winter/2005-06-30-team-canada-invites_x.htm|accessdate=2008-01-12] Following the camp, on October 18, 2005, Brewer was named to the preliminary 81-man Canadian roster for the tournament. [cite news|title=Team Canada submits 'potentials' list for Olympics|publisher=ESPN|date=October 19, 2005|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=2197692|accessdate=2008-01-12] However, when the final roster was announced on December 21, 2005, Brewer was not among the 26 players listed. [cite press release|title=Hockey Canada announces Canada's 2006 Men's Olympic hockey team roster|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/18500/la_id/1.htm|publisher=Hockey Canada|date=December 21, 2005|accessdate=2008-01-12] As a result, it would be nearly three years before Brewer would next suit up for his country, when on April 3, 2007, Brewer was among the first five players named to play for Canada at the 2007 IIHF World Championship in Moscow and Mytishchi, Russia. [cite press release|title=Five players named to Team Canada for 2007 IIHF World Men's Hockey Championship |url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/2/4/0/7/4/index1.shtml|publisher=Hockey Canada|date=April 3, 2007|accessdate=2007-04-08] For the tournament, Brewer was named as the team's only permanent alternate captain and helped the team to its third gold medal at the tournament in the past five years. [cite news|title=Gold medal hard to come by: Canada begins quest today against Germany|publisher="Winnipeg Sun"|date=April 28, 2007|url=http://www.winnipegsun.com/Sports/WorldMens/2007/04/28/4136611-sun.html|accessdate=2007-10-11] [cite news|title=Doan smiling as Canada wins world hockey title|publisher=CTV|date=May 13, 2007|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070513/world_hockey_championship_070513?s_name=&no_ads=|accessdate=2007-12-04]

Awards

*1998 – WHL West Second All-Star Team
*2003 – Played in NHL All-Star Game

Transactions

*June 21, 1997 – Drafted in the first round, fifth overall by the New York Islanders in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft
*June 24, 2000 – Traded by the New York Islanders with Josh Green and the Islanders' second round selection (Brad Winchester) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft to the Edmonton Oilers for Roman Hamrlik
*August 2, 2005 – Traded by the Edmonton Oilers with Jeff Woywitka and Doug Lynch to the St. Louis Blues for Chris Pronger

Career statistics

International statistics

References

External links

*hockeydb|26844|Eric Brewer
* [http://blues.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8466142&service=page&tab=prf Official St. Louis Blues profile]

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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Professional ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH= April 17, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH= Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
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