- Brett Hauer
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
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team=EHC Basel
former_teams =Edmonton Oilers Nashville Predators
league = NLA
position = Defence
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 205
nickname =
nationality = USA
birth_date = Birth date and age|1971|7|11|mf=y
birth_place = Richfield, MN, USA
draft = 71st overall
draft_year = 1989
draft_team =Vancouver Canucks
career_start = 1993Brett Hauer (born
July 11 ,1971 inRichfield, Minnesota ) is a professional ice hockey defenseman, currently playing forEHC Basel in theNational League A inSwitzerland .Playing career
Hauer spent his amateur career with the
University of Minnesota Duluth after a successful high school career, which saw him drafted in the fourth round of the1989 NHL Entry Draft , 71st overall, by theVancouver Canucks .He has played for the
Edmonton Oilers andNashville Predators at the NHL level, playing a total of 37 regular season games, scoring 4 goals and 4 assists for 8 points, collecting 38 penalty minutes. He has also represented Team USA at the IIHF World Championships in 1995, 2003, 2004 and 2005.Since 2002, Hauer has played in
Europe , playing in Switzerland forGenève-Servette HC ,EV Zug andHC Davos . In 2006, he played in theRussian Super League forLokomotiv Yaroslavl . The next season though, he returned to Switzerland, playing for his current club Basel.Awards
* WCHA First All-Star Team (1993)
* NCAA West First All-American Team (1993)
* IHL First All-Star Team (1999, 2000, 2001)
* Governor's Trophy (Best defenseman- IHL) (2000, 2001)International Play
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1994 Winter Olympics
*1995 World Championships
*2003 World Championships
*2004 World Championships
*2005 World ChampionshipsTransactions
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August 24 ,1995 - Vancouver trades Hauer to Edmonton in exchange for a 7th round choice in the1997 NHL Entry Draft
*July 8 ,2001 - Los Angeles signs Hauer as a free agent
*December 19 ,2001 - Los Angeles trades Hauer to Nashville in exchange forRich Brennan External links
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*legendsofhockey|10620
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