Bryan McCabe

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Defence
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 220
team = Florida Panthers
former_teams = New York Islanders
Vancouver Canucks
Chicago Blackhawks
Toronto Maple Leafs
league = NHL
nationality = Canada
birth_date = birth date and age|1975|6|8
birth_place = St. Catharines, ON, CA
career_start = 1995
draft = 40th overall
draft_year = 1993
draft_team = New York Islanders


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Bryan McCabe (born June 8, 1975) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League.

Playing career

McCabe began playing junior hockey with the Medicine Hat Tigers of the WHL in 1991-92. After one and a half seasons in Medicine Hat, he was traded to the Spokane Chiefs. He completed the 1992-93 season with 60 points in 60 games split between the Tigers and Chiefs. That summer, he was drafted in the second round, 40th overall, by the New York Islanders in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.

Upon being drafted, he returned to the Chiefs in 1993–94 and put up a junior career high 84 points in 64 games. In McCabe's fourth and final year of junior, he was sent to the Brandon Wheat Kings for the remaining 20 games of the 1994–95 season. He put up a total of 69 points in 62 games as was chosen as a First-Team WHL All-Star.

In 1995-96, McCabe began his NHL career with the Islanders. He recorded 23 points in his rookie season before being traded midway through his third year in New York with Todd Bertuzzi and a third round draft pick in 1998 (Jarkko Ruutu) to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Trevor Linden. He played one and a half seasons with the Canucks before being shipped to the Chicago Blackhawks on draft day in a bid by Brian Burke to draft the Sedin twins second and third overall. McCabe was packaged with Vancouver's first round draft pick in 2000 in exchange for Chicago's first round draft pick in 1999.

After a 6-goal, 25-point campaign with the Blackhawks in 1999-00, McCabe was traded once again, on October 2, 2000, to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Alexander Karpovtsev and a fourth round draft choice (Vladimir Gusev) in 2001.

McCabe found his stride in Toronto and built on a 17-goal, 43-point breakout season in 2001-02, with 53 points two seasons later, culminating in a fourth place finish in Norris Trophy voting Second Team All-Star honours.

As NHL play was suspended due to the 2004-05 lockout, he signed with HV71 of the Swedish Elitserien. McCabe struggled with HV71 and exercised an escape clause in his contract before a game against Sodertalje where he was scheduled to be a healthy scratch. [cite news | url = http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2004/12/11/mccabe041211.html | title = Leafs' McCabe leaves Swedish team | date = 2004-12-12 | accessdate = 2008-07-07 | publisher = CBC] He had one goal, no assists, 30 penalty minutes, and a -12 rating over ten games.

When NHL play resumed the following season, McCabe emerged with a career high 19 goals, 49 assists and 68 points in 73 games with the Maple Leafs. He finished the season third overall in points among defencemen, behind Nicklas Lidström and Sergei Zubov.Near the beginning of the season, McCabe was recognized as the NHL's Offensive Player of the Week for the week of November 13–19, 2005, and was later named as a reserve on Team Canada's 2006 Olympic team in Turin.

Following McCabe's career year, McCabe and the Leafs signed a five-year deal worth $28.75 million, on June 28, 2006, with a no-movement clause. [cite news|url=http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=325606&page=NewsPage&service=page|title=Leafs, McCabe Glad Deal is Done |date=2006-06-29|work=Canadian Press|publisher=Toronto Maple Leafs|accessdate=2008-09-05] He put up 57 points in 82 games the following season.

On October 15, 2007, McCabe scored in his own net during the dying seconds of overtime while playing the Buffalo Sabres. The goal was credited to Ales Kotalik. [cite news | url = http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071015.wsptleafs11015/GSStory/GlobeSportsHockey/home | title = Toronto falls on own goal | date = 2007-10-15 | accessdate = 2008-09-03 | publisher = Globe Sports]

In 2007–08, McCabe was the focus of numerous trade rumours, but he refused to waive his no-trade clause. Numerous media outlets reported that he would waive it once the Leafs payed him a $2 million signing bonus due on September 1, 2008. As such, McCabe was traded to the Florida Panthers on September 2, the day after receiving his bonus. He was sent with a fourth round draft pick in 2010 in exchange for defenceman Mike Van Ryn. [cite news | url = http://www.leafsnews.com/2008/09/02/bryan-mccabe-traded-for-mike-van-ryn/ | title = Leafs Trade McCabe to Florida for Van Ryn | date = 2008-09-02 | publisher = Leafs News]

International play

While in junior, McCabe was a member of two gold medal-winning Canadian teams at the 1994 and 1995 World Junior Championships. In 1995, he was named to the tournament All-Star Team and was honoured as Best Defenceman after posting 12 points in 7 games.

After joining the National Hockey League, McCabe appeared in three consecutive World Championships, in 1997, 1998, and 1999, capturing gold in 1997.

On December 21, 2005, McCabe was named as a reserve for Team Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics at Torino, Italy. On February 2, 2006, he was moved from the reserves to the official roster to replace an injured Ed Jovanovski. [cite web | title=Canada unsure on taxi-squad sub | publisher=CBC Sports | url=http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/icehockey/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/01/Sports/blueline_replacement060201.html | accessmonthday=October 5 | accessyear=2006] Team Canada would fail to defend its 2002 Olympic gold medal and was eliminated by Russia in the quarter-finals.

Off the ice

McCabe has a wife named Roberta and together they have two daughters named Stevie and Sam. [cite web | title=Tearful revelation — McCabe explains signing delay | author=Mike Zeisberger | publisher=SLAM! Sports | url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Toronto/2006/06/30/1661588-sun.html | accessdate=2007-02-16] They have a home on Long Island, New York.

McCabe also played for the North York Astros, a Canadian soccer team during the 2005 NHL Lockout.

Awards & achievements

WHL
*West Second All-Star Team - 1993
*West First All-Star Team - 1994
*East First All-Star Team - 1995
*Memorial Cup All-Star Team - 1995

International
*World Junior All-Star Team - 1995
*World Junior Best Defenceman - 1995

NHL
*Offensive Player of the Week - November 13–19, 2005
*Second All-Star Team - 2004

Career statistics

International statistics

References

External links

*hockeydb|6205
* [http://www.hockeycanada.ca/1/8/6/6/index1.shtml McCabe's career Junior World International stats at "hockeycanada.ca"]

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NAME= McCabe, Bryan
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Canadian ice hockey defenseman
DATE OF BIRTH= June 8, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH= St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
DATE OF DEATH=
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