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Brent Sopel

D · CAN
+ 5 other teams
Status
Retired 15 yrs ago
Career
2004–2011 (7 yrs)
Age
49 (40 in 2011)
Vitals
6'1" · 201 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Trophy Case

Stanley Cup Stanley Cup
as League Champion
2004-05 NJD

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 NJD 82 6 38 44 0.54 +29 94 1 0 0 148 4.1% 98
2005-06 NJD 81 15 32 47 0.58 +5 77 2 3 0 126 11.9% 107
2006-07 NYR 82 8 35 43 0.52 0 72 1 0 0 137 5.8% 120
2007-08 ANH 77 5 26 31 0.40 -6 58 2 1 1 111 4.5% 80
2008-09 DAL 82 1 15 16 0.20 -11 72 0 1 0 29 3.4% 66
2009-10 DAL / CHI 46 0 7 7 0.15 -18 48 0 0 0 21 0.0% 32
2010-11 PIT 78 8 21 29 0.37 +9 22 3 4 0 58 13.8% 24
CAREER 7 yrs 528 43 174 217 0.41 +8 443 9 9 1 -- 6.8% 527
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 NJD 18 3 7 10 0.56 +3 18 1 1 1 40 7.5% 45
2005-06 NJD 6 0 1 1 0.17 +3 4 0 0 0 10 0.0% 15
2007-08 ANH 6 0 1 1 0.17 -2 2 0 0 0 6 0.0% 12
CAREER 3 app. 30 3 9 12 0.40 +4 24 1 1 1 -- 5.4% 72
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
1998-99 VAN 5 1 0 1 0.20 -1 4 0 1 1 20.0% 11:58
1999-00 VAN 18 2 4 6 0.33 9 12 1 0 0 18.2% 10:31
2000-01 VAN 52 4 10 14 0.27 4 10 1 0 3 7.0% 16:01
2001-02 VAN 66 8 17 25 0.38 21 44 3 1 8 6.9% 19:01
2002-03 VAN 81 7 30 37 0.46 -15 23 1 6 22 4.2% 21:42
2003-04 VAN 80 10 32 42 0.53 11 36 2 6 18 5.8% 21:56
2005-06 NYI 57 2 25 27 0.47 -9 64 0 2 15 1.7% 23:35
2005-06 LAK 11 0 1 1 0.09 -4 6 0 0 0 0.0% 22:02
2006-07 LAK 44 4 19 23 0.52 2 14 2 2 7 3.8% 21:06
2006-07 VAN 20 1 4 5 0.25 0 10 0 0 1 3.7% 18:25
2007-08 CHI 58 1 19 20 0.34 9 28 0 0 1 1.8% 20:18
2008-09 CHI 23 1 1 2 0.09 -4 8 1 0 0 6.7% 13:49
2009-10 CHI 73 1 7 8 0.11 3 34 0 0 0 2.1% 14:52
2010-11 ATL 59 2 5 7 0.12 7 16 0 0 1 5.0% 16:26
2010-11 MTL 12 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0.0% 15:54
Career NHL 659 44 174 218 0.33 32 309 11 18 77 4.6% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Defensemen, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 27 D NJD - - 77 73 65 79 82 - - 77 55 65 - 60 63 74
2005-06 28 D NJD - - 77 73 65 79 82 - - 77 55 66 - 62 66 74
2006-07 29 D NYR - - 77 73 65 79 82 - - 77 55 66 - 62 66 74
2007-08 30 D ANH - - 77 75 65 80 82 - - 70 54 65 - 65 60 72
2008-09 31 D DAL 57 50 84 69 77 - 79 64 25 78 53 81 - 76 75 -
2009-10 32 D CHI 58 40 77 63 80 - 68 60 40 62 62 73 - 78 77 64
2010-11 33 D PIT 57 40 81 66 80 - 75 63 40 64 62 78 - 82 81 68
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 27 D NJD - - 77 73 65 79 82 - - 77 55 65 - 60 63 74
2005-06 28 D NJD - - · · · · · - - · · +1 - +2 +3 ·
2006-07 29 D NYR - - · · · · · - - · · · - · · ·
2007-08 30 D ANH - - · +2 · +1 · - - −7 −1 −1 - +3 −6 −2
2008-09 31 D DAL 57 50 +7 −6 +12 - −3 64 25 +8 −1 +16 - +11 +15 -
2009-10 32 D CHI +1 −10 −7 −6 +3 - −11 −4 +15 −16 +9 −8 - +2 +2 64
2010-11 33 D PIT −1 · +4 +3 · - +7 +3 · +2 · +5 - +4 +4 +4
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2004-05 NJD $875,000 1 yr 1.8% 27 RFA
2005-06 NJD $2,500,000 3 yr 5.0% 28 RFA
2006-07 NYR $2,300,000 2 yr 5.9% 29 RFA
2008-09 DAL $3,100,000 2 yr 5.5% 31 UFA
2010-11 PIT $2,000,000 4 yr 3.4% 33 UFA
2004-05
Jul 9 2004
2004-05
to DEVILS
  • Brent Sopel 74
2006-07
Oct 30 2006
2006-07
to DUCKS
to DEVILS
Dec 1 2006
2006-07
to ISLANDERS
  • Brent Sopel 74
to DUCKS
Feb 27 2007
2006-07
to RANGERS
to ISLANDERS
2007-08
Jan 16 2008
2007-08
to BRUINS
to RANGERS
2009-10
Feb 1 2010
2009-10
to BLACKHAWKS
2010-11
Aug 6 2010
2010-11
to PENGUINS
to BLACKHAWKS

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