Brad Turner (ice hockey) explained

Birth Date:May 25, 1968
Birth Place:Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:192
Position:Defence
Shoots:Right
Played For:New York Islanders
Ntl Team:Canada
Draft:58th overall
Draft Year:1986
Draft Team:Minnesota North Stars
Career Start:1990
Career End:1998

Brad Turner (born May 25, 1968) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player, who played 3 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Islanders during the 1991–92 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1990 to 1998, was spent in the minor leagues and in Europe.

Playing career

Turner was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1] As a youth, he played in the 1981 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Calgary.[2]

Turner was drafted 58th overall by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft and played three games for the New York Islanders in the 1991–92 NHL season.

Post-playing career

Turner currently works in the film industry as an actor and stunt performer. His roles include Vic Duguay in the 2004 hockey comedy-drama Chicks with Sticks.[3] He has been an active supporter of research on long-term sequelae of traumatic brain injury.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1985–86Calgary CanucksAJHL52 14 21 35 109
1986–87University of MichiganCCHA40 3 10 13 40
1987–88University of MichiganCCHA39 3 11 14 52
1988–89University of MichiganCCHA33 3 8 11 38
1989–90University of MichiganCCHA32 8 9 17 34
1990–91Capital District IslandersAHL31 1 2 3 8
1990–91Richmond RenegadesECHL40 16 25 41 31
1991–92New Haven NighthawksAHL32 6 11 17 58
1991–92New York IslandersNHL3 0 0 0 0
1991–92Capital District IslandersAHL35 3 6 9 17
1992–93Capital District IslandersAHL65 8 11 19 713 0 0 0 2
1993–94Cornwall AcesAHL29 3 13 16 194 1 1 2 4
1993–94Canadian National TeamIntl30 6 9 15 21
1994–95TuToFIN43 3 9 12 114
1995–96CE WienAUT31 7 14 21 100
1996–97Manchester StormBISL21 3 8 11 126 2 0 2 4
1997–98Manchester StormBISL11 1 1 2 4
AHL totals192 21 43 64 1737 1 1 2 6
NHL totals3 0 0 0 0

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brad Turner Stats and News . NHL.com . en-US . March 9, 2020.
  2. Web site: Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA . 2018 . Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. January 17, 2019. March 6, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf . dead.
  3. Web site: Chicks with Sticks . Northernstars . June 30, 2016 . Canadian Independent Visual and Digital Media Association . Toronto, Ontario . April 15, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210415223322/https://www.northernstars.ca/chicks_with_sticks/ . live .