| Position: | Left wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 175 |
| Birth Date: | January 5, 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1959 |
| Career End: | 1974 |
| Played For: | Chicago Black Hawks New York Rangers Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Red Wings Oakland Seals |
John Gary Brenneman (born January 5, 1943) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League between 1964 and 1969 with the Chicago Black Hawks, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, and Oakland Seals. In 159 games he scored 21 goals and 19 assists as a left winger.
Brenneman played OHA junior hockey in the Chicago Black Hawks organization, playing for the St. Catharines Teepees from 1959 through 1962 and the St. Catharines Black Hawks in 1962–3. While still in his final year of junior he played 4 games for the AHL's Buffalo Bisons, scoring a goal. The next season saw Brenneman post impressive offensive totals with the St. Louis Braves of the CPHL. In 1964–65 he split the season amongst the Braves and two NHL teams, the Chicago Black Hawks, for whom he appeared in 17 games and scored a goal, and the New York Rangers, collecting 3 goals and 3 assists in 22 contests.
Brenneman remained in the Rangers organization for the following season, going scoreless in 11 games with the parent club while playing again in the CPHL for the Minnesota Rangers and the AHL with the Baltimore Clippers. For 1966–67, Brenneman played split time between the AHL's Rochester Americans and NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 41 regular season games for Toronto, qualifying to be on the cup. However, Brenneman's name was left off the cup, because he was sent to the minors before the playoffs.
Brenneman spent the following seasons split between the Detroit Red Wings organization, where he played 9 games and scored 2 assists for the parent club, and the Oakland Seals, for whom he appeared in 31 games and scored 10 goals and 8 assists in 31 games. He remained with Oakland for the following season, scoring a goal and collecting 2 assists in 21 games. Following a season when did not play pro hockey, Brenneman played 1970–71 in the IHL with the Dayton Gems, scoring 41 points in 50 games.
In 1974–5, Brenneman returned to pro hockey, joining Austrian club Innsbrucker EV, for whom he collected 18 goals and 31 points in 28 games.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1959–60 | St. Catharines Teepees | OHA | 48 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 1960–61 | St. Catharines Teepees | OHA | 48 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 1961–62 | St. Catharines Teepees | OHA | 49 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1962–63 | St. Catharines Black Hawks | OHA | 48 | 31 | 27 | 58 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1962–63 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1963–64 | St. Louis Braves | CHL | 70 | 28 | 47 | 75 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | ||
| 1964–65 | St. Louis Braves | CHL | 27 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1964–65 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1964–65 | New York Rangers | NHL | 22 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | New York Rangers | NHL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | Baltimore Clippers | AHL | 33 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | Minnesota Rangers | CHL | 20 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1966–67 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 41 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 13 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1967–68 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Fort Worth Wings | CHL | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | California/Oakland Seals | NHL | 31 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | San Diego Gulls | WHL | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Oakland Seals | NHL | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1968–69 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 49 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1970–71 | Dayton Gems | IHL | 50 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 1973–74 | Cambridge Hornets | OHA Sr | 16 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | Innsbrucker EV | AUT | 28 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 99 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 61 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| CHL totals | 131 | 50 | 73 | 123 | 74 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| NHL totals | 152 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||