Brandon Dubinsky
| Brandon Dubinsky | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
April 29, 1986 Anchorage, AK | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Center/left wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team | New York Rangers | ||
| NHL draft |
60th overall, 2004 New York Rangers- Restricted Free Agent | ||
Brandon Dubinsky (born April 29, 1986 in Anchorage, Alaska) is an American and current restricted free agent, unable to sign a contract with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career
Dubinsky began playing youth hockey in Anchorage, and graduated from Service High School in 2004. He played his junior career with Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League for four years, and was a two time Western Conference second team All-Star before being drafted in the 2nd round of the 2004 NHL Draft by the New York Rangers.
New York Rangers
Dubinsky played for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL) for most of the 2006-2007 season. He first played for the New York Rangers on March 8, 2007 against the New York Islanders.
Dubinsky scored his first NHL goal against Marc-André Fleury on November 8, 2007 in a 4-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Dubinsky was the 3rd star of the game. Much of the season was spent centering the Rangers' first forward line with Jaromír Jágr and Sean Avery.[1] He was one of sixteen rookies selected to participate in the 2008 YoungStars competition at the 56th NHL All-Star Game in Atlanta. He scored two goals and one assist and was named YoungStars Most Valuable Player.[2] Dubinsky scored his first career playoff goal in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the New Jersey Devils on April 13, 2008.
His successful rookie season was marked on April 4, 2008 when Dubinsky was awarded the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award for the 2007-08 season[3] and "Rookie of the Year" for the Rangers as voted by his teammates.
On May 12, 2008, Dubinsky scored a hat trick in his first World Championships, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, against Norway.[4] Team USA went on to win the game 9-1.
On November 24, 2008, Dubinsky scored a Gordie Howe hat trick against the Phoenix Coyotes. He squared off against the Coyotes' tough guy Daniel Carcillo protecting the Rangers' netminder Henrik Lundqvist at 2:58 into the first, taking a 5 minute major for fighting. He then scored a wraparound goal 1 minute 15 seconds into the second period (which ended up being the game winner). Dubinsky then finished the 'Gordie' with an assist to Dan Girardi, who scored a power play goal from the blue line at 7:37 into the third period. The Rangers won the game 4-1 and Dubinsky along with Lundqvist and Zherdev were named the three stars. Ranger coach Tom Renney called the feat a "Gordie Orr hat trick" claiming that Dubinsky "didn't do that well in the fight".[5]
Dubinsky finished his second full season with one point more than his previous season. Despite a strong start with a game winning goal in the Rangers' first game [6] and a streak of 11 points in his first 11 games in 2008-09, he also suffered a 20-game goal-scoring drought.[7] On April 15, 2009, Dubinsky scored the game winning goal with 8:17 remaining in the third period of the Rangers' first game of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the Washington Capitals.
Dubinsky needs to tell his agent to take a hike and sign with the Rangers before preseason is over. It is time for him to man up, have a good season and use his productivity as a bargaining chip for getting a good contract next year (which the Rangers will award him with).
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2002–03 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 44 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2003–04 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 71 | 30 | 48 | 78 | 137 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2004–05 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 68 | 23 | 36 | 59 | 160 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 2005–06 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 51 | 21 | 46 | 67 | 98 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 24 | ||
| 2005–06 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | ||
| 2006–07 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 71 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 115 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 2006–07 | New York Rangers | NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 79 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||
| 2008–09 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 112 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | ||
| WHL totals | 234 | 82 | 148 | 230 | 430 | 31 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 48 | ||||
| AHL totals | 71 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 115 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 26 | ||||
| NHL totals | 170 | 27 | 54 | 81 | 193 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 30 | ||||
Family
Brandon Dubinsky has a father, also agent, Billy, and mother Heidi, and two other brothers, who currently reside in Anchorage, Alaska. Their names are Robert (Bobby) and Bryant. He also has family in New York. The Dubinsky's are wide spread, also in Georgia. Along with a sister Alexandra.
References
- ^ "Rookie Brandon Dubinsky ready to rumble on Jaromir Jagr's line". NY Daily News. 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Rangers Show Off Their Skills; Dubinsky YoungStars MVP". newyorkrangers.com. 2008-01-26. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Dubinsky wins Extra Effort Award". newyorkrangers.com. 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Dubinsky Rocks the Worlds with a Hat Trick". newyorkrangers.com. 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Scott Gomez returns as Rangers beat Coyotes, break losing skid". nydailynews.com. 2008-11-24. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "New York Rangers/Tampa Bay Lightning Box Score". Yahoo. 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Brooks, Larry (2009-01-18). "Dubinsky rediscovers scoring touch". New York Post. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
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