Brock Trotter

Brock Trotter
Born (1987-01-16) January 16, 1987
Brandon, MB, CAN
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Right
Hockeyallsv team
Former teams
IF Björklöven
Montreal Canadiens
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2007present

Brock Alexander Trotter (born January 16, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey Centre currently playing for IF Björklöven of the Swedish Hockeyallsvenskan. He played two games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens during the 2009–10 season.

Playing career

On April 15, 2008, he was recalled from the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League. He was expected to play his first NHL game on April 19, 2008, against the Boston Bruins but was a late scratch. In the 2009–10 season on February 5, 2010 Brock was again recalled from Hamilton Bulldogs to Montreal. He finally made his NHL debut on February 6, 2010 against the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 5-3 victory.[1] Playing with familiar Bulldogs teammates with Ryan White and David Desharnais, Trotter went scoreless in two games before returning to the Bulldogs to lead the team with 36 goals and place second to Desharnais with 77 points.

On July 28, 2010, Trotter left the Canadiens organization and North America to sign a two-year contract as a free agent with Latvian team Dinamo Riga of the KHL.[2]

On July 4, 2011, Trotter signed a one-year, two-way contract to return with the Canadiens. Trotter's return to Montreal was short lived when on October 23, 2011, he was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes along with a seventh-round pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for forward Petteri Nokelainen and defenceman Garrett Stafford.[3] He was then assigned to the Coyotes' AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates. Trotter was placed on his third team in the 2011–12 season, when he was reassigned by the Coyotes, as a part of an AHL trade for goaltender Peter Mannino and Kenndal McArdle to the St. John's IceCaps on March 2, 2012.[4]

After sitting out two consecutive seasons with injury, Trotter opted to make a return to professional hockey by signing a one month trial contract with Croatian club, KHL Medveščak Zagreb of the KHL on June 24, 2014.[5]

During the 2015-16 off season Trotter attended training camp with the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League. On October 16, 2015, Trotter signed a one-year contract with Swedish club IF Björklöven of the second-tier league Hockeyallsvenskan.[6]

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003–04 Dauphin Kings MJHL 63 32 33 65 108
2004–05 Lincoln Stars USHL 60 20 38 58 84 4 2 3 5 0
2005–06 University of Denver WCHA 5 3 2 5 2
2006–07 University of Denver WCHA 40 16 24 40 22
2007–08 University of Denver WCHA 24 13 18 31 18
2007–08 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 21 3 6 9 4
2008–09 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 76 18 31 49 32 6 0 1 1 13
2009–10 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 75 36 41 77 56 19 8 11 19 14
2009–10 Montreal Canadiens NHL 2 0 0 0 0
2010–11 Dinamo Riga KHL 49 9 17 26 38 11 4 5 9 10
2011–12 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 5 2 5 7 4
2011–12 Portland Pirates AHL 35 12 19 31 16
2011–12 St. John's IceCaps AHL 2 0 0 0 4 15 5 6 11 12
2014–15 KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL 16 1 5 6 41
2014–15 Dinamo Riga KHL 16 1 1 2 14
NHL totals 2 0 0 0 0
KHL totals 81 11 23 34 93 11 4 5 9 10

References

  1. "Canadiens beat Penguins 5-3 for 3rd straight victory". Yahoo! Sports. 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  2. Didzis Rudmanis (2010-07-28). "Trotter contract with Dinamo Riga confirmed". Latvian Hockey News Report. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  3. "Canadiens acquire Nokelainen, Stafford from Phoenix". The Globe and Mail. 2011-10-23. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  4. "IceCaps add Trotter, Sawada". American Hockey League. 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  5. "Pelletier again in Europe, Trotter on trial" (in Croatian). KHL Medvescak Zagreb. 2014-06-14. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
  6. "Brock Trotter signs for Björklöven" (in Swedish). IF Björklöven. 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2015-11-10.

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