Bradley Russell DeFauw (born November 10, 1977) is an American former professional

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(NHL) with the

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Playing career

DeFauw was drafted in the second round, 28th overall, by the

in the

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. He played for

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's Nationalliga A in the 2005–06 season. After playing four seasons for the

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, DeFauw made his professional debut with the

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of the International Hockey League in the 2000–01 season. During the 2002–03 season, on March 9, 2003, DeFauw was recalled from the

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of the AHL to the Hurricanes. The following night DeFauw made his NHL debut, making an immediate impression with scoring 2 goals and earning the first star award in a victory over the

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. He finished the season with 3 goals in 9 games in what would be his only season in the NHL. DeFauw pursued a European career for the past two seasons, spending the 2004–05 season with

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league before joining EV Zug for the 2005–06 season. He only played two games for Zug, before joining Nationalliga B's EHC Visp, where he played 18 games. Then he went to the Norwegian team

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where he played 13 regular season game and 15 playoff games, helping them to win the Norwegian championship. DeFauw joined

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's coaching staff as a volunteer assistant until October 18, 2006, when he signed with

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. The signing was put into motion by DeFauw's former coach Joakim Fagervall, who is now the coach at

. He played the remainder of the 2006–07 season with

. In the 2007–08 season, he joined

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, but after one year DeFauw left the team in May 2008 to complete the end of his professional career.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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