Brad Moran (born March 20, 1979) is a

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former professional

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, his last team being the

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of the

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(EIHL).

Playing career

A graduate of the

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(WHL)'s

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, Moran, who was originally drafted in the 7th round, 191st overall by the

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in the

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, spent five seasons with the Hitmen before signing as a free agent with the

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in the summer of 2000. As a prolific scorer with the Hitmen, he recorded 532 regular season and playoff points over his five-year WHL career, earning WHL Player of the Year honours and capturing the

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as the league's top scorer in 1999–2000 while being named to the WHL Eastern Conference First All-Star Team. He later had his number retired with the Calgary Hitmen with his #20 hanging in the rafters of the

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. Moran spent the majority of his first four seasons of professional hockey with the Blue Jackets' AHL affiliate in Syracuse while seeing limited action the parent club in Columbus. In June 2006, he signed with the

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as a free agent. After two seasons primarily leading the Canucks' AHL affiliate, the

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, Moran signed for Swedish team Skelleftea AIK prior to the 2008–09 season, becoming the highest paid player on the team. On July 7, 2010, it was announced that Moran had returned to North America, signing as a free agent with the

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to a one-year contract. On April 25, 2011, Moran signed a two-year contract with Vaxjo Lakers of the

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(SEL). On January 29, 2013 Moran signed a contract for the remainder of the 2012–13 season with

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of the Finnish

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. On April 17, 2013 he signed a contract with

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of the Austrian

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for the 2013–14 season. After scoring at a point per game pace with 51 points in 50 games with the Black Wings, Moran was re-signed to a one-year contract to remain in Linz. Having left the Black Wings after two seasons, Moran continued his career abroad, in agreeing to a one-year contract with

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club, the Nottingham Panthers of the EIHL on August 14, 2015. Moran announced his retirement after two seasons with the Panthers, the second as club captain, in April 2017. In November, 2018, Moran was named Head Coach of the Calgary Canucks

Records

Calgary Hitmen

franchise record for assists in a season (72) *Calgary Hitmen franchise record for career games played (357) *Calgary Hitmen franchise record for career points (450) *Calgary Hitmen franchise record for career goals (204) *Calgary Hitmen franchise record for career assists (246)

Syracuse Crunch

*Syracuse Crunch franchise record for career powerplay goals (38)

Career statistics

Awards

*1999 — CHL Third All-Star Team *

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— WHL East First All-Star Team *1999 — WHL

airBC Trophy Each year, the Western Hockey League awards a trophy to the Most Valuable Player in the Playoffs. Winners See also * Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy - Memorial Cup MVP *Wayne Gretzky 99 Award - Ontario Hockey League Playoff MVP *Guy Lafleur Trop ...

*2000 — CHL Second All-Star Team *

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— WHL

*2000 — WHL East First All-Star Team *2000 — WHL

Four Broncos Memorial Trophy The Four Broncos Memorial Trophy is awarded each year to the Western Hockey League's Player of the Year. The trophy is named in honour of four members of the Swift Current Broncos who were killed on December 30, 1986 in the Swift Current Broncos ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moran, Brad 1979 births Living people EHC Black Wings Linz players EHC Visp players Buffalo Sabres draft picks Calgary Hitmen players Canadian ice hockey centres Columbus Blue Jackets players Ice hockey people from British Columbia Manitoba Moose players Nottingham Panthers players Oklahoma City Barons players SaiPa players SCL Tigers players Sportspeople from Abbotsford, British Columbia Skellefteå AIK players Syracuse Crunch players Vancouver Canucks players Växjö Lakers players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden