Brent Bobyck (born April 26, 1968) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey left winger. He was selected 78th overall in the

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by the Montreal Canadiens. Although he never played in the National Hockey League, he has played fourteen professional seasons for various teams in

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and the United Kingdom. He has also played for both the Canadian and the Great Britain national ice hockey teams. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Bobyck currently runs his ow
power skating school
in the Regina area and in the United Kingdom.

Playing career

While playing for the University of North Dakota, with whom he won the NCAA Division 1 championship, Bobyck was selected 78th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the

. He played for their American Hockey League (AHL) farm team in 1990–91 as well as playing for the

Albany Choppers The Albany Choppers were an independent professional ice hockey team in Albany, New York competing in the International Hockey League during the 1990–91 season. Creation The Fort Wayne Komets had been mainstays of the IHL for four decades. ...

in the International Hockey League (IHL) and the

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in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). The following season, 1991–92, he played for the Detroit Falcons in the Colonial Hockey League. In 1992–93, he signed with the Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL as well as playing for the Canada national men's ice hockey team. In 1994 Bobyck signed for the

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in the United Kingdom for whom he played for the next two seasons, finishing the 1995–96 season back in North America with the

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in the Southern Hockey League. Bobyck returned to the United Kingdom in 1996 to join the

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for the inaugural season of the

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(ISL). Playing for Nottingham for the next four seasons, he helped them to win the

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in 1996 and 1998. After Nottingham failed to re-sign him for the 2000–01 season, Bobyck joined the Bracknell Bees, also in the ISL, as injury cover. After a few weeks Bobyck moved to the Sheffield Steelers, also as injury cover, before he finished the season with the Manchester Storm. In 2001–02, Bobyck re-signed for Sheffield and remained with them for four seasons until he retired from ice hockey at the end of the 2004–05 season. During this time he helped Sheffield to win the playoffs in 2001–02, the league championship and the

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in 2002–03, and the league championship and the playoffs in the

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's inaugural season, 2003–04. Having initially announced his retirement at the end of the 2003–04 season he was re-signed by Sheffield for the 2004–05 season after being offered a

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season. Having suffered an elbow injury, he only managed a handful of games the following season before he retired from playing in January 2005.

Honours and awards

*Granted a

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by Sheffield Steelers in 2004–05.

Career statistics

International play

Played for Canada in: *1989–90 touring team *1993–94 touring team Played for Great Britain in: * 1999 World Championships Pool A Qualifying Tournament

International statistics

References

External links

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