Bradley Wilfred Schlegel (born July 22, 1968) is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

former

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the la ...

. Schlegel was born in Kitchener,

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. Drafted in 1988 by the

Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL) ...

, he also played briefly for the

Calgary Flames The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary. The Flames compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and ...

. Schlegel also played for the Canadian National Team for many years, and was part of the Canadian Men's Hockey Teams that played in the

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and

1994 Winter Olympic Games The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

, and won the Silver Medal both times. In 1995, Schlegel began playing professional hockey in Austria and Germany. He is a graduate of

Rockway Mennonite Collegiate Rockway Mennonite Collegiate (RMC) is an independent Mennonite high school located in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. It offers academic programs for grade 7–12 students, various cross-cultural exchanges, as well as arts, athletics and tech pro ...

in Kitchener, Ontario.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schlegel, Brad 1968 births Living people Baltimore Skipjacks players Calgary Flames players Canadian ice hockey defencemen EC VSV players Hannover EC players Hannover Scorpions players Ice hockey people from Ontario Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics Kölner Haie players London Knights players Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Canada Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Canada Saint John Flames players Schwenninger Wild Wings players Washington Capitals draft picks Washington Capitals players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany