Brenden Morrow

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size =
team = Dallas Stars
league = NHL
position = Left Wing
shot = Left
height_ft = 5
height_in = 11
weight_lb = 200
nickname =
nationality = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1979|1|16|mf=y
birth_place = Carlyle, SK, CAN
draft = 25th overall
draft_year = 1997
draft_team = Dallas Stars
career_start = 1999

Brenden Morrow (born 16 January, 1979 in Carlyle, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian ice hockey left winger and team captain for the Dallas Stars of the NHL.

Playing career

Brenden Morrow started his career with the Portland Winter Hawks of the WHL. He played four seasons with them, and was drafted 25th overall by the Stars in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. In 1998, he helped lead his team to the Memorial Cup Championship. He began his career in the NHL immediately after his final junior season.

As a winger, Morrow has been a consistent producer for Dallas, garnering between 33 and 49 points every season he has played with them until his breakout year in 2005–06, where he notched 65 points. The new NHL has allowed small, fast, forwards such as Morrow to emerge as solid point-getters. He also broke his career record of penalty minutes with 183. Morrow has been consistent with his +/- rating, finishing his first six NHL seasons with a plus rating.

Starting September 29, 2006, Morrow was named the new team captain for the Dallas Stars. Having recently signed a new 6 year contract, Head Coach Dave Tippett said the Stars' management decided to "expand Brenden Morrow's role in our leadership group and we feel that the time is right to do this." Morrow is the fifth player to wear the "C" since the Stars relocated to Dallas in 1993.

On November 10, 2006 Morrow's name appeared on the All-Star Game ballot for the first time in his career.

On December 26, 2006, Morrow severed two tendons in his right wrist when he was stepped on with a skate in the game against the Chicago Blackhawks. Surgery was successful and he was discharged from a Chicago hospital the next morning. He was activated from the injured reserve on Friday March 16 and returned to the Stars on Sunday March 18 when Dallas played against the Phoenix Coyotes

On May 2, 2008, playing in game 5 of the Western Conference Semifinals, Morrow scored three goals, two of which were disallowed. One was ruled to be a "distinct kicking motion" and the other goal went off his hand as he swung at the puck with his stick. Chuck Carlton of The Dallas Morning News jokingly referred to the feat as the "Brenden Morrow Hat Trick." [ [http://starsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/05/the-brenden-morrow-hat-trick.html DALLAS STARS Blog | The Dallas Morning News ] ]

On May 5, 2008, Morrow scored the game-winning goal in the 4th overtime of Game 6 in the Western Conference Semifinals against the San Jose Sharks. Tipping in a pass from Stephane Robidas on a powerplay, Morrow's goal ended both the 8th-longest game in NHL Playoffs history and the Sharks' season, with the Stars winning the series 4–2.

Personal

Morrow is the son-in-law of Montreal Canadiens coach and former Dallas Stars teammate Guy Carbonneau, having married Carbonneau's daughter Anne-Marie in 2003. They have three children, a daughter, Bryelle (born 2005) and newborn twins named Brody (boy) and Mallory (girl) (born May 11, 2008). [ [http://www.star-telegram.com/stars/story/636362.html Ribeiro, Osgood fined for Game 2 tit-for-tat] ]

Awards

*Named to WHL West First All-Star Team (1999)

Career statistics

*"Stats as of end of 2007/08 NHL playoffs"

International play

*Played for Team Canada in the 1999 World Junior Championships.
*Played for Team Canada in the 2001 World Championships.
*Played for Team Canada in the 2002 World Championships.
*Played for Team Canada in the 2004 World Championships.
*Played for Team Canada in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.
*Played for Team Canada in the 2005 World Championships.

International Statistics

References

*2005 NHL Official Guide & Record Book ISBN 0-920445-91-8
*hockeydb|26827
*http://starsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/05/the-brenden-morrow-hat-trick.html