Brad Boyes

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Brad Boyes
Brad Boyes 2013-05-09.JPG
Boyes with the New York Islanders during the 2013 playoffs
Born (1982-04-17) April 17, 1982 (age 42)
Mississauga, ON, CAN
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 197 lb (89 kg; 14 st 1 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams		 Toronto Maple Leafs
San Jose Sharks
Boston Bruins
St. Louis Blues
Buffalo Sabres
New York Islanders
Florida Panthers
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 24th overall, 2000
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 2002–present

Bradley Keith Boyes (born April 17, 1982) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Boyes went to Hazel McCallion Senior Public School and Clarkson Secondary School, both in Mississauga, before moving to Erie, Pennsylvania. His mother is a teacher. His father is a school principal, he was the principal of Champlain Trail Public School. His father is also one of the directors of the Streetsville Hockey League, a small house league based in Streetsville, Ontario.[1]

Despite living in the Greater Toronto Area, Boyes was an Ottawa Senators fan growing up.[2] However, the Maple Leafs were Boyes' "second team", and he would later say that he "always wanted to play for the Leafs".[3]

Playing career

Boyes played several years of roller hockey for the Mississauga Rattlers. He was a member of the Mississauga Reps AAA hockey team before being drafted by the Erie Otters. Boyes won the J. Ross Robertson Cup with the Otters in 2002.

Boyes was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round, 24th overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.

He was traded to the San Jose Sharks along with Alyn McCauley and a 1st round selection in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft (who would be Mark Stuart) in exchange for Owen Nolan.

Boyes was later traded from the Sharks to the Boston Bruins in a 3-way deal that saw Jeff Jillson go to Buffalo Sabres, Curtis Brown go to San Jose, and Brad Boyes and Andy Delmore go to Boston on March 9, 2004.

Boyes scored his first NHL goal on October 9, 2005, against Sébastien Caron of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He scored his first NHL hat trick on March 18, 2006 against Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes

Boyes with the St. Louis Blues

The Bruins traded Boyes to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Dennis Wideman on February 27, 2007. In St. Louis Boyes became a star player. Scoring 43 goals in the 2007 season, tied for 4th in the league[4] and 33 goals in the 2008 season.

On February 27, 2011, Boyes was traded by the Blues to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a second round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.[5] Boyes scored a goal in each of his first two games with the Sabres.

On July 1, 2012, he signed as a free agent to a one-year, $1 million deal with the New York Islanders.[6] With ambition to move on from a disappointing tenure with the Sabres, Boyes rediscovered his scoring touch during the shortened 2012–13 season to score 35 points in 48 games on the Islanders top scoring line alongside John Tavares and Matt Moulson.[7]

Unsigned in the off-season Boyes was offered a professional try-out contract by the Islanders and the Florida Panthers. He chose to attend the Panthers training camp[8] and signed a one-year deal with them on September 28, 2013.[9]

The last year of Boyes' contract was bought out on June 30, 2015, effectively making Boyes a free agent. Despite picking up 38 points in 78 games and having good advanced analytics, Boyes was unable to find a deal, and on September 10, 2015, he signed a professional tryout contract to attend training camp with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the team who originally drafted him in 2000.[10]

Boyes impressed at camp and during the pre-season, and on September 27, 2015, he was rewarded with a 1 year, $700,000 contract from the Leafs.[11] On November 2nd, 2015, Boyes scored his first goal with the club. In the process, Boyes set a franchise record for longest span between getting drafted and scoring his first goal with the Maple Leafs, noticing it 5609 days after being drafted.[12]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1997–98 Mississauga Reps MTHL 44 27 50 77 — — — — —
1998–99 Erie Otters OHL 59 24 36 60 30 — — — — —
1999–00 Erie Otters OHL 68 36 46 82 38 13 6 8 14 10
2000–01 Erie Otters OHL 59 45 45 90 42 15 10 13 23 8
2001–02 Erie Otters OHL 47 36 41 77 42 26 22 19 41 27
2002–03 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 65 23 28 51 45 — — — — —
2002–03 Cleveland Barons AHL 15 7 6 13 21 — — — — —
2003–04 Cleveland Barons AHL 61 25 35 60 38 — — — — —
2003–04 San Jose Sharks NHL 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2003–04 Providence Bruins AHL 17 6 6 12 13 2 1 0 1 0
2004–05 Providence Bruins AHL 80 33 42 75 58 16 8 7 15 23
2005–06 Boston Bruins NHL 82 26 43 69 30 — — — — —
2006–07 Boston Bruins NHL 62 13 21 34 25 — — — — —
2006–07 St. Louis Blues NHL 19 4 8 12 4 — — — — —
2007–08 St. Louis Blues NHL 82 43 22 65 20 — — — — —
2008–09 St. Louis Blues NHL 82 33 39 72 26 4 2 1 3 0
2009–10 St. Louis Blues NHL 82 14 28 42 26 — — — — —
2010–11 St. Louis Blues NHL 62 12 29 41 30 — — — — —
2010–11 Buffalo Sabres NHL 21 5 9 14 6 7 1 0 1 0
2011–12 Buffalo Sabres NHL 65 8 15 23 6 — — — — —
2012–13 New York Islanders NHL 48 10 25 35 16 6 0 3 3 2
2013–14 Florida Panthers NHL 78 21 15 36 28 — — — — —
2014–15 Florida Panthers NHL 78 14 24 38 20 — — — — —
NHL totals 771 204 283 487 245 17 3 4 7 2
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Moscow
Silver medal – second place 2002 Pardubice

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2001 Canada WJC 3rd 7 1 3 4 2
2002 Canada WJC 2nd 7 5 4 9 16
2006 Canada WC 4th 9 4 4 8 4
Junior totals 14 6 7 13 18
Senior totals 9 4 4 8 4

Awards and Honours

Records

  • Toronto Maple Leafs franchise record for longest span between being drafted and scoring a goal with the club: 5609 days

References

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External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Toronto Maple Leafs first round draft pick
2000		 Succeeded by
Carlo Colaiacovo
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