Brett Lysak (born December 30, 1980) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. He played 2 games in the National Hockey League with the Carolina Hurricanes during the 2003–04 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2001 to 2013, was spent in various minor leagues and later in Europe.
| Brett Lysak | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Lysak in 2013 with the Kalamazoo Wings | |||
| Born |
December 30, 1980 St. Albert, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Carolina Hurricanes Iserlohn Roosters HC Milano Odense Bulldogs EfB Ishockey HK Jesenice SønderjyskE Ishockey Graz 99ers | ||
| NHL Draft |
49th overall, 1999 Carolina Hurricanes | ||
| Playing career | 2001–2013 | ||
Playing career edit
Lysak was drafted 49th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, with whom he played two regular season games during the 2002–03 NHL season. He also spent three seasons with the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League and had a short spell in the East Coast Hockey League with the Florida Everblades. During the NHL lockout, he played in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga with the Iserlohn Roosters.
He moved to Serie A in 2005 after playing four games for the Manitoba Moose. In 2006–07, he was the team's top scorer with 16 goals and 29 assists for 45 points in just 28 games. In 2009–10, he was the League's top scorer with 23 goals in the Danish ice hockey Premier League AL-Bank Ligaen. He played for Odense Bulldogs for his first season in Danish ice hockey followed by EfB Ishockey and SønderjyskE Ishockey
After competing with the Graz 99ers in the Austrian Hockey League of the 2011–12 season, Lysak returned to North America after seven years signing a one-year deal with the Kalamazoo Wings of the ECHL on September 13, 2012.[1]
Career statistics edit
Regular season and playoffs edit
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1994–95 | St. Albert Sabres | AMBHL | 27 | 32 | 24 | 56 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | St. Albert Sabres | AMBHL | 18 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–95 | St. Albert Raiders | AMHL | 35 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Regina Pats | WHL | 66 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 1997–98 | Regina Pats | WHL | 70 | 22 | 38 | 60 | 82 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 1998–99 | Regina Pats | WHL | 61 | 39 | 49 | 88 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Regina Pats | WHL | 70 | 38 | 40 | 78 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2000–01 | Regina Pats | WHL | 64 | 35 | 48 | 83 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 2000–01 | Regina Pats | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2001–02 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2001–02 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 53 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 46 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 71 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 104 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Iserlohn Roosters | DEL | 49 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 151 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Milano Vipers | ITA | 35 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 2006–07 | Milano Vipers | ITA | 34 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | Odense Bulldogs | DEN | 44 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 109 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | ||
| 2008–09 | EfB Ishockey | DEN | 41 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 135 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2009–10 | EfB Ishockey | DEN | 36 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | HK Acroni Jesenice | EBEL | 39 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | SønderjyskE Ishockey | DEN | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2011–12 | Graz 99ers | EBEL | 48 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Kalamazoo Wings | ECHL | 60 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 174 | 29 | 35 | 64 | 189 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Awards and achievements edit
- Named to the WHL East Second
- All-Star Team in 1999
- Memorial Cup All Star - Forward in 2001
References edit
- ^ "Wings agree to terms with Taylor, Sirota and Lysak". ECHL. September 13, 2012. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database