Born	April 29, 1986 (1986-04-29) (age 23), Anchorage, AK
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position	Center
Shoots	Left
NHL team	New York Rangers
Ntl. team	United States
NHL Draft	60th overall, 2004 New York Rangers
Pro career	2004 – present

Brandon Dubinsky (born April 29, 1986) is an American professional hockey player, currently playing for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 New York Rangers 2 Career statistics 3 Personal life 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Playing career

Dubinsky began playing youth hockey in Anchorage, and graduated from Service High School in 2004. He played his junior career with Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League for four years, and was a two time Western Conference second team All-Star before being drafted in the 2nd round of the 2004 NHL Draft by the New York Rangers.

[edit] New York Rangers

Dubinsky played for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL) for most of the 2006-2007 season. He first played for the New York Rangers on March 8, 2007 against the New York Islanders.

Dubinsky scored his first NHL goal against Marc-André Fleury on November 8, 2007 in a 4-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Dubinsky was the 3rd star of the game. Much of the season was spent centering the Rangers' first forward line with Jaromír Jágr and Sean Avery.^[1] He was one of sixteen rookies selected to participate in the 2008 YoungStars competition at the 56th NHL All-Star Game in Atlanta. He scored two goals and one assist and was named YoungStars Most Valuable Player.^[2] Dubinsky scored his first career playoff goal in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the New Jersey Devils on April 13, 2008.

His successful rookie season was marked on April 4, 2008 when Dubinsky was awarded the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award for the 2007-08 season^[3] and "Rookie of the Year" for the Rangers as voted by his teammates.

On May 12, 2008, Dubinsky scored a hat trick in his first World Championships, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, against Norway.^[4] Team USA went on to win the game 9-1.

On November 24, 2008, Dubinsky scored a Gordie Howe hat trick against the Phoenix Coyotes. He squared off against the Coyotes' tough guy Daniel Carcillo protecting the Rangers' netminder Henrik Lundqvist at 2:58 into the first, taking a 5 minute major for fighting. He then scored a wraparound goal 1 minute 15 seconds into the second period (which ended up being the game winner). Dubinsky then finished the 'Gordie' with an assist to Dan Girardi, who scored a power play goal from the blue line at 7:37 into the third period. The Rangers won the game 4-1 and Dubinsky along with Lundqvist and Zherdev were named the three stars. Ranger coach Tom Renney called the feat a "Gordie Orr hat trick" claiming that Dubinsky "didn't do that well in the fight".^[5]

Dubinsky finished his second full season with one point more than his previous season. Despite a strong start with a game winning goal in the Rangers' first game ^[6] and a streak of 11 points in his first 11 games in 2008-09, he also suffered a 20-game goal-scoring drought.^[7] On April 15, 2009, Dubinsky scored the game winning goal with 8:17 remaining in the third period of the Rangers' first game of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the Washington Capitals.

After holding out at the beginning of the 2009–10 season and missing over a week of training camp, Dubinsky signed a two-year contract worth $3.7 million as a restricted free agent.^[8]

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2002–03	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL		44	8	18	26	35		7	2	2	4	10
2003–04	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL		71	30	48	78	137		5	0	2	2	6
2004–05	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL		68	23	36	59	160		7	4	5	9	8
2005–06	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL		51	21	46	67	98		12	5	10	15	24
2005–06	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		—	—	—	—	—		11	5	5	10	14
2006–07	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		71	21	22	43	115		7	1	3	4	12
2006–07	New York Rangers	NHL		6	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	New York Rangers	NHL		82	14	26	40	79		10	4	4	8	12
2008–09	New York Rangers	NHL		82	13	28	41	112		7	1	3	4	18
WHL totals				234	82	148	230	430		31	11	19	30	48
AHL totals				71	21	22	43	115		18	6	8	14	26
NHL totals				170	27	54	81	193		17	5	7	12	30

[edit] Personal life

Dubinsky was born in Anchorage, Alaska. He has a father, Bill, and mother Heidi, and two brothers, who currently reside in Anchorage, Alaska. Their names are Robert (Bobby) and Bryant. He also has family in New York. Brandon is not related to Steve Dubinsky, a former centerman who spent 10 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, Calgary Flames and Nashville Predators.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Preceded by Jed Ortmeyer

Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award Winner 2007–08 NHL season

Succeeded by Ryan Callahan

• Brandon Dubinsky's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Brandon Dubinsky at TSN.ca
• Brandon Dubinsky's NHL player profile
• Brandon Dubinsky Minor Hockey Video