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{{short description|American ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image= Rich Brennan (31646080235).jpg
| caption=Brennan in 2001
| image_size = 230px
| position = [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 200
| played_for = '''[[NHL]]''' [[Colorado Avalanche]] [[San Jose Sharks]] [[New York Rangers]] [[Los Angeles Kings]] [[Nashville Predators]] [[Boston Bruins]] '''[[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]]''' [[Augsburger Panther]] [[Nürnberg Ice Tigers]] '''[[National League A|NLA]]''' [[SC Bern]] '''[[Austrian Hockey League|EBEL]]''' [[HC TWK Innsbruck]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|11|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Schenectady, New York|Schenectady]], [[New York (state)|NY]], [[United States|USA]]
| career_start = 1995
| career_end = 2009
| draft = 46th overall
| draft_year = 1991
| draft_team = [[Quebec Nordiques]]
| ntl_team = USA
}}
'''Richard John Brennan''' (born November 26, 1972) is an American retired professional [[ice hockey]] [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|defenceman]]. He played briefly in the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] with a number of teams including the [[Colorado Avalanche]], [[San Jose Sharks]], [[New York Rangers]], [[Los Angeles Kings]], [[Nashville Predators]], and [[Boston Bruins]].

==Playing career==
Brennan was chosen in the 3rd round, 46th overall by the [[Quebec Nordiques]] in the [[1991 NHL Entry Draft]] out of high school. After being drafted Brennan chose to go to college and played at [[Boston University]] for 4 years. In 1992 he played in the [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championship]] for the United States. Brennan's most successful collegiate season came during his junior year (1993–1994) when he scored 35 points in 41 games and earned a number of honors including Hockey East First All-Star team honors and [[NCAA]] East Second All-American team honors.

After college Brennan joined the [[Cornwall Aces]] for the [[1995-96 AHL season|1995–96]] season. Brennan spent the [[1996-97 NHL season|1996–97]] season with the [[Hershey Bears]] in addition to making his NHL debut, appearing in 2 games with the [[Colorado Avalanche]]. Brennan then signed as a free agent with the [[San Jose Sharks]] in 1997. He spent the majority of the [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]] season with the Sharks minor league affiliate [[Kentucky Thoroughblades]] while also appearing in 11 games with the Sharks before being traded to the [[New York Rangers]] and finishing the season with the [[Hartford Wolf Pack]]. The [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]] season saw Brennan play 47 games with the Wolf Pack in addition to playing in an NHL career high 24 games with the Rangers.

Brennan played the next 2 seasons with the [[Lowell Lock Monsters]]. During the [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]] season Brennan also managed to play in 2 games with the [[Los Angeles Kings]]. In 2001 Brennan signed with the [[Nashville Predators]] and spent the majority of the 2001–2002 season in the minors, only appearing in 4 games with the Predators. The 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons saw Brennan play with the [[Providence Bruins]]. During the 2002–2003 season he played in 7 games with the [[Boston Bruins]].

Brennan began playing in [[Europe]] in 2004. He split one year between [[Switzerland|Swiss]] team [[SC Bern]] of the [[National League A|NLA]] before transferring to [[Augsburger Panther]] of the [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]] in [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://baseportal.de/baseportal/fjohne/template&db=news&Id==391|title=Augsburg brings in AHL journeyman Rich Brennan | publisher =baseportal.de | date = January 14, 2005 | accessdate = April 25, 2010}}</ref> Brennan remained in Germany the following season and played 3 seasons with the [[Nürnberg Ice Tigers]]. Brennan then spent the 2008–09 season in the [[Austrian Hockey League]] with [[HC TWK Innsbruck]] before retiring.

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | [[Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[1991–92 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1991–92]]
| [[Boston University]]
| [[Hockey East|HE]]
| 31
| 4
| 13
| 17
| 54
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1992–93]]
| Boston University
| HE
| 40
| 9
| 11
| 20
| 68
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[1993–94 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1993–94]]
| Boston University
| HE
| 41
| 8
| 27
| 35
| 82
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1994–95 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1994–95]]
| Boston University
| HE
| 31
| 5
| 23
| 28
| 56
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| 1995–96
| [[Brantford Smoke]]
| [[CoHL]]
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1995–96 AHL season|1995–96]]
| [[Cornwall Aces]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 36
| 4
| 8
| 12
| 61
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[1996–97 AHL season|1996–97]]
| [[Hershey Bears]]
| AHL
| 74
| 11
| 45
| 56
| 88
| 23
| 2
| 16
| 18
| 22
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]]
| [[Colorado Avalanche]]
| [[NHL]]
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[1997–98 AHL season|1997–98]]
| [[Kentucky Thoroughblades]]
| AHL
| 42
| 11
| 17
| 28
| 71
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]]
| [[San Jose Sharks]]
| NHL
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| 1997–98
| [[Hartford Wolf Pack]]
| AHL
| 9
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 12
| 15
| 4
| 5
| 9
| 14
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998–99 AHL season|1998–99]]
| Hartford Wolf Pack
| AHL
| 47
| 4
| 24
| 28
| 42
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
| [[New York Rangers]]
| NHL
| 24
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 23
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1999–00 AHL season|1999–00]]
| [[Lowell Lock Monsters]]
| AHL
| 67
| 15
| 30
| 45
| 110
| 7
| 1
| 5
| 6
| 0
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2000–01 AHL season|2000–01]]
| Lowell Lock Monsters
| AHL
| 69
| 10
| 31
| 41
| 146
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]]
| [[Los Angeles Kings]]
| NHL
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]]
| [[Nashville Predators]]
| NHL
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2001–02 AHL season|2001–02]]
| [[Milwaukee Admirals]]
| AHL
| 23
| 4
| 8
| 12
| 27
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2001–02
| [[Manchester Monarchs (AHL)|Manchester Monarchs]]
| AHL
| 16
| 2
| 5
| 7
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 16
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2002–03 AHL season|2002–03]]
| [[Providence Bruins]]
| AHL
| 41
| 3
| 29
| 32
| 51
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]]
| [[Boston Bruins]]
| NHL
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 6
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2003–04 AHL season|2003–04]]
| Providence Bruins
| AHL
| 56
| 12
| 15
| 27
| 47
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2004–05
| [[SC Langenthal]]
| [[National League B|NLB]]
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2004-05 Nationalliga A season|2004–05]]
| [[SC Bern]]
| [[National League A|NLA]]
| 23
| 5
| 5
| 10
| 24
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2004-05 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season|2004–05]]
| [[Augsburger Panther]]
| [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]]
| 16
| 4
| 5
| 9
| 22
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 16
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2005-06 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season|2005–06]]
| [[Nürnberg Ice Tigers]]
| DEL
| 52
| 12
| 21
| 33
| 54
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 10
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2006-07 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season|2006–07]]
| Nürnberg Ice Tigers
| DEL
| 38
| 11
| 15
| 26
| 103
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2007-08 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season|2007–08]]
| Nürnberg Ice Tigers
| DEL
| 47
| 7
| 26
| 33
| 69
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2008-09 Austrian Hockey League season|2008–09]]
| [[HC TWK Innsbruck]]
| [[Austrian Hockey League|EBEL]]
| 49
| 9
| 15
| 24
| 46
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 27
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 50
! 2
! 6
! 8
! 33
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | AHL totals
! 480
! 78
! 216
! 294
! 661
! 59
! 8
! 28
! 36
! 54
|}
{{MedalTableTop| name = no}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ih|USA}} }}
{{MedalSport | [[Ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1992 Fussen]]|}}
{{MedalBottom}}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! Result
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1992]]
| [[United States national men's ice hockey team|United States]]
| [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|WJC]]
| {{bronze3}}
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 4
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4" | Junior totals
! 7
! 0
! 2
! 2
! 4
|}

==Awards and honors==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
!
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| colspan="3" | [[NCAA Division I men's ice hockey|College]]
|-
| All-[[Hockey East|HE]] [[List of All-Hockey East Teams#Rookie Team|Rookie Team]]
| [[1991–92 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1991–92]]
|
|-
| [[Hockey East|HE]] [[List of Hockey East All-Tournament Teams|All-Tournament Team]]
| [[1993 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|1993]], [[1994 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|1994]]
| <ref name= award>{{cite news|title=2013–14 Hockey East Media Guide|url=http://issuu.com/hockeyeast/docs/1314heamguide|publisher=Hockey East|accessdate=May 19, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| All-[[Hockey East|HE]] [[List of All-Hockey East Teams#First Team|First Team]]
| [[1993–94 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1993–94]]
|
|-
| [[American Hockey Coaches Association|AHCA]] [[List of Division I AHCA All-American Teams|East Second-Team All-American]]
| [[1993–94 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1993–94]]
|
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| colspan="3" | [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
|-
| [[AHL All-Star Game|All-Star Game]]
| [[1996-97 AHL season|1997]], [[1997-98 AHL season|1998]], [[1998-99 AHL season|1999]], [[1999-2000 AHL season|2000]], [[2000-01 AHL season|2001]], [[2001-02 AHL season|2002]]
| <ref>{{cite web| url = https://theahl.com/stats/game-summary/1005940 | title = Canadian All-Stars 11, Planet USA All-Stars 10 | publisher = [[American Hockey League]] | date = 2001-01-15 | accessdate = 2019-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://theahl.com/stats/game-summary/1005939 | title = Canadian All-Stars 13, Planet USA All-Stars 11 | publisher = [[American Hockey League]] | date = 2002-02-14 | accessdate = 2019-02-01}}</ref>
|-
| [[Calder Cup]] (Hershey Bears)
| [[1996–97 AHL season|1997]]
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{icehockeystats|legends=10160}}

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