From Cradle to Cup will be a series running throughout July 2013
looking back at players on the 2013 Chicago Blackhawks roster for their
Stanley Cup-winning campaign. Part 6 talks about journeyman defenseman Sheldon Brookbank.
Sheldon Brookbank was born on October 3rd, 1980, in Lanigan, Saskatchewan. He began his hockey career at age eighteen with the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, although his first two seasons from 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 do not have readily accessible statistics on Hockey-Reference.com. He played a third season with Humboldt, posting a line of fourteen goals and thirty-five assists in fifty-nine games, as well as 281 penalty minutes. Brookbank left the junior ranks in 2000-2001to play in the ECHL with the Mississippi Sea Wolves, where he had eight goals and twenty-one assists to go with 137 penalty minutes in sixty-two games, and then playing in another ten postseason games with the Sea Wolves, putting up one goal, four assists, and twenty-seven penalty minutes. He then joined the American Hockey League to play with the Grand Rapids Griffins for six more games. In this time, he had one assist and twenty-four penalty minutes. In 2002-2003, Brookbank remained with the Griffins, playing in sixty-nine games with two goals and eleven assists to his credit, while sitting for 136 penalty minutes. In the playoffs, he supplied one goal and three assists with twenty-eight penalty minutes. On July 21st, 2003, Brookbank was signed by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and assigned to play with their AHL affiliate, the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks for the 2003-2004 season. Here he had two goals and nine assists in a then-career-high seventy-four games played, while serving 216 penalty minutes. In nine playoffs games with Cincinnati, Brookbank had only two assists and twenty penalty minutes. He remained in the AHL during the 2004-2005 season, where he played in another sixty games, scoring a goal and adding eleven assists and 181 penalty minutes in the regular season. The playoffs saw him bring only forty penalty minutes with no points in eleven games. On August 4th, 2005, Brookbank was signed as a free agent by the Nashville Predators, who then assigned him to the Milwaukee Admirals for the 2005-2006 season. Brookbank was much more successful with the Admirals, scoring nine goals and dishing twenty-six assists in his first season of seventy-three games, while still adding grit with 232 penalty minutes, the most since his junior career. The Admirals made the playoffs, and in twenty-one postseason games, Brookbank registered one goal and eight assists as well as forty-nine penalty minutes. Brookbank began 2006-2007 with Milwaukee as well, and played in seventy-eight games to set a new career high in appearances, as well as goals and assists with fifteen and thirty-eight, respectively. However, during the playoffs, he went without a point and only six penalty minutes in four games. Nonetheless, Brookbank made it to the NHL for three games with the Nashvile Predators, supplying one assist and twelve penalty minutes during that short time. In the offseason, Brookbank signed with the Columbus Blue Jackets but never played for them after being waived, where he was then claimed by the New Jersey Devils. He played only one game with the AHL Lowell Devils during the 2007-2008 season, and spent another forty-four with the New Jersey Devils, playing to a line of eight assists and sixty-three penalty minutes. Brookbank began 2008-2009 with the Devils, going without a point in fifteen games while accumulating twenty-five penalty minutes before being shipped out to the Anaheim Ducks organization (his second stint with that franchise) on February 3rd, 2009 in exchange for David McIntyre. He scored one goal and added three assists and fifty-one penalty minutes. The Ducks provided stability for Brookbank, as he remained with them for the next three seasons. In 2009-2010, he had nine assists with 114 penalty minutes in sixty-six games, followed by forty games without a point but with sixty-three penalty minutes in 2010-2011, and finally a career-high eighty games in 2011-2012, which saw him score three goals and chip in eleven assists while serving a modest seventy-penalty minutes. He was signed on a two-year contract by the Chicago Blackhawks for the 2013 season, and he ended up playing in twenty-six games, with only a single goal and twenty-one penalty minutes to his name. He also made one postseason appearance, which like the other seventeen before that, saw him score no points despite playing on the championship winning team.
Sheldon Brookbank was born on October 3rd, 1980, in Lanigan, Saskatchewan. He began his hockey career at age eighteen with the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, although his first two seasons from 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 do not have readily accessible statistics on Hockey-Reference.com. He played a third season with Humboldt, posting a line of fourteen goals and thirty-five assists in fifty-nine games, as well as 281 penalty minutes. Brookbank left the junior ranks in 2000-2001to play in the ECHL with the Mississippi Sea Wolves, where he had eight goals and twenty-one assists to go with 137 penalty minutes in sixty-two games, and then playing in another ten postseason games with the Sea Wolves, putting up one goal, four assists, and twenty-seven penalty minutes. He then joined the American Hockey League to play with the Grand Rapids Griffins for six more games. In this time, he had one assist and twenty-four penalty minutes. In 2002-2003, Brookbank remained with the Griffins, playing in sixty-nine games with two goals and eleven assists to his credit, while sitting for 136 penalty minutes. In the playoffs, he supplied one goal and three assists with twenty-eight penalty minutes. On July 21st, 2003, Brookbank was signed by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and assigned to play with their AHL affiliate, the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks for the 2003-2004 season. Here he had two goals and nine assists in a then-career-high seventy-four games played, while serving 216 penalty minutes. In nine playoffs games with Cincinnati, Brookbank had only two assists and twenty penalty minutes. He remained in the AHL during the 2004-2005 season, where he played in another sixty games, scoring a goal and adding eleven assists and 181 penalty minutes in the regular season. The playoffs saw him bring only forty penalty minutes with no points in eleven games. On August 4th, 2005, Brookbank was signed as a free agent by the Nashville Predators, who then assigned him to the Milwaukee Admirals for the 2005-2006 season. Brookbank was much more successful with the Admirals, scoring nine goals and dishing twenty-six assists in his first season of seventy-three games, while still adding grit with 232 penalty minutes, the most since his junior career. The Admirals made the playoffs, and in twenty-one postseason games, Brookbank registered one goal and eight assists as well as forty-nine penalty minutes. Brookbank began 2006-2007 with Milwaukee as well, and played in seventy-eight games to set a new career high in appearances, as well as goals and assists with fifteen and thirty-eight, respectively. However, during the playoffs, he went without a point and only six penalty minutes in four games. Nonetheless, Brookbank made it to the NHL for three games with the Nashvile Predators, supplying one assist and twelve penalty minutes during that short time. In the offseason, Brookbank signed with the Columbus Blue Jackets but never played for them after being waived, where he was then claimed by the New Jersey Devils. He played only one game with the AHL Lowell Devils during the 2007-2008 season, and spent another forty-four with the New Jersey Devils, playing to a line of eight assists and sixty-three penalty minutes. Brookbank began 2008-2009 with the Devils, going without a point in fifteen games while accumulating twenty-five penalty minutes before being shipped out to the Anaheim Ducks organization (his second stint with that franchise) on February 3rd, 2009 in exchange for David McIntyre. He scored one goal and added three assists and fifty-one penalty minutes. The Ducks provided stability for Brookbank, as he remained with them for the next three seasons. In 2009-2010, he had nine assists with 114 penalty minutes in sixty-six games, followed by forty games without a point but with sixty-three penalty minutes in 2010-2011, and finally a career-high eighty games in 2011-2012, which saw him score three goals and chip in eleven assists while serving a modest seventy-penalty minutes. He was signed on a two-year contract by the Chicago Blackhawks for the 2013 season, and he ended up playing in twenty-six games, with only a single goal and twenty-one penalty minutes to his name. He also made one postseason appearance, which like the other seventeen before that, saw him score no points despite playing on the championship winning team.
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