Brad Boyes

Bradley Keith Boyes (born April 17, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, who spent thirteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of seven different teams.

Brad Boyes
Boyes with the New York Islanders in 2013
Born (1982-04-17) April 17, 1982
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 199 lb (90 kg; 14 st 3 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for San Jose Sharks
Boston Bruins
St. Louis Blues
Buffalo Sabres
New York Islanders
Florida Panthers
Toronto Maple Leafs
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 24th overall, 2000
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 2002–2016

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.[1]

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

Playing career

As a youth, Boyes played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Young Nationals minor ice hockey team.[4]

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.[5] He followed this up with 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.[6] Boyes scored a goal in each of his first two games with the Sabres.

On July 1, 2012, Boyes signed as a free agent to a one-year, $1 million deal with the New York Islanders.[7] 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.[8]

Unsigned in the offseason, Boyes was offered a professional try-out contract by the Islanders and the Florida Panthers. He chose to attend the Panthers training camp[9] and signed a one-year deal with them on September 28, 2013.[10] After recording 36 points in 78 games, Boyes was resigned by the Panthers to a two-year, $5.25 million contract.

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.[11] 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.[12] On November 2, 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, notching it 5609 days after being drafted.[13] Boyes would finish the season with 24 points in 60 games, which was seen as decent production given his limited time on a Maple Leafs team that finished last in the NHL.

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 AAA MTHL 44 27 50 77 — — — — —
1998–99 Erie Otters OHL 59 24 36 60 30 5 1 2 3 10
1999–2000 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 21 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 — — — — —
2015–16 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 60 8 16 24 12 — — — — —
AHL totals 238 94 117 211 175 18 9 7 16 23
NHL totals 822 211 294 505 251 17 3 4 7 2

International
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
2001 Moscow
2002 Pardubice
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2001 Canada WJC 7 1 3 4 2
2002 Canada WJC 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
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References
  1. "Executive". Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  2. "Boyes CHL chats". Canoe.ca. 2008-10-02. Archived from the original on 2001-04-17. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  3. "Brad Boyes: 'I always wanted to play for the Leafs'". Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  4. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  5. "2007-08 NHL Summary".
  6. "Sabres add Boyes from Blues for a second round pick". The Sports Network. 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
  7. "Islanders sign Boyes, Carkner". Fox Sports. 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  8. "Boyes confident he'll get good deal for next season". Newsday.com. 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
  9. Halford, Mike (2013-09-10). "Report: Boyes attending Florida camp on PTO". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  10. "Florida Panthers Agree To Terms With C Brad Boyes". Florida Panthers. 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  11. Andy Strickland (2015-09-10). "Boyes to attend Maple Leafs camp". Twitter. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  12. "Leafs Agree To Terms With Brad Boyes". Toronto Maple Leafs. 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  13. "Toronto Maple Leafs on Twitter". Twitter. 2015-11-02. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Luca Cereda		 Toronto Maple Leafs first round draft pick
2000		 Succeeded by
Carlo Colaiacovo
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