Delayne Brian

Delayne Brian (born July 24, 1990) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player with the Calgary Inferno of the CWHL. Brian helped the Inferno capture the 2016 Clarkson Cup championship, where she was recognized as Playoff MVP.[1]

Delayne Brian
Born	(1990-07-24) July 24, 1990 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Position	Goaltender
Shoots	Left
CWHL team	Calgary Inferno
Playing career	2008-17–present
Medal record Women's ice hockey Representing  Canada IIHF World Women's U18 Championships 2008 Canada Team ISBHF World Street Hockey Championships 2015 Switzerland Team

Playing career

NCAA

For three seasons, Brian competed with the Wayne State Warriors women's ice hockey program. In October 2010, made 26 saves in a 3–0 victory over St. Cloud State to earn her fifth career shutout. The following day, she had 39 saves in a 1–0 loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers. In both games, Brian had a 0.50 goals-against average and a .985 save percentage.[2]

On October 16, 2010, Brian stopped 40 shots from Boston University. It was two shy of her single game career-high. In the two game series, she had a total of 75 saves. She would also make 71 saves in a two-game sweep at Colgate. In the 4–0 triumph, she had 31 saves while earning her second shutout of the season. It was her sixth career shutout. The following day, she registered 40 saves, as the Warriors triumphed by a 5–3 mark. In addition, she held Colgate's power-play unit scoreless in nine chances during the series. With the two wins, she moved into a tie for second all time in WSU career victories with 24.[3]

During the month of October 2010, DeLayne Brian was the starting goalie in all eight of the Warriors games. Among the highlights, she accumulated 61 saves on Oct. 1–2 against Bemidji State. On top of her 61 saves, she held the Beavers to 1-for-13 on the power play. On October 8, she registered her fifth career shutout as she blanked St. Cloud State. Against nationally ranked Boston University, she had a career-high 75 saves in the two game series. Against the Colgate Raiders, she would earn another shutout as she notched 31 saves (on October 22). She led all CHA netminders with a .932 save percentage and ranked third in the nation during October with 272 saves.[4]

From January 21–22, 2011, Brian made 59 saves in a series split versus # 10 ranked Quinnipiac. She stopped 28 shots in a 2–1 win, as Wayne State snapped an 18-game winless streak against ranked opponents. Brian finished with 31 saves on Saturday. For Brian, it was her 16th performance with 30-plus saves this season. Her 700 saves are fourth-most in the nation and the second-highest single-season total in program history.[5]

Brian made 28 saves in the second period. She broke the program record for saves in a period, previously held by Kelly Zamora who had 24 at Mercyhurst on Feb. 2, 2002. Brian finished five saves short of the single-game mark set by Tina Thibideau (56 saves) at Harvard on Jan. 4, 2003.[6]

During the 2012-13 NCAA women's ice hockey season, Brian competed for the Robert Morris Colonials women's ice hockey program, after Wayne State dissolved its women's hockey program.[7]

CWHL

Having joined the Calgary Inferno in the autumn of 2013, taken sixth overall in the 2013 CHWL Draft, the first goaltender selected, Brian participated in the 2014 CWHL All-Star Game and the 2nd Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game, which both took place at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. In 2014, she was recognized as the CWHL's Goaltender of the Year.[8]

In the 2016 Clarkson Cup finals, Brian faced 41 shots from Les Canadiennes de Montreal[9] as the Inferno emerged victorious in a convincing 8–3 final.[10]

On July 16, 2018, Brian, and fellow Calgary Inferno teammates Jacquie Pierri and Brittany Esposito announced their retirements from the CWHL.[11]

International play

Brian competed with Team Canada at the inaugural IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championships. She would capture a silver medal at the 2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.

In the autumn of 2014, Brian was named as one of the goaltenders for the Canada women's national ball hockey team at the 2015 ISBHF World Street Hockey Championships in Zug, Switzerland.[12] During Canada's 3–2 win against Team USA on June 26, Brian earned one of the assists on the game–winning goal scored by Elysia Desmier.[13] The Canadian team captured the gold medal as Brian started in the championship game.[14]

Statistics

NCAA

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	MIN	SVS	GAA
2008–09	Wayne State Warriors	NCAA		21	15	6	0	1214:04	485	2.72
2009–10	Wayne State Warriors	NCAA		19	5	10	3	1095:56	474	2.52
2010–11	Wayne State Warriors	NCAA		31	8	21	2	1856:07	978	2.72
2012–13	Robert Morris Colonials	NCAA		6	2	2	0	282:58	93	2.97
NCAA Totals				77	30	39	5	4449:07	2030	2.68

Statistics source[15]

CWHL

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	OTL	SO	MIN	SVS	GAA
2013-14	Calgary Inferno	CWHL		14	8	5	0	1	809:10	290	2.52
2014-15	Calgary Inferno	CWHL		17	11	4	1	1	1023:38	405	2.46
2015-16	Calgary Inferno	CWHL		20	11	5	1	2	1104:29	445	2.99
CWHL Totals				51	30	14	2	2	2936:00	1140	2.68

Statistics source[16]

Awards and honours

• 2014 CWHL Goaltender of the Year
• Most Outstanding Goaltender, 2015 ISBHF Worlds[17]
• 2016 Clarkson Cup Most Valuable Player

References

1. "Mission accomplished for Calgary Inferno to win first Clarkson Cup". globalnews.ca. 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
2. "CHA Women's Hockey : College Hockey America Weekly Release for Games through October 10". Chawomenshockey.com. 2010-10-11. Archived from the original on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
3. "CHA Women's Hockey : College Hockey America Weekly Release for Games through October 25". Chawomenshockey.com. 2010-10-25. Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
4. "CHA Women's Hockey" (PDF). Chawomenshockey.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
5. "CHA Women's Hockey : College Hockey America has named its award winners for January 24". Chawomenshockey.com. 2011-01-24. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
6. "Wayne State University Athletics - Four Third-Period Goals Results In WSU's 6-2 Loss At Mercyhurst". Wsuathletics.com. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
7. "DeLayne Brian Career Stats". USCHO.co. n.d. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
8. "Previous CWHL Award Winners". cwhl.ca. n.d. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
9. "Clarkson Cup: Calgary upends Montreal for women's hockey title - Inferno capture first-ever CWHL championship". cbc.ca. 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
10. "2016 Clarkson Cup". cwhl. 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
11. Tammy Schwass. "The Calgary Inferno reflects on the careers of three veteran players". Calgary Inferno. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
12. "Announcing Women's Team Canada 2015". cbha.com. 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
13. "Game Protocol – United States vs. Canada". zug2015.com. 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
14. "Group 5 - Canada". zug2015.com. n.d. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
15. "Delayne Brian Career Stats". USCHO. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
16. "# 30 Delayne Brian Career Stats". cwhl.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
17. "Goodbye Zug 2015! Next Up? Pardubice, Czech Republic in 2017!". Goal Line News. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-08-23.

Preceded by Genevieve Lacasse (2012-13)	CWHL Goaltender of the Year Award	Succeeded by Charline Labonte (2014-15)
Preceded by Charline Labonte (2015)	Most Valuable Player, Clarkson Cup Playoffs (2016)	Succeeded by Charline Labonte (2017)