Brandon Baddock

Brandon Baddock (born 29 March 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger for the Laval Rocket in the American Hockey League (AHL), while under contract to the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 161st overall by the New Jersey Devils in the sixth round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft and formerly played for the Binghamton Devils.

Brandon Baddock
Born (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995
Vermilion, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 218 lb (99 kg; 15 st 8 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams		 Montreal Canadiens
Laval Rocket (AHL)
Binghamton Devils
NHL Draft 161st overall, 2014
New Jersey Devils
Playing career 2016–present

Playing career

Junior

After playing minor hockey in the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League (AMBHL), Baddock was drafted 134th overall by the Edmonton Oil Kings in the seventh round of the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft. He played two more seasons in the Alberta Minor Midget Hockey League (AMMHL) and in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) before making his Western Hockey League (WHL) debut.[1]

Baddock made his WHL debut on 19 November 2011, in a 5–2 loss against the Lethbridge Hurricanes.[2] In his second WHL appearance on 20 September 2012, he scored his first WHL goal in a 5–3 win against the Kootenay Ice.[3] Overall, he played 59 games with seven goals and four assists in his rookie WHL season, en route to a WHL Championship final appearance.[4][5] In the 2013–14 WHL season, he played 56 games with six goals and 11 assists, en route to the Oil Kings' fourth Ed Chynoweth Cup and first Memorial Cup.[6][7] Prior to the 2014–15 WHL season, Baddock was named alternate captain of the Oil Kings, scoring 19 goals and 21 assists in 71 games played.[8] In his final WHL season, he was selected as captain, scoring 22 goals and 13 assists in 68 games played.[9][10]

Professional

After being drafted 161st overall by the New Jersey Devils in the sixth round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, Baddock signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Devils on 1 June 2016.[11]

On 29 January 2017, the Devils' AHL affiliate, the Albany Devils, reassigned him to their ECHL affiliate, the Adirondack Thunder.[12] The same day, he made his professional debut for the Thunder, in a 3–2 win against the Elmira Jackals.[13] He ultimately appeared in 21 games with four assists in his rookie professional season for the Thunder.[1] On 7 October 2017, he made his AHL debut for the Binghamton Devils in a 2–1 win against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.[14] On 28 October 2017, he scored his first professional goal in a 2–1 win against the Springfield Thunderbirds, playing 53 games with three goals and four assists in the 2017–18 AHL season.[15] The following season, he played 67 games with three goals, seven assists and was the 2018–19 AHL season penalty infraction minute leader.[1]

On 15 July 2019, the New Jersey Devils re-signed Baddock to a one-year two-way contract.[16] He played 50 games with six goals and nine assists in the shortened AHL season. On 9 October 2020, the Montreal Canadiens signed Baddock to a one-year two-way contract.[17] He was promoted to the Canadiens' taxi squad in the 2020–21 season, however, he never appeared in an NHL game.[18] He also appeared in 25 games with two goals and three assists for the Canadiens' AHL affiliate, Laval Rocket, in the 2020–21 AHL season.[1]

On 27 July 2021, the Canadiens re-signed Baddock to a one-year two-way contract.[19]

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2012–13 Edmonton Oil Kings WHL 59 7 4 11 73 22 0 1 1 12
2013–14 Edmonton Oil Kings WHL 56 6 11 17 128 13 1 0 1 6
2014–15 Edmonton Oil Kings WHL 71 19 21 40 136 5 1 0 1 10
2015–16 Edmonton Oil Kings WHL 68 22 13 35 143 5 1 0 1 10
2016–17 Adirondack Thunder ECHL 21 0 4 4 15 4 0 1 1 2
2017–18 Binghamton Devils AHL 53 3 4 7 109 — — — — —
2018–19 Binghamton Devils AHL 67 3 7 10 154 — — — — —
2019–20 Binghamton Devils AHL 50 6 9 15 114 — — — — —
2020–21 Laval Rocket AHL 25 2 3 5 64 — — — — —
AHL totals 195 14 23 37 441 — — — — —

References
  1. "Brandon Baddock at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  2. "Game summary: Edmonton Oil Kings – Lethbridge Hurricanes, November 19th, 2011". Western Hockey League. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. "Game summary: Kootenay Ice – Edmonton Oil Kings, September 20th, 2012". Western Hockey League. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  4. Jones, Terry (7 May 2013). "Edmonton Oil Kings in familiar territory down two games to one, but chances of overcoming Portland Winterhawks are fading". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  5. "Winterhawks win WHL championship". The Columbian. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  6. "Oil Kings down Winterhawks to win WHL title". Sportsnet. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  7. Cosentino, Sam (27 May 2014). "Oil Kings title run truly a top-to-bottom effort". Sportsnet. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  8. Swane, Brian (26 September 2015). "New captain Brandon Baddock leads Oil Kings into new Western Hockey League season". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  9. Davits, Evan (26 September 2015). "Brandon Baddock will wear captain's 'C' for Edmonton Oil Kings". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  10. Van Diest, Derek (30 January 2016). "Keeping Baddock paying off for Oil Kings". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  11. "Devils sign forward Brandon Baddock". National Hockey League. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  12. Dougherty, Pete (29 January 2017). "A-Devils reassign Baddock, release Agosta from PTO". Times Union. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  13. "Game Summary: Adirondack Thunder – Elmira Jackals, January 29, 2017". ECHL. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  14. "Game Summary: Bridgeport Sound Tigers – Binghamton Devils, October 7, 2017". American Hockey League. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  15. "Game Summary: Springfield Thunderbirds – Binghamton Devils, October 28, 2017". American Hockey League. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  16. "RELEASE: Devils re-sign forward Brandon Baddock and defenseman Josh Jacob". National Hockey League. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  17. "Canadiens agree to terms on a one-year contract with forward Brandon Baddock". Laval Rocket. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  18. "Canadiens' Brandon Baddock: Shifts to taxi squad". CBS Sports. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  19. "One-year, two-way contract for Brandon Baddock". National Hockey League. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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