Brad Farynuk
Encyclopedia
Brad Farynuk is a Canadian professional ice hockey
player currently playing with AS Renon in the Serie A (ice hockey). He has played over 300 professional hockey games (53 games in the American Hockey League
, 175 in the ECHL
, and 75 in the ALH
).
(Troy, NY) with a dual engineering degree Brad went on to play professional hockey in Dayton Ohio for the Dayton Bombers
. During the season he split his time with the Syracuse Crunch. The following year Farynuk played in California for the Stockton Thunder. There he was Captain and an ECHL All Star. Again, during the season he split his time with the AHL and played 20 games for the Springfield Falcons.
In the 2008-09 season, Brad was the Captain for the South Carolina Stingrays
and led them to win the Kelly Cup
Championship. The AHL’s Quad City Flames had Brad playing in 17 games that season.
In 2009 Farynuk went and played for a new team in the Asia Hockey League called the Tohoku Free Blades
. He was voted the Best Offensive Defender. In 2010 he returned to Hachinohe, Aomori
, Japan with his wife to play for the Free Blades again. The team was scheduled to play in the Championship but the day before game 1, disaster struck Japan. They experienced a devastating earthquake and tsunami forcing the league to cancel the rest of playoffs.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player currently playing with AS Renon in the Serie A (ice hockey). He has played over 300 professional hockey games (53 games in the American Hockey League
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
, 175 in the ECHL
ECHL
The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...
, and 75 in the ALH
Asia League Ice Hockey
Asia League Ice Hockey is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with seven teams from Japan, China, and South Korea. The league is headquartered in Japan...
).
Playing career
After captaining the final two years and graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Stephen Van Rensselaer established the Rensselaer School on November 5, 1824 with a letter to the Rev. Dr. Samuel Blatchford, in which van Rensselaer asked Blatchford to serve as the first president. Within the letter he set down several orders of business. He appointed Amos Eaton as the school's...
(Troy, NY) with a dual engineering degree Brad went on to play professional hockey in Dayton Ohio for the Dayton Bombers
Dayton Bombers
The Dayton Bombers were an ECHL ice hockey team located in Dayton, Ohio. The team most recently was in the North Division of the ECHL's American Conference....
. During the season he split his time with the Syracuse Crunch. The following year Farynuk played in California for the Stockton Thunder. There he was Captain and an ECHL All Star. Again, during the season he split his time with the AHL and played 20 games for the Springfield Falcons.
In the 2008-09 season, Brad was the Captain for the South Carolina Stingrays
South Carolina Stingrays
The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Coliseum. The Carolina Ice Palace, also located in...
and led them to win the Kelly Cup
Kelly Cup
The Patrick J. Kelly Cup goes to the play-off champion of the ECHL. The Kelly Cup has been awarded to teams since 1997. Prior to 1997, the playoff winner was awarded the Riley Cup. The current cup is named after Patrick J. Kelly, the league's first commissioner. The cup is loaned to the winning...
Championship. The AHL’s Quad City Flames had Brad playing in 17 games that season.
In 2009 Farynuk went and played for a new team in the Asia Hockey League called the Tohoku Free Blades
Tohoku Free Blades
The are an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan.Founded in 2008, they are playing their first Asia League season in 2009.-Community Contributions:...
. He was voted the Best Offensive Defender. In 2010 he returned to Hachinohe, Aomori
Hachinohe, Aomori
- Neighbouring municipalities :Aomori Prefecture*Sannohe District**Hashikami**Gonohe**Nanbu*Kamikita District**OiraseIwate Prefecture*Karumai-History:...
, Japan with his wife to play for the Free Blades again. The team was scheduled to play in the Championship but the day before game 1, disaster struck Japan. They experienced a devastating earthquake and tsunami forcing the league to cancel the rest of playoffs.
Career stats
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2000–01 | Vernon Vipers Vernon Vipers The Vernon Vipers are a Junior "A" Ice Hockey team based in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Interior Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League . They play their home games at Wesbild Centre.-History:... |
BCHL British Columbia Hockey League The British Columbia Hockey League is a Junior "A" ice hockey league from British Columbia under Hockey Canada, a subsection of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. Founded in Vernon in 1961, the BCHL now includes 16 teams. These teams play in two conferences, known as the Coastal and the Interior... |
60 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | R.P.I. RPI Engineers men's ice hockey The RPI Engineers men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The Engineers are a member of ECAC Hockey . They play at the Houston Field House in Troy, New York.- History :Men's ice... |
ECAC | 39 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 39 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 38 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 30 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 2006-07 ECHL season The 2006–07 ECHL season was the 19th season of the ECHL. Two teams returned to the ECHL after suspensions: the Texas Wildcatters and the Cincinnati Cyclones The 2006–07 ECHL season was the 19th season of the ECHL. Two teams returned to the ECHL after suspensions: the Texas Wildcatters (who had... |
Dayton Bombers Dayton Bombers The Dayton Bombers were an ECHL ice hockey team located in Dayton, Ohio. The team most recently was in the North Division of the ECHL's American Conference.... |
ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States... |
47 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 54 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 20 | ||
| 2006–07 | Syracuse Crunch Syracuse Crunch The Syracuse Crunch are a minor league professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Syracuse, New York, at the War Memorial at Oncenter... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 2007-08 ECHL season The 2007–08 ECHL season was the 20th season of the ECHL.Two teams suspended operations at the end of the 2006–07 season, the Long Beach Ice Dogs and the Toledo Storm... |
Stockton Thunder Stockton Thunder The Stockton Thunder are a minor league professional ice hockey team from Stockton, California. The Thunder are a member of the ECHL, and began playing in the 2005–06 season. The Stockton Arena is their home ice, providing a capacity for 9,737 fans... |
ECHL | 28 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2007–08 | Springfield Falcons Springfield Falcons The Springfield Falcons are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League . They play in Springfield, Massachusetts, at the MassMutual Center and are the top affiliate of the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League. The Falcons' two main rivals are the Connecticut Whale and the... |
AHL | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | South Carolina Stingrays South Carolina Stingrays The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Coliseum. The Carolina Ice Palace, also located in... |
ECHL | 50 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 85 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 28 | ||
| 2008–09 | Quad City Flames Quad City Flames The Quad City Flames were an ice hockey team that played between 2007 and 2009. They were owned by QC Sports Ventures Inc., an ownership group based out of the Quad Cities. The Flames played at the I wireless Center in Moline, Illinois. They were the American Hockey League farm team of the... |
AHL | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Tohoku Free Blades Tohoku Free Blades The are an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan.Founded in 2008, they are playing their first Asia League season in 2009.-Community Contributions:... |
ALIH Asia League Ice Hockey Asia League Ice Hockey is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with seven teams from Japan, China, and South Korea. The league is headquartered in Japan... |
36 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Tohoku Free Blades Tohoku Free Blades The are an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan.Founded in 2008, they are playing their first Asia League season in 2009.-Community Contributions:... |
ALIH Asia League Ice Hockey Asia League Ice Hockey is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with seven teams from Japan, China, and South Korea. The league is headquartered in Japan... |
34 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 74 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 2011-12 | AS Renon | Serie A (ice hockey) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 53 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||