TEAM ORR PLAYER BIO: BRETT HOWDEN
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Brett Howden (C)
#21 Team Orr
Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
Twitter: @B_Howdy21
Hometown: Oakbank, MB
Birthday: March 29, 1998 Ht: 6.02 Wt: 193 Shoots: L
Ranked 27th by NHL Central Scouting Midterm (Preliminary ‘B’)
|
Season |
Team |
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
PIM |
+/- |
|
2012-13 Regular Season |
Eastman Selects Midget |
30 |
11 |
13 |
24 |
16 |
– |
|
2013-14 Regular Season |
Eastman Selects Midget |
38 |
24 |
34 |
58 |
38 |
– |
|
|
Moose Jaw (WHL) |
5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
2014-15 Regular Season |
Moose Jaw (WHL) |
68 |
22 |
24 |
46 |
24 |
-31 |
|
2015-16 Regular Season |
Moose Jaw (WHL) |
44 |
17 |
24 |
41 |
45 |
-3 |
|
WHL Totals: |
|
117 |
40 |
48 |
88 |
71 |
-34 |
CHL Draft: Moose Jaw’s 1st round (5th overall) pick in the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft.
This season: Fourth in Warriors scoring behind Dryden Hunt, Brayden Point and Noah Gregor…scored his first WHL hat-trick on Oct. 21 vs. Swift Current…recorded 13 points (7-6—13) in 12 October games…has recorded three points in a game five times this season.
International: Competed in the 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, collecting two goals and an assist in five games as an assistant captain of Team Canada White…won bronze with Canada at the 2015 World Under-18 Hockey Championship, scoring twice and adding an assist for three points in as many games…won gold as the captain of Team Canada at the 2015 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, collecting one assist in four games.
Personal: Grew up playing in the Springfield Minor Hockey Association…credits his father Sheldon and his older brother Quinton, who is a forward with the NHL’s Florida Panthers, for inspiring him in his hockey endeavors…cites Joey Moggach as his favourite minor hockey coach because he helped him develop a complete game and taught little skills that make a big impact…wears the number 21 because it is the family number and older brother Quinton wore it in Moose Jaw as well…favourite school subject is math…outside of a career playing hockey, aspires to be a sports agent…favourite NHL player is Jonathan Toews…favourite team is the Chicago Blackhawks…is superstitious in the sense that he goes through the exact same routine prior to every game…favourite hockey memory was scoring his first WHL hat-trick on Oct. 21, 2015 against Swift Current…most difficult player to play against that he has faced is Prince Albert defenceman Dalton Yorke…favourite WHL road arena is Rexall Place in Edmonton…favourite musician is Drake…favourite movie is Never Back Down…favourite actor is Martin Lawrence…favourite athlete is basketball star Stephen Curry…says he always has a song in his head…is the son of Sheldon (commercial glass company) and Krystal Howden…has one brother, Quinton who plays for the Florida Panthers and two sisters, Jayda (personal banker) and Danaka (business school).
Howden describes himself as: Competitive, smart, passionate, gritty, team-player
NHL Central Scouting says: “Displays very good speed and acceleration in all areas of the ice. Plays with determination to generate offense when driving to the net from both wings. Very effective on the penalty killing unit utilizing his size, speed and tenacious fore-checking to force turnovers. A valuable team player that can bring different dimensions to the game.”
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