Player's Profile
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- Name: Mike Brown
- Position: G
- Catches: Left
- Height: 5-11
- Weight: 215 lbs
- Birthdate: 1985-03-04
- Eligible for Draft: 2003
- Drafted:
- Hometown: Syracuse, New York
- Acquired: 5th round,(#153 overall), 2003
- Playing In: Pro
Mike Brown
Prospect Grade: 6.0 D (About Prospect Grades)
Profile Contributed By: Janine Pilkington
History
Mike Brown spent two seasons playing for the abysmal Saginaw Spirit in the OHL. After his first year with the team the Bruins picked him 153rd in the fifth round of the 2003 Entry Draft. Saginaw may have been horrendous that year but Brown played well enough to take the starting job from Tyson Kellerman, who many expected to get most of the work for the team.
2002-03: Despite the shaky stats in his rookie OHL season (3.68 GAA and .891 save percentage with a record of 8-23-3), he impressed enough to be named to the US U18 World Junior Championship team. He performed well but the team finished just out of the medals, coming fourth.
2003-04: In his second season with the Spirit Brown saw action in 51 of the Spirit’s games, posting a record of 14-32-3, facing an average of more than 30 shots in each of his appearances. He saw both his GAA (3.24) and save percentage (.903) improve over the previous year, plus he had four shutouts, amazing for a playing on a team as bad as the Spirit.
2004-05: Split the season with the Saginaw Spirit and the Owen Sound Attack. Had 3.68 GAA and .901 save percentage in 26 games with the Spirit, and improved to 2.49 GAA and .913 in 33 games with the Attack.
2005-06: Signed a contract with the Bruins and played his first professional season. Bounced around between teams, spending the majority of the season in the ECHL. There he split time between the Dayton Bombers and the Carolina Stingrays. In Dayton he had a 4-12-2 record in 18 games with 3.66 goals against and a .896 save percentage. He played just three games in Carolina, and also earned a couple brief call-ups to Providence with minimal playing time.
Brown looks for stability in Providence
Talent Analysis
When a goaltender faces as much rubber as Brown does it's difficult to tell what is a deficiency and what is just the law of averages catching up to him. What is evident that Brown doesn’t mind facing a lot of shots and he is about as mentally tough as a teenager can be. He’s athletically sound between the pipes and has a quick glove.
Though it's hardly his fault, he hasn’t been a winner yet in his hockey career. He has never competed in an OHL playoff game at all, and only has seen limited big game action in the US U18 program. While he is technically sound, his positioning could use some work and he still has a lot of work to be done before he becomes a professional goaltender.
Future
The Bruins have a pair of great young goaltenders already in Hannu Toivonen and Tim Thomas. With recently acquired Tuukka Rask now in the system, and Jordan Sigalet ahead of him in the depth chart, the chance for Brown to see time in Boston is slim to none. Brown is a longshot, but goalies playing on awful teams can be tricky to judge. He could develop into a backup netminder in due time, but probably will spend his career in the AHL or ECHL.
Stats
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Profile Last Updated: March, 21st 2007
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