Introduction
Brett Palin (born June 23, 1984 in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and is currently a member of the EHC Black Wings Linz of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).
Playing career
Palin played junior hockey with the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL), winning the league championship in 2003 and 2005, and the Memorial Cup in 2004. He was a prospect in the Calgary Flames system, having signed with the franchise in 2005 as an undrafted free agent. On July 7, 2010, he signed with the Nashville Predators and was assigned to captain AHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals.
After beginning his European career with KLH Chomutov of the Czech Extraliga for two seasons, Palin signed a one-year contract in Germany with Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga on May 8, 2013.
On June 3, 2015, Palin left the HockeyAllsvenskan after one season with Mora IK and signed a one-year contract with Austrian club, EHC Black Wings Linz of the EBEL.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2000–01 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 70 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 71 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 118 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 2003–04 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 72 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 106 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | ||
| 2004–05 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 72 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 71 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 52 | ||
| 2005–06 | Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights | AHL | 64 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights | AHL | 78 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 71 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Quad City Flames | AHL | 67 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Quad City Flames | AHL | 57 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Abbotsford Heat | AHL | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 80 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2011–12 | Piráti Chomutov | CZE.1 | 51 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 79 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | ||
| 2012–13 | Piráti Chomutov | CZE | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg | DEL | 50 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Mora IK | Allsv | 51 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2015–16 | EHC Black Wings Linz | EBEL | 54 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| AHL totals | 367 | 10 | 51 | 61 | 312 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||