Brandon Maxwell (ice hockey)

Brandon Maxwell (born March 22, 1991 in Winter Park, Florida) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for the EC VSV of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. He was drafted 154th overall in the sixth round by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, but went unsigned.

For the American fashion designer, see Brandon Maxwell.

Brandon Maxwell
Born (1991-03-22) March 22, 1991
Winter Park, Florida, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
team
Former teams		 EC VSV
Berkut Kiev
Rögle BK
Utah Grizzlies
HC Vítkovice
HC Dynamo Pardubice
BK Mladá Boleslav
Mountfield HK
National team  United States
NHL Draft 154th overall, 2009
Colorado Avalanche
Playing career 2012–present

Playing career

Maxwell took the AHMMPL junior league, where he defended the Cambridge Hawks during the 2006–07 season, through the USA Hockey National Team Development Program in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was a member of the U17 and U18 national team. In both age categories, he captured the 2008 World U18 Championship tournament and has won the bronze medal.[1] From 2009 to 2012, he worked in the Canadian junior league, the Ontario Hockey League (Kitchener Rangers, Sarnia Sting, Mississauga St. Michael's Majors). During the 2012–13 season, he played hockey at the University of Guelph and also tried the Ukrainian Hockey League team, the Berkut Kiev. The following year he spent in the Swedish Hockey League, where he captured 40 games for Rögle BK.

In the 2014–15 season, when he had one for Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL, he was approached by the HC Vítkovice. Maxwell, however, despite his good introduction to the Ostrava region, he did not last long. He entered five matches with a mean of 3.73 and a hit rate of 85.37%. Otherwise, he usually covered the back of his partner Daniel Dolejš. After a year in Vítkovice, he finished, but he remained in the Czech Extraliga. Before the start of the 2015–16 season, the HC Dynamo Pardubice was signed. Even though he only played in the first season in eastern Bohemia, he was one of the best Pardubice players throughout the season.

He has also captured a total of 87 matches in the Czech Extraliga with an average of goals of 2.55 and a success rate of 91.71%. In eight cases he did not. Next season, he played for the BK Mladá Boleslav.

International play
Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing  United States
IIHF World U18 Championship
2008 Russia

Maxwell was a member of the United States team that competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2][3]

Personal life

Although Maxwell competes for the United States internationally, he holds dual citizenship with both the US and Canada.[4]

References
  1. "2008-09 U.S. National Under-18 Team". usahockeyntdp.com. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  2. "BRANDON MAXWELL". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  3. "NTDP Has Five Alumni Named to Olympic Roster". usahockeyntdp.com. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  4. Doucet, Bill (January 13, 2018). "UPDATE: Brandon Maxwell named to U.S. Olympic men's hockey team". Cambridge Times. Retrieved March 15, 2018.


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