Brian Sullivan (ice hockey)

Brian Scott Sullivan (born April 23, 1969) is an American retired ice hockey right winger.

Brian Sullivan
Born (1969-04-23) April 23, 1969
South Windsor, Connecticut, US
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for New Jersey Devils
NHL Draft 65th overall, 1987
New Jersey Devils
Playing career 1991–1999

Biography

Sullivan was born in South Windsor, Connecticut. As a youth, he played in the 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Middlesex County, Connecticut.[1]

Sullivan was drafted 65th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft and played two NHL games for the Devils during the 1992–93 NHL season, registering one assist. He had previously spent two seasons with the Utica Devils of the American Hockey League and spent 1993–94 with the Albany River Rats.

In 1994, he moved to the International Hockey League with the San Diego Gulls before moving to Italy, spending one season with SHC Fassa. He returned to the IHL in 1996 with the San Antonio Dragons. He also had spells in the AHL with the Springfield Falcons and then back in the IHL with the Grand Rapids Griffins, Kansas City Blades and the Houston Aeros before retiring in 1999.

He is a brother of Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity.

References
  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-16.


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