Brandon Gormley

{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Gormley_Coyotes.jpg
| caption = Gormley with the Coyotes in 2015.
| image_size = 280px
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|02|18}}
| birth_place = [[Murray River, Prince Edward Island|Murray River, P.E.I.]], Canada
| position = [[Defenceman|Defence]]
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 185
| league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| team = [[Ottawa Senators]]
| prospect_league = [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| prospect_team = 
| former_teams = [[Arizona Coyotes]]<br>[[Colorado Avalanche]]
| draft = 13th overall
| draft_year = 2010
| draft_team = [[Phoenix Coyotes]]
| career_start = 2011
}}

'''Brandon Gormley''' (born February 18, 1992) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[ice hockey]] [[defenceman]] currently playing under contract to the [[Ottawa Senators]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He was selected 13th overall by the [[Phoenix Coyotes]] in the [[2010 NHL Entry Draft]]. During his junior career, he has been named to the QMJHL All-Rookie Team, is a two-time QMJHL Second Team All-Star and won the [[President's Cup (QMJHL)|President's Cup]] with the Wildcats in 2010. Internationally, he has competed in two [[World U-17 Hockey Challenge]]s, one [[Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament]] and one [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|IIHF World U20 Championship]].

==Playing career==

===Junior===
Gormley left his home in [[Prince Edward Island]] at the age of 14 to compete with the [[Athol Murray College of Notre Dame]]'s hockey program in [[Wilcox, Saskatchewan]]. He played two years of [[minor ice hockey|midget hockey]] with the Notre Dame Hounds in the [[Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League]]. In 2007–08, he scored 23 goals and 53 points over 42 games as a 16-year-old, after which the [[Moncton Wildcats]] made him the first overall selection in the 2008 [[Quebec Major Junior Hockey League]] (QMJHL) Draft.<ref name="NHLTrips">{{cite web |last=Kimelman |first=Adam |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=518609 |title=Gormley hasn't made many bad trips in his hockey life |publisher=National Hockey League |date=2010-02-23 |accessdate=2010-06-07}}</ref> He joined the Wildcats in [[2008–09 QMJHL season|2008–09]] and scored 7 goals and 27 points for Moncton in 62 games. His efforts earned him QMJHL All-Rookie Team honours.

He improved to 9 goals and 43 points for the Wildcats in [[2009–10 QMJHL season|2009–10]] and added 17 more points in the playoffs, the third highest post-season total among league defencemen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://panthers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=530018 |title=Brandon Gormley Draft Card |publisher=Florida Panthers Hockey Club |accessdate=2010-06-07}}</ref> Gormley and the Wildcats won the [[President's Cup (QMJHL)|President's Cup]] as QMJHL champions, earning a berth in the [[2010 Memorial Cup]].<ref name="QMJHLChamps">{{cite web |last=White |first=Nathan |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=528950#&navid=nhl-search |title=Gormley, Moncton both winners in QMJHL final |publisher=National Hockey League |date=2010-05-12 |accessdate=2010-06-07}}</ref> He scored three points in three games in the national tournament,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leaguestat.com/chl/memcup/en/stats/statdisplay.php?type=top_scorers&subType=1&season_id=20&leagueId=1&lastActive=&singleSeason=&confId=0 |title=Memorial Cup scoring – Defencemen |publisher=Canadian Hockey League |accessdate=2010-06-07}}</ref> but the Wildcats lost all three games and were eliminated. Individually, he was voted the recipient of the [[Mike Bossy Trophy]] in 2010 as the Quebec League's top professional prospect.<ref name="QMJHLChamps" /> He was also named a Second-Team QMJHL All-Star.

Gormley finished the season highly rated for the [[2010 NHL Entry Draft]]. The [[NHL Central Scouting Bureau]] listed him sixth among North American skaters, while the International Scouting Services listed him third among all skaters.<ref name="CS">{{cite web |title=Final Rankings Domestic Skaters |publisher=NHL Central Scouting |url=http://centralscouting.nhl.com/link3/sections/cs/resources/2010draft/FinalRankingsDomesticSkaters.pdf |accessdate=2010-04-07}}</ref><ref name="ISS">{{cite web |title=2010 ISS Top 30 |publisher=The Sports Network |url=http://tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=11963 |accessdate=2010-04-30}}</ref> Scouts described Gormley as "well rounded, but not dynamic" and praised his intelligence on the ice and ability to move the puck.<ref name="THNDraftPreview">{{cite journal |last=Adams |first=Alan |title=Top prospects gun for no. 1 |work=The Hockey News |date=June 2010 |issn=0018-3016 |page=24}}</ref> Gormley went on to be selected 13th overall by the [[Phoenix Coyotes]].

He attended his first NHL training camp in September 2010 before being returned to the Wildcats. Playing in his third QMJHL season, Gormley recorded 13 goals and 48 points over 47 games; he was named to the QMJHL Second All-Star Team for the second consecutive year. He added an assist over five post-season games as the Wildcats were eliminated in the first round of the QMJHL playoffs, failing to defend their league title. With his junior season over, the Coyotes assigned him to their [[American Hockey League]] (AHL) affiliate, the [[San Antonio Rampage]]. He played in four AHL games, recording an assist.

In his fourth season with the Wildcats, Gormley played 26 games before being traded to complete his junior career with the [[Shawinigan Cataractes]] hours before the January 7, 2012 QMJHL trade deadline.

===Professional===
Gormley was assigned to the Coyotes' new AHL affiliate, the [[Portland Pirates]], to begin his first full professional season in [[2012-13 AHL season|2012–13]] season. He appeared in 68 games with the Pirates and ranked second among the blueline with 24 assists and 29 points.

In the second year of his entry-level contract, Gormley remained with the Pirates, quickly assuming leadership responsibilities to be selected as an Alternate Captain for the [[2013-14 AHL season|2013–14]] season.  Gormley was used heavily in all situations with the Pirates, and was placing 8th in the AHL in scoring amongst blueliners, before he received his first NHL recall by Phoenix on March 7, 2014. He made his NHL debut on March 10, 2014, against the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/hockey/nhl/game/1346379/recap/ |title=Vrbata scores in SO; Coyotes top Bolts 4-3 |publisher=CBS Sports |accessdate=2014-11-17}}</ref> Gormley featured in 5 games with the Coyotes going scoreless before he was returned to Portland to finish the season with new career offensive highs in across the board.

Approaching the final year of his rookie contract with the Coyotes, Gormley failed to establish a first team position and was familiarly reassigned to the Portland Pirates to begin the [[2014-15 NHL season|2014–15]] season. During his first recall of the season to Arizona, Gormley scored his first NHL goal on November 16, 2014, against [[Ben Scrivens]] of the [[Edmonton Oilers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2014020265 |title=Dubnyk solid again in Coyotes' win vs. Oilers |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |accessdate=2014-11-17}}</ref> With the Coyotes languishing in the standings, Gormley was recalled on several occasions throughout the season, and although given opportunity failed to cement a regular position among the defense corps. He finished the season having appeared in a career high 27 games for 4 points.

On July 31, 2015, Gormley was re-signed by the Coyotes to a one-year, two-way contract.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=776497 | title = Coyotes sign Gormley to one-year contract | publisher = ''[[Arizona Coyotes]]'' | date = 2015-07-31 | accessdate = 2015-08-06}}</ref> Unable to develop as the Coyotes had hoped and with his eligibility to waivers, Gormely was traded by Arizona to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for the rights to restricted-free agent [[Stefan Elliott]] on September 9, 2015.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=778580 | title = Avalanche acquires Gormley from Arizona | publisher = ''[[Colorado Avalanche]]'' | date = 2015-09-09 | accessdate = 2015-09-09}}</ref> Gormley made the Avalanche roster to begin the [[2015-16 NHL season|2015–16]] season, making his debut with Colorado in a 1-0 overtime defeat to the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] on October 21, 2015.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2015020091 | title = Hurricanes top Avalanche on Rask's OT goal | publisher = ''[[National Hockey League]]'' | date = 2015-10-21 | accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref> Used in a depth role, Gormley recorded his first point with the Avs in his 22nd game, registering an assist in a 3-1 victory over the [[St. Louis Blues]] on December 13, 2015.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2015020446 | title = Varlamov solid again, Avalanche defeat Blues | publisher = ''[[National Hockey League]]'' | date = 2015-12-13 | accessdate = 2015-12-14}}</ref> Unable to secure a position on the blueline, Gormley was placed on waivers by the Avalanche on January 7, 2016.<ref>{{cite web| url =  http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2016/01/07/avs-waive-former-first-rounder-gormley/ | title = Avs waive former first-rounder Gormley | publisher = ''[[NBC Sports]]'' | date = 2016-01-07 | accessdate = 2016-01-07}}</ref> After going unclaimed, he was later assigned to former AHL club, the San Antonio Rampage, on January 13, 2016.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_29379513/nate-guenin-avalanche-defenseman-placed-waivers | title = Avs place Nate Guenin on waivers, recall Bigras and Zadorov | publisher = ''[[Denver Post]]'' | date = 2016-01-13 | accessdate = 2016-01-13}}</ref> Gormley remained with the Rampage until the season closed, and on June 27, 2016, he was not offered a new contract from the Avalanche, releasing him to free agency.<ref>{{citeweb| url = http://bsndenver.com/avalanche-qualify-siemens-plus-4-let-10-walk/ | title = Avalanche qualify Siemens, let 10 walk | publisher = ''bsndenver.com'' | date = 2016-06-27 | accessdate = 2016-06-27}}</ref>

On July 28, 2016, Gormley was signed as a free agent to a one-year, two-way contract with the [[New Jersey Devils]].<ref>{{citeweb| url = http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=890279 | title = Devils sign Brandon Gormley to one-year contract | publisher = ''[[New Jersey Devils]]'' | date = 2016-07-28 | accessdate = 2016-07-28}}</ref> In the [[2016-17 AHL Season|2016-17]] season, Gormley cleared waivers and was assigned to add leadership to the blueline of AHL affiliate, the [[Albany Devils]]. Gormley contributed with 2 goals and 10 points in 35 games before he was traded by the New Jersey Devils to the [[Ottawa Senators]] for future considerations on March 6, 2017. Acquired to help out the AHL's Binghamton Senators, Gormley was dealt following the trade deadline, making him ineligible for a recall to Ottawa.<ref>{{Citeweb| url = http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/senators-acquire-defenceman-brandon-gormley-devils/ | title = Senators acquire Brandon Gormley from Devils | publisher = ''[[Sportsnet.ca]]'' | date = 2017-03-06 | accessdate = 2017-03-06}}</ref>

==International play==
{{MedalTableTop|name = no}}
{{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Hockey Canada|Canada]]}}
{{MedalSport|[[Ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament|2009 Slovakia]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2012 Canada]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Spengler Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2016 Spengler Cup|2016 Davos]]|}}
{{MedalBottom}}
Gormley represented [[Atlantic Canada]] twice at the [[World U-17 Hockey Challenge]].{{#tag:ref|Canada sends five regional teams to the annual competition: Pacific, West, Quebec, Ontario and Atlantic|group = notes}} He scored six points over five games in back-to-back years in the [[2008 World U-17 Hockey Challenge|2008]] and [[2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge|2009]] tournaments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php?ci_id=11737&la_id=1&ss_id=55687&player_id=10867 |title=Brandon Gormley player card |publisher=Hockey Canada |accessdate=2010-06-07}}</ref> He moved on to the national under-18 team for the [[2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament]] and scored three goals to help Canada win the gold medal.<ref name="NHLTrips" />

Gormley participated in the [[Canada men's national junior ice hockey team|Canadian national junior team's]] selection camp for the [[2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]], but failed to make the under-20 team as a 17-year-old.<ref>{{cite web |last=Beacon |first=Bill |url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=311136&sc=99 |title=P.E.I.'s Gormley cut from world junior hockey camp |work=The Guardian |date=2009-12-16 |accessdate=2010-06-07}}</ref> He was expected to participate in the [[2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2011 tournament]], but was sidelined with a knee injury.<ref name="NHLTrips" /> The following year, he was selected to the team for the [[2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2012 World Juniors]], held in [[Alberta]]. During the preliminary round, he was named Canada's player of the game after scoring two goals and an assist in a 10–2 win against [[Denmark men's national junior ice hockey team|Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Game Summary|url=http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/270/IHM270B11_74_3_0.pdf|accessdate=2011-12-29|date=2011-12-29|publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]]|format=PDF}}</ref> He was named Top Defenseman of the tournament in addition to being named to the tournament All-Star team.

== Career statistics ==

===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:50em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! rowspan="109" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[Regular season|Regular&nbsp;season]]
! rowspan="109" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]] 
! Team 
! League 
! GP 
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] 
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] 
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] 
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]] 
! GP 
! G 
! A 
! Pts 
! PIM 
|-
| 2007–08||[[Notre Dame Hounds]]||[[Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League|SMHL]]||42||23||33||56||63||9||1||6||7||18
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2008–09 QMJHL season|2008–09]]||[[Moncton Wildcats]]||[[Quebec Major Junior Hockey League|QMJHL]]||62||7||20||27||34||10||1||3||4||6
|-
| [[2009–10 QMJHL season|2009–10]]||Moncton Wildcats||QMJHL||58||9||34||43||54||21||2||15||17||10
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2010–11 QMJHL season|2010–11]]||Moncton Wildcats||QMJHL||47||13||35||48||42||5||0||1||1||6
|-
| [[2010–11 AHL season|2010–11]]||[[San Antonio Rampage]]||[[American Hockey League|AHL]]||4||1||0||1||0||—||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2011–12 QMJHL season|2011–12]]||Moncton Wildcats||QMJHL||26||10||17||27||18||—||—||—||—||—
|-  
| 2011–12||[[Shawinigan Cataractes]]||QMJHL||9||0||5||5||4||7||5||2||7||8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2012–13 AHL season|2012–13]]||[[Portland Pirates]]||AHL||68||5||24||29||44||3||1||2||3||0
|-
| [[2013–14 AHL season|2013–14]]||Portland Pirates||AHL||54||7||29||36||34||—||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2013–14 NHL season|2013–14]]||[[Arizona Coyotes|Phoenix Coyotes]]||[[National Hockey League|NHL]]||5||0||0||0||2||—||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[2014–15 AHL season|2014–15]]||Portland Pirates||AHL||23||3||7||10||18||5||1||4||5||2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2014–15 NHL season|2014–15]]||Arizona Coyotes||NHL||27||2||2||4||10||—||—||—||—||—
|-  
| [[2015–16 NHL season|2015–16]]||[[Colorado Avalanche]]||NHL||26||0||1||1||8||—||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2015–16 AHL season|2015–16]]||San Antonio Rampage||AHL||39||4||2||6||26||—||—||—||—||—
|-  
| [[2016-17 AHL Season|2016-17]]||[[Albany Devils]]||AHL||35||2||8||10||30||—||—||—||—||—
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2016–17||[[Binghamton Senators]]||AHL||17||2||3||5||12||—||—||—||—||—
|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 58
! 2
! 3
! 5
! 20
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" id="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! Result
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | 
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| [[2008 World U17 Hockey Challenge|2008]]
| Canada Atlantic
| [[World U17 Hockey Challenge|U17]]
| 8th
| 5
| 1
| 5
| 6
| 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge|2009]]
| Canada Atlantic
| U17
| 9th
| 5
| 3
| 3
| 6
| 2
|-  
| [[2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2012]]
| [[Canada national junior hockey team|Canada]]
| [[IIHF World U20 Championships|WJC]]
| {{brca}}
| 6
| 3
| 3
| 6
| 2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2016 Spengler Cup|2016]]
| Canada
| [[2016 Spengler Cup|SC]]
| {{goca}}
| 5
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4" | Junior totals
! 16
! 7
! 11
! 18
! 8
|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4" | Senior totals
! 5
! 1
! 3
! 4
! 2
|}

==Awards and honors==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
!
|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| colspan="3" | [[Canadian Hockey League|CHL]] / [[QMJHL]]
|-
| All-Rookie Team
| [[2008–09 QMJHL season|2008–09]]
|
|-
| [[Mike Bossy Trophy]]
| [[2009–10 QMJHL season|2009–10]]
| <ref name="QMJHLChamps" />
|-
| [[President's Cup (QMJHL)|President's Cup]] <small>(with the Moncton Wildcats)</small>
| 2010
|
|-
| Second-Team All-Star
| 2009–10, [[2010–11 QMJHL season|2010–11]]
| <ref name="QMJHLAllStar" />
|-
| [[Canadian Hockey League|CHL]] [[Memorial Cup]] All-Star Team
| [[2012 Memorial Cup|2012]]
| <ref>[http://www.mastercardmemorialcup.ca/historyallstar Memorial Cup All-Star Teams] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107181233/http://www.mastercardmemorialcup.ca/historyallstar |date=January 7, 2016 }}</ref>
|-
|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| colspan="3" | International
|-
| [[Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament]] gold medal
| 2008
|
|-
| [[2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]] First Team All-Star
| [[2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2012]]
|
|-
| [[2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]] Best defenseman
| [[2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2012]]
|
|-
| [[2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]] Bronze Medal
| [[2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2012]]
|
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{Eliteprospects}}
*{{hockeydb|115925}}

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