{"id":204083,"date":"2025-12-26T00:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T00:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/204083\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T00:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T00:50:07","slug":"mcgill-hockey-grad-brouillard-to-play-for-canada-at-spengler-cup-tourney-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/204083\/","title":{"rendered":"McGill hockey grad Brouillard to play for Canada at Spengler Cup tourney in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     (VERSION FRAN\u00c7AISE\u00a0SUIT)<\/p>\n<p>MONTREAL \u2013 Nikolas Brouillard, a McGill University graduate, has been selected to play for Canada at the 97th Spengler Cup, a six-team men&#8217;s hockey tournament, televised on TSN, Dec. 26-31, in Davos, Switzerland.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe 30-year-old from St. Hyacinthe, Que., has been playing in the American hockey league since graduating and will become the fourth McGill product to play in the Spengler Cup, following in the wake of Eric Uba, who played for Germany in 2024, and McGill Sports Hall of Fame inductees Tim Iannone (BA &#8217;90) and Martin Raymond (BEd&#8217;90, MEd &#8217;96), who won gold (1987) and bronze (1991), respectively, for Team Canada.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPrior to turning pro, Brouillard played three seasons at the U SPORTS level with McGill from 2017 to 2020 and helped lead the team to the Queen&#8217;s Cup, the Ontario University Athletics conference championship, in 2018. The two-time OUA all-star merited All-Canadian honours in 2019-20 when he was named as both the OUA East Division&#8217;s most outstanding rearguard and the U SPORTS defencemen of the year.<\/p>\n<p>In the university ranks, Brouillard tallied 22 goals and 49 points with 103 PIMs in 57 regular season games and a 3-12-15 record in 17 career post-season contests. In 85 career outings overall at McGill, the wiry blue-liner registered 30 goals and 73 points with 155 PIMs. His best single-game output was a four-point soir\u00e9e, including a pair of goals, in McGill&#8217;s 4-3 home-ice victory over Ontario Tech on Nov. 15, 2019.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHe was selected to play for the U SPORTS all-stars against Team Canada junior prospects in each of his last two seasons at McGill and registered a combined five points in five games. He also skated for a university all-star squad &#8212; composed of teams from the Quebec-based side of the OUA East &#8212;\u00a0in a 2019 confrontation against the Montreal Canadiens rookie squad.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBrouillard, a 5-foot-10, 172-pound defenceman,\u00a0has a 1-8-9 record with the AHL&#8217;s San Diego Gulls this season and recently became the first Gulls rearguard to reach the 100-point mark in a San Diego jersey. He leads all-time Gulls AHL defensemen in points (23-78-101) and assists, ranks second in PIM (295) and games played (193), third in goals). In 333 career AHL games with Coachella Valley, Hartford, San Diego and Toronto from 2016 to 2025, he has tallied 175 points, including 35 goals, with 487 PIMs. He also appeared in 39 ECHL contests with Orlando in 2016-17, posting a 7-14-21 record with 62 PIM.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPrior\u00a0to McGill, Brouillard toiled for five seasons in the junior ranks, with stints in Drummondville (2011-14), Qu\u00e9bec (2014-15) and Rouyn-Noranda (2015-16). He won a President&#8217;s Cup league championship ring with the Huskies in 2016. Brouillard was selected three times for the QMJHL all-star team to play in the Canada-Russia Subway Series in 2012, 2013 and 2014. He was named to the QMJHL\u00a0all-rookie team in 2011-12 and earned second-team all-star status in 2014-15.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThis year&#8217;s Spengler Cup tourney features two pools, with Canada competing in the Cattini division that includes HC Davos and the U.S. Collegiate Selects. In the Torriani Group, IFK Helsinki will battle with Sparta Prague, and defending champion Fribourg-Gott\u00e9ron ahead of the knockout stage. The Spengler Cup is slated to begin on Dec. 26, followed by the semifinals on Dec. 29 and the medal games on Dec. 31.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n2025-26 SPENGLER CUP TEAM CANADA ROSTER:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockeycanada.ca\/en-ca\/team-canada\/men\/national\/2025-26\/spengler-cup\/stats\/team-rosters?teamid=151\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hockeycanada.ca\/en-ca\/team-canada\/men\/national\/2025-26\/spengler-cup\/stats\/team-rosters?teamid=151<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSPENGLER CUP TOURNAMENT:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spenglercup.ch\/en\/tournament\/teams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.spenglercup.ch\/en\/tournament\/teams<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n==============================================================================================<\/p>\n<p>Brouillard, dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 du programme de hockey de McGill, jouera pour le Canada lors du tournoi de la Coupe Spengler en Suisse.<\/p>\n<p>MONTR\u00c9AL \u2013 Nikolas Brouillard, dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 de l&#8217;Universit\u00e9 McGill, a \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9 pour repr\u00e9senter le Canada \u00e0 la 97e Coupe Spengler, un tournoi de hockey masculin r\u00e9unissant six \u00e9quipes, diffus\u00e9 sur TSN du 26 au 31 d\u00e9cembre \u00e0 Davos, en Suisse.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2g\u00e9 de 30 ans et originaire de Saint-Hyacinthe, au Qu\u00e9bec, il joue dans la ligue am\u00e9ricaine de hockey depuis l&#8217;obtention de son dipl\u00f4me et deviendra le quatri\u00e8me joueur issu de McGill \u00e0 participer \u00e0 la Coupe Spengler, apr\u00e8s Eric Uba, qui a jou\u00e9 pour l&#8217;Allemagne en 2024, et Tim Iannone (BA &#8217;90) et Martin Raymond (BEd&#8217;90, MEd &#8217;96), qui ont respectivement remport\u00e9 l&#8217;or (1987) et le bronze (1991) pour l&#8217;\u00e9quipe canadienne.<\/p>\n<p>Avant de passer professionnel, Brouillard a jou\u00e9 trois saisons au niveau U SPORTS avec McGill de 2017 \u00e0 2020 et a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 mener l&#8217;\u00e9quipe \u00e0 la Queen&#8217;s Cup, le championnat de la conf\u00e9rence Ontario University Athletics, en 2018. Deux fois nomm\u00e9 dans l&#8217;\u00e9quipe d&#8217;\u00e9toiles de l&#8217;OUA, il a m\u00e9rit\u00e9 les honneurs All-Canadian en 2019-2020 lorsqu&#8217;il a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 \u00e0 la fois meilleur d\u00e9fenseur de la division Est de l&#8217;OUA et d\u00e9fenseur de l&#8217;ann\u00e9e de U SPORTS.<\/p>\n<p>Au niveau universitaire, Brouillard a inscrit 22 buts et 49 points avec 103 minutes de p\u00e9nalit\u00e9 en 57 matchs de saison r\u00e9guli\u00e8re et un bilan de 3-12-15 en 17 matchs de s\u00e9ries \u00e9liminatoires. En 85 matchs au total \u00e0 McGill, le d\u00e9fenseur filiforme a inscrit 30 buts et 73 points avec 155 minutes de p\u00e9nalit\u00e9. Sa meilleure performance en un seul match a \u00e9t\u00e9 une soir\u00e9e de quatre points, dont deux buts, lors de la victoire 4-3 de McGill \u00e0 domicile contre Ontario Tech le 15 novembre 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9 pour jouer avec les \u00e9toiles de U SPORTS contre les espoirs juniors de l&#8217;\u00e9quipe canadienne lors de chacune de ses deux derni\u00e8res saisons \u00e0 McGill et a inscrit cinq points en cinq matchs. Il a \u00e9galement jou\u00e9 pour une \u00e9quipe universitaire d&#8217;\u00e9toiles, compos\u00e9e de joueurs de la division Est de l&#8217;OUA bas\u00e9e au Qu\u00e9bec, lors d&#8217;un match contre l&#8217;\u00e9quipe des recrues des Canadiens de Montr\u00e9al en 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Brouillard, un d\u00e9fenseur de 5 pieds 10 pouces et 172 livres, affiche un dossier de 1-8-9 avec les Gulls de San Diego de la LAH cette saison et est r\u00e9cemment devenu le premier d\u00e9fenseur des Gulls \u00e0 atteindre la barre des 100 points sous le maillot de San Diego. Il est en t\u00eate du classement des d\u00e9fenseurs des Gulls de l&#8217;AHL en termes de points (23-78-101) et d&#8217;assistances, deuxi\u00e8me en termes de minutes de p\u00e9nalit\u00e9 (295) et de matchs jou\u00e9s (193), et troisi\u00e8me en termes de buts. En 333 matchs en carri\u00e8re dans l&#8217;AHL avec Coachella Valley, Hartford, San Diego et Toronto de 2016 \u00e0 2025, il a r\u00e9colt\u00e9 175 points, dont 35 buts, et 487 minutes de p\u00e9nalit\u00e9. Il a \u00e9galement disput\u00e9 39 matchs dans l&#8217;ECHL avec Orlando en 2016-2017, affichant un bilan de 7-14-21 avec 62 minutes de p\u00e9nalit\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Avant McGill, Brouillard a jou\u00e9 pendant cinq saisons dans les rangs juniors, avec des passages \u00e0 Drummondville (2011-2014), Qu\u00e9bec (2014-2015) et Rouyn-Noranda (2015-2016). Il a remport\u00e9 la Coupe du Pr\u00e9sident avec les Huskies en 2016. Brouillard a \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9 \u00e0 trois reprises dans l&#8217;\u00e9quipe d&#8217;\u00e9toiles de la LHJMQ pour participer \u00e0 la s\u00e9rie Subway Canada-Russie en 2012, 2013 et 2014. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 dans l&#8217;\u00e9quipe des recrues de la LHJMQ en 2011-2012 et a obtenu le statut d&#8217;\u00e9toile de deuxi\u00e8me \u00e9quipe en 2014-2015.<\/p>\n<p>Le tournoi de la Coupe Spengler de cette ann\u00e9e comprend deux poules, le Canada concourant dans la division Cattini qui comprend le HC Davos et les U.S. Collegiate Selects. Dans le groupe Torriani, l&#8217;IFK Helsinki affrontera le Sparta Prague et le champion en titre Fribourg-Gott\u00e9ron avant la phase \u00e0 \u00e9limination directe. La Coupe Spengler d\u00e9butera le 26 d\u00e9cembre, suivie des demi-finales le 29 d\u00e9cembre et des matchs pour les m\u00e9dailles le 31 d\u00e9cembre.<\/p>\n<p>LISTE DES JOUEURS DE L&#8217;\u00c9QUIPE CANADIENNE POUR LA COUPE SPENGLER 2025-2026 :<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockeycanada.ca\/en-ca\/team-canada\/men\/national\/2025-26\/spengler-cup\/stats\/team-rosters?teamid=151\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hockeycanada.ca\/en-ca\/team-canada\/men\/national\/2025-26\/spengler-cup\/stats\/team-rosters?teamid=151<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOURNOI DE LA COUPE SPENGLER :<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spenglercup.ch\/en\/tournament\/teams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.spenglercup.ch\/en\/tournament\/teams<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nSOURCE:<br \/>\n<a class=\"x_x_x_x_x_OWAAutoLink\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\" href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmcgillathletics.ca%2Fstaff.aspx%3Fstaff%3D24&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cearl.zukerman%40mcgill.ca%7Cfedee69593ee4ce8751008ddf9a869ee%7Ccd31967152e74a68afa9fcf8f89f09ea%7C0%7C0%7C638941223900150346%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YCktntv%2BAuBW2Z1sUPZ5VD4YrH2S6YYeviF34MyB63I%3D&amp;reserved=0\" id=\"OWA124261e4-282e-f491-31bb-153c4a0b1bc4\" originalsrc=\"http:\/\/mcgillathletics.ca\/staff.aspx?staff=24\" style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"Original URL: http:\/\/mcgillathletics.ca\/staff.aspx?staff=24. 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