Brent Johnson

Brent Johnson
Brent Johnson
Born	March 12, 1977 (age 47); Farmington, MI, USA
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	199 lb (90 kg; 14 st 3 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Catches	Left
NHL team; Former teams	Pittsburgh Penguins; St. Louis Blues; Phoenix Coyotes; Washington Capitals
NHL draft	129th overall, 1995; Colorado Avalanche
Playing career	1997–present

Brent Johnson (born March 12, 1977) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

Originally a draft pick of the Colorado Avalanche, he started his NHL career with the St. Louis Blues, where he played there until he was traded during the 2003–04 season to the Phoenix Coyotes. Johnson was signed by the Vancouver Canucks prior to the start of the 2005–06 season, but was soon claimed on waivers by the Capitals, where he played behind both Olaf Kölzig and José Théodore.

Johnson is the grandson of NHL Hall of Famer Sid Abel and the son of former NHL goaltender Bob Johnson.^[1] Brent Johnson was in goal for the Capitals on February 4, 2006 when they played against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Lightning's goaltender for the game was John Grahame, the son of former NHL goaltender Ron Grahame. According to the Capitals, this game was the first occasion where two second-generation NHL goaltenders competed against each other.^[2]

For the week ending November 9, 2008, Johnson was named the NHL Third Star of the Week by helping the Capitals collect five points in three games (each consecutive starts). He went 2–0–1 with a 1.63 GAA and a .953 save percentage.

He underwent hip surgery in February 2009 and was expected to be out of action two months.^[3]

Johnson was deemed expendable by Washington after the emergence of young goalie Semyon Varlamov. On July 21, 2009, Johnson was signed as a free agent to a one-year contract by the Pittsburgh Penguins to back-up Marc-André Fleury.^[4] After helping the Penguins to 10 wins in 23 games for the 2009–10 season he was signed to a two-year extension with Pittsburgh, through to the 2011–12 season on April 13, 2010.^[5] On February 2, 2011, Johnson had his first fight in the NHL when he engaged with Rick DiPietro in a fight after DiPietro and Matt Cooke collided near the goal crease. Johnson skated over to DiPietro, ignoring the referee waving him off, and took DiPietro down with one punch. It was later found out that DiPietro suffered facial fractures from the punch. The next game against the Islanders (9 days later), Johnson once again in goal, fought with Islanders center Micheal Haley along with Penguins forward Eric Godard who left the bench to assist his goaltender. In his first fight with Rick DiPietro he got leaving crease and game misconduct penalties. In his fight with Micheal Haley he received a 5 Fighting (major) which was served by Marc-André Fleury. In the week and two days separating the two fights there was another netminder fight, Carey Price and Tim Thomas.

Personal

He married Erica Danielle Ence of Burke, Virginia on August 11, 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

Regular season


Season	Team	League	GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
1994–95	Owen Sound Platers	OHL	18	3	9	1	904	95	0	4.98	—
1995–96	Owen Sound Platers	OHL	58	24	28	1	3211	243	1	4.54	—
1996–97	Owen Sound Platers	OHL	50	20	28	1	2798	201	1	4.31	.891
1997–98	Worcester Ice Cats	AHL	42	14	15	7	2240	119	0	3.19	.899
1998–99	Worcester Ice Cats	AHL	49	22	22	4	2925	146	2	2.99	.896
1998–99	St. Louis Blues	NHL	6	3	2	0	286	10	0	2.10	.921
1999–00	Worcester Ice Cats	AHL	58	24	27	5	3319	161	3	2.91	.911
2000–01	St. Louis Blues	NHL	31	19	9	2	1744	63	4	2.17	.907
2001–02	St. Louis Blues	NHL	58	34	20	4	3491	127	5	2.18	.902
2002–03	Worcester Ice Cats	AHL	2	0	1	1	125	8	0	3.84	.880
2002–03	St. Louis Blues	NHL	38	16	13	5	2042	85	2	2.47	.900
2003–04	Worcester Ice Cats	AHL	8	2	2	2	365	14	0	2.30	.910
2003–04	St. Louis Blues	NHL	10	4	3	1	493	20	1	2.43	.901
2003–04	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	8	1	6	1	486	21	0	2.59	.914
2005–06	Washington Capitals	NHL	26	9	12	1	1413	81	1	3.43	.905
2006–07	Washington Capitals	NHL	30	6	15	7	1644	99	0	3.61	.889
2007–08	Hershey Bears	AHL	1	0	1	0	59	3	0	3.04	.925
2007–08	Washington Capitals	NHL	19	7	8	2	1032	46	0	2.67	.908
2008–09	Washington Capitals	NHL	16	10	4	2	902	37	0	2.46	.908
2009–10	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	23	10	6	1	1,108	51	0	2.76	.906
NHL totals			270	121	100	31	14872	655	13	2.62	.903

Playoffs


Season	Team	League	GP	W	L	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
1995–96	Owen Sound Platers	OHL	6	2	4	371	29	0	4.69	—
1996–97	Owen Sound Platers	OHL	4	0	4	253	24	0	5.69	—
1997–98	Worcester Ice Cats	AHL	6	3	2	332	19	0	3.43	—
1998–99	Worcester Ice Cats	AHL	4	1	3	238	12	0	3.03	.916
1999–00	Worcester Ice Cats	AHL	9	4	5	561	23	1	2.46	.931
2000–01	St. Louis Blues	NHL	2	0	1	62	2	0	1.94	.944
2001–02	St. Louis Blues	NHL	10	5	5	590	18	3	1.83	.929
NHL totals			12	5	6	652	20	3	1.84	.931

References

^ "Legendsofhockey - Brent Johnson". legendsofhockey.net. 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-08-14. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Grahame gets another shutout as Bolts beat Caps". ESPN. 2006-02-04. Retrieved 2009-10-02. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Caps G Johnson Needs Hip Surgery". Yahoo! Sports. 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-02-07. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link]}
^ "Pens sign Goaltender Brent Johnson". Pittsburgh Penguins. 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2010-08-14. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Penguins sign Johnson to two-year contract extension". Pittsburgh Penguins. 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2010-04-15. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

Brent Johnson career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

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[1] "Legendsofhockey - Brent Johnson". legendsofhockey.net. 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-08-14. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[2] "Grahame gets another shutout as Bolts beat Caps". ESPN. 2006-02-04. Retrieved 2009-10-02. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] "Caps G Johnson Needs Hip Surgery". Yahoo! Sports. 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-02-07. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link]}

[4] "Pens sign Goaltender Brent Johnson". Pittsburgh Penguins. 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2010-08-14. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[5] "Penguins sign Johnson to two-year contract extension". Pittsburgh Penguins. 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2010-04-15. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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