Danny Briere

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 5-10 ▪ Weight: 179 lbs.
Born: October 6, 1977 in Gatineau, Quebec
Draft: Phoenix, 1st round (24th overall), 1996 NHL Entry
Contract: 8 years/$52,000,000
2012-13 Cap Hit: $6,500,000.00 (full contract info at capgeek.com)

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Skater Rank: #241. Ted Kennedy… #242. Tomas Holmstrom… #243. Dennis Hull… #244. DANNY BRIERE… #245. Derek Sanderson… #246. Frank Boucher… #247. Jean-Guy Talbot…

Skater Rank: #241. Ted Kennedy… #242. Tomas Holmstrom… #243. Dennis Hull… #244. DANNY BRIERE… #245. Derek Sanderson… #246. Frank Boucher… #247. Jean-Guy Talbot…

NHL Standard

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1997-98	20	PHX	NHL	5	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
1998-99	21	PHX	NHL	64	8	14	22	8	-3	30	6	2	0	2	12	0	2	90	8.9	718	11:13
1999-00	22	PHX	NHL	13	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	11.1	100	7:41
2000-01	23	PHX	NHL	30	11	4	15	7	-2	12	2	9	0	1	1	0	3	43	25.6	325	10:50
2001-02	24	PHX	NHL	78	32	28	60	25	6	52	20	12	0	5	18	0	10	149	21.5	1228	15:44
2002-03	25	TOT	NHL	82	24	34	58	22	-20	62	15	9	0	4	18	0	16	181	13.3	1407	17:10
2002-03	25	PHX	NHL	68	17	29	46	17	-21	50	13	4	0	3	14	0	15	142	12.0	1158	17:02
2002-03	25	BUF	NHL	14	7	5	12	5	1	12	2	5	0	1	4	0	1	39	17.9	249	17:49
2003-04	26	BUF	NHL	82	28	37	65	26	-7	70	17	11	0	3	21	0	16	194	14.4	1503	18:20
2005-06	28	BUF	NHL	48	25	33	58	22	3	48	14	11	0	4	15	1	17	147	17.0	915	19:04
2006-07	29	BUF	NHL	81	32	63	95	33	17	89	23	9	0	6	42	0	21	234	13.7	1564	19:19
2007-08	30	PHI	NHL	79	31	41	72	28	-22	68	17	14	0	3	17	1	23	182	17.0	1490	18:52
2008-09	31	PHI	NHL	29	11	14	25	10	-1	26	7	4	0	0	8	0	6	54	20.4	454	15:39
2009-10	32	PHI	NHL	75	26	27	53	21	-2	71	18	8	0	1	18	0	9	193	13.5	1244	16:35
2010-11	33	PHI	NHL	77	34	34	68	28	20	87	28	6	0	6	25	0	9	246	13.8	1410	18:19
2011-12	34	PHI	NHL	70	16	33	49	17	5	69	12	4	0	3	20	0	13	174	9.2	1215	17:22
2012-13	35	PHI	NHL	34	6	10	16	6	-13	10	3	3	0	1	7	0	3	87	6.9	546	16:04
Career			NHL	847	286	373	659	255	-18	696	184	102	0	39	223	2	148	1987	14.4	14120	16:46

NHL Miscellaneous

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					Per Game						Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	PIM	S	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS
1997-98	20	PHX	NHL	5	0.20	0.00	0.20	0.11	0.40	0.80	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0.1	0.1
1998-99	21	PHX	NHL	64	0.13	0.22	0.34	0.13	0.47	1.41	9	16	25	9	30	6	27	0	-3	1.1	0.7	1.8
1999-00	22	PHX	NHL	13	0.08	0.08	0.15	0.06	0.00	0.69	1	1	2	1	4	1	3	0	0	0.0	0.1	0.1
2000-01	23	PHX	NHL	30	0.37	0.13	0.50	0.23	0.40	1.43	12	4	16	8	19	14	7	0	-2	1.8	0.3	2.0
2001-02	24	PHX	NHL	78	0.41	0.36	0.77	0.32	0.67	1.91	37	32	69	29	76	27	43	0	6	6.6	1.4	8.0
2002-03	25	TOT	NHL	82	0.29	0.41	0.71	0.27	0.76	2.21	27	38	65	25	83	41	62	0	-20	4.8	0.7	5.5
2002-03	25	PHX	NHL	68	0.25	0.43	0.68	0.25	0.74	2.09	19	32	51	19	68	34	55	0	-21	3.4	0.3	3.8
2002-03	25	BUF	NHL	14	0.50	0.36	0.86	0.37	0.86	2.79	8	6	14	6	15	7	7	0	1	1.4	0.4	1.7
2003-04	26	BUF	NHL	82	0.34	0.45	0.79	0.31	0.85	2.37	33	42	75	29	93	41	59	0	-7	6.4	1.3	7.7
2005-06	28	BUF	NHL	48	0.52	0.69	1.21	0.46	1.00	3.06	25	32	57	22	72	38	32	1	3	5.4	1.2	6.7
2006-07	29	BUF	NHL	81	0.40	0.78	1.17	0.41	1.10	2.89	33	63	96	35	120	42	65	4	17	8.4	1.6	10.0
2007-08	30	PHI	NHL	79	0.39	0.52	0.91	0.36	0.86	2.30	34	44	78	31	96	56	62	0	-22	7.2	0.7	7.9
2008-09	31	PHI	NHL	29	0.38	0.48	0.86	0.34	0.90	1.86	12	14	26	10	33	14	21	1	-1	2.6	0.4	3.0
2009-10	32	PHI	NHL	75	0.35	0.36	0.71	0.28	0.95	2.57	28	28	56	23	82	32	52	0	-2	5.1	1.4	6.5
2010-11	33	PHI	NHL	77	0.44	0.44	0.88	0.36	1.13	3.19	38	36	74	31	96	26	51	1	20	7.3	1.9	9.3
2011-12	34	PHI	NHL	70	0.23	0.47	0.70	0.25	0.99	2.49	18	36	54	20	75	28	42	0	5	3.9	1.2	5.1
2012-13	35	PHI	NHL	34	0.18	0.29	0.47	0.18	0.29	2.56									-13	0.9	0.1	1.1
Career			NHL	847	0.34	0.44	0.78	0.30	0.82	2.35	308	386	694	273	880	366	526	7	-18	61.7	13.1	74.7

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1999-00	22	PHX	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	6	6:16
2001-02	24	PHX	NHL	5	2	1	3	1	-4	2	1	1	0	1	12	16.7	82	16:25
2005-06	28	BUF	NHL	18	8	11	19	7	0	12	5	3	0	2	47	17.0	338	18:48
2006-07	29	BUF	NHL	16	3	12	15	5	3	16	1	2	0	1	49	6.1	334	20:53
2007-08	30	PHI	NHL	17	9	7	16	7	-3	20	3	6	0	3	45	20.0	313	18:26
2008-09	31	PHI	NHL	6	1	3	4	1	-1	8	0	1	0	0	10	10.0	100	16:41
2009-10	32	PHI	NHL	23	12	18	30	11	9	18	8	4	0	4	63	19.0	451	19:37
2010-11	33	PHI	NHL	11	7	2	9	4	-7	14	5	2	0	1	47	14.9	219	19:57
2011-12	34	PHI	NHL	11	8	5	13	6	-6	4	7	1	0	1	26	30.8	195	17:44
Career			NHL	108	50	59	109	43	-9	94	30	20	0	13	300	16.7	2040	18:53

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1992-93	15	Abitibi Regents	QAAA	42	24	30	54			28
1993-94	16	Gatineau Intrepide	QAAA	44	56	47	103			56
1993-94	16	Canada	U-18	5	2	3	5			4
1994-95	17	Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL	72	51	72	123		-11	54	17	30	4	8
1995-96	18	Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL	67	67	96	163		1	84	26	36	5	6
1996-97	19	Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL	59	52	78	130		23	86	31	18	3	3
1996-97	19	Canada	WJC-A	7	2	4	6			4
1997-98	20	Springfield Falcons	AHL	68	36	56	92		23	42	24	12	0	6	236	15.3
1998-99	21	Las Vegas Thunder	IHL	1	1	1	2		2	0	1	0	0	0	1	100.0
1998-99	21	Springfield Falcons	AHL	13	2	6	8		-2	20	2	0	0	0	33	6.1
1999-00	22	Springfield Falcons	AHL	58	29	42	71		14	56	22	7	0	6	207	14.0
2000-01	23	Springfield Falcons	AHL	30	21	25	46		0	30	10	10	1	2	130	16.2
2002-03	25	Canada	WC-A	9	4	5	9		8	6	4	0	0	2
2003-04	26	Canada	WC-A	9	2	6	8		2	6	0	2	0	0
2004-05	27	SC Bern	Swiss	36	16	29	45			26
Career		4 Seasons	AHL	169	88	129	217		35	148	58	29	1	14	606	14.5
Career		1 Season	IHL	1	1	1	2		2	0	1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Career		2 Seasons	QAAA	86	80	77	157			84
Career		3 Seasons	QMJHL	198	170	246	416		13	224	74	84	12	17
Career		1 Season	Swiss	36	16	29	45			26
Career		1 Season	U-18	5	2	3	5			4
Career		2 Seasons	WC-A	18	6	11	17		10	12	4	2	0	2
Career		1 Season	WJC-A	7	2	4	6			4

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1992-93	15	Abitibi Regents	QAAA	3	0	3	3			8
1994-95	17	Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL	4	2	3	5			2	0	2	0	0
1995-96	18	Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL	6	6	12	18			8	2	3	1	0
1996-97	19	Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL	8	7	7	14		-13	14	4	3	0	0
1997-98	20	Springfield Falcons	AHL	4	1	2	3			4	1	0	0	0
1998-99	21	Springfield Falcons	AHL	3	0	1	1			2	0	0	0	0
2004-05	27	SC Bern	Swiss	11	1	6	7			2
Career		2 Seasons	AHL	7	1	3	4			6	1	0	0	0
Career		1 Season	QAAA	3	0	3	3			8
Career		3 Seasons	QMJHL	18	15	22	37		-13	24	6	8	1	0
Career		1 Season	Swiss	11	1	6	7			2

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 15 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Danny Briere		10.0	9.3	8.0	7.9	7.7	6.7	6.5	5.5	5.1	3.0	2.0	1.8	1.1	0.1	0.1
Lanny McDonald	91.7	10.0	9.8	9.2	8.6	8.4	6.8	6.6	5.9	4.8	4.4	3.1	2.5	1.7	1.3
Alex Tanguay	90.8	10.5	9.3	8.4	8.3	8.2	7.1	6.1	5.5	5.3	5.2	5.0	2.8	2.4
Miroslav Satan	90.8	10.0	9.1	8.3	8.3	7.1	6.8	6.3	5.3	5.0	3.9	3.7	3.5	3.1	1.9
Rick Martin	90.6	9.7	9.4	9.1	7.9	7.8	7.3	6.8	6.3	4.4	1.7	0.3
Rod Gilbert	90.2	11.6	8.4	8.1	7.6	6.8	6.5	5.9	5.6	5.1	4.3	1.8	1.5	0.1	0.0
Pat Verbeek	90.1	9.5	8.1	8.0	7.9	6.9	6.7	4.5	3.9	3.4	2.7	2.6	2.5	1.0	0.4
Rick Nash	90.0	10.1	9.4	8.1	7.8	7.7	6.9	6.6	6.4	6.0	3.3
Gary Roberts	89.9	10.0	9.7	8.1	6.9	6.5	5.8	5.6	5.3	4.0	3.4	3.3	1.3	0.8	0.3
Bill Cowley	89.8	7.4	6.3	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.1	5.0	5.0	3.3	3.3	2.6	2.1	0.4
Yvan Cournoyer	89.8	10.4	10.0	9.3	8.6	8.3	7.2	6.7	6.5	6.0	5.1	3.9	2.4	0.7	0.7

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Danny Briere		10.0	9.3	8.0	7.9	7.7	6.7	6.5	5.5	5.1	3.0	2.0	1.8	1.1	0.1	0.1
Lanny McDonald	91.1	10.0	9.8	9.2	8.6	8.4	6.8	6.6	5.9	4.8	4.4	3.1	2.5	1.7	1.3	0.7	0.6
Miroslav Satan	90.8	10.0	9.1	8.3	8.3	7.1	6.8	6.3	5.3	5.0	3.9	3.7	3.5	3.1	1.9
Alex Tanguay	90.8	10.5	9.3	8.4	8.3	8.2	7.1	6.1	5.5	5.3	5.2	5.0	2.8	2.4
Rick Martin	90.6	9.7	9.4	9.1	7.9	7.8	7.3	6.8	6.3	4.4	1.7	0.3
Rick Nash	90.0	10.1	9.4	8.1	7.8	7.7	6.9	6.6	6.4	6.0	3.3
Bill Cowley	89.8	7.4	6.3	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.1	5.0	5.0	3.3	3.3	2.6	2.1	0.4
Olli Jokinen	89.5	10.8	9.8	7.9	7.6	6.7	6.1	6.0	4.8	4.5	1.4	1.1	1.1	0.1	-0.3	-0.4
Simon Gagne	89.4	10.8	9.6	9.5	8.6	7.7	5.9	5.8	4.4	3.9	3.5	1.8	1.6	1.5
Rick Middleton	89.1	9.3	8.9	8.8	8.7	8.4	8.4	5.5	5.5	5.4	3.4	3.2	2.9	2.7	1.9
Bun Cook	89.1	6.8	6.6	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.7	4.9	4.8	3.9	0.9	0.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games 2007 NHL 2011 NHL	Games Played 2002-03 NHL 82 (4) 2003-04 NHL 82 (3)	Goals 2010-11 NHL 34 (8)	Assists 2006-07 NHL 63 (7)
Points 2006-07 NHL 95 (10)	Even Strength Goals 2010-11 NHL 28 (3)	Power Play Goals 2001-02 NHL 12 (10)	Shooting Percentage 2001-02 NHL 21.5 (1)
Assists Per Game 2006-07 NHL 0.78 (9)	Adjusted Goals 2010-11 NHL 38 (8)	Adjusted Assists 2006-07 NHL 63 (7)	Adjusted Points 2006-07 NHL 96 (10)
Power Play Goals On-Ice For 2007-08 NHL 56 (6)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

March 10, 2003: Traded to Buffalo by Phoenix with Phoenix's 3rd round choice (Andrej Sekera) in 2004 Entry Draft for Chris Gratton and Buffalo's 4th round choice (later traded to Edmonton - Edmonton selected Liam Reddox) in 2004 Entry Draft, March 10, 2003.

September 28, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Bern (Swiss), September 28, 2004.

July 1, 2007: Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia, July 1, 2007.

January 22, 2009: Missed majority of 2008-09 due to abdominal surgery (October 25, 2008) and groin surgery (January 22, 2009).

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