Brian Pothier

Position: D ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0 ▪ Weight: 204 lbs.
Born: April 15, 1977 in New Bedford, Massachusetts

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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
2000-01	23	ATL	NHL	3	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		62	20:38
2001-02	24	ATL	NHL	33	3	6	9	3	-19	22	2	1	0	1	6	0	0	65	4.6	716	21:41
2002-03	25	OTT	NHL	14	2	4	6	2	11	6	2	0	0	1	3	0	1	23	8.7	215	15:23
2003-04	26	OTT	NHL	55	2	6	8	3	6	24	1	1	0	1	4	0	2	78	2.6	920	16:43
2005-06	28	OTT	NHL	77	5	30	35	11	29	59	2	3	0	0	16	0	14	133	3.8	1291	16:46
2006-07	29	WSH	NHL	72	3	25	28	9	-11	44	1	2	0	0	12	0	13	118	2.5	1727	23:59
2007-08	30	WSH	NHL	38	5	9	14	5	5	20	4	1	0	1	6	0	3	65	7.7	710	18:42
2008-09	31	WSH	NHL	9	1	2	3	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	8	12.5	149	16:35
2009-10	32	TOT	NHL	61	5	10	15	5	4	21	4	1	0	2	7	0	3	81	6.2	1160	19:01
2009-10	32	WSH	NHL	41	4	7	11	4	12	10	3	1	0	1	6	0	1	57	7.0	740	18:03
2009-10	32	CAR	NHL	20	1	3	4	1	-8	11	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	24	4.2	420	21:01
Career			NHL	362	26	92	118	39	29	202	17	9	0	7	55	0	37	571	4.6	6951	19:12

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
2000-01	23	ATL	NHL	3	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.67	0.00	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	4	-0.1	0.4	0.4
2001-02	24	ATL	NHL	33	0.09	0.18	0.27	0.10	0.67	1.97	3	7	10	4	20	1	46	8	-19	0.6	-0.2	0.4
2002-03	25	OTT	NHL	14	0.14	0.29	0.43	0.15	0.43	1.64	2	4	6	2	15	2	2	0	11	0.6	1.3	2.0
2003-04	26	OTT	NHL	55	0.04	0.11	0.15	0.05	0.44	1.42	2	7	9	3	31	3	26	4	6	0.1	2.1	2.2
2005-06	28	OTT	NHL	77	0.06	0.39	0.45	0.14	0.77	1.73	5	29	34	11	93	35	35	6	29	2.5	4.4	6.8
2006-07	29	WSH	NHL	72	0.04	0.35	0.39	0.12	0.61	1.64	3	25	28	8	80	28	98	35	-11	1.3	2.2	3.5
2007-08	30	WSH	NHL	38	0.13	0.24	0.37	0.14	0.53	1.71	6	10	16	6	34	8	28	7	5	1.3	1.7	3.0
2008-09	31	WSH	NHL	9	0.11	0.22	0.33	0.12	0.44	0.89	1	2	3	1	9	2	7	0	0	0.2	0.3	0.5
2009-10	32	TOT	NHL	61	0.08	0.16	0.25	0.09	0.34	1.33	5	10	15	5	48	8	44	8	4	0.8	1.8	2.6
2009-10	32	WSH	NHL	41	0.10	0.17	0.27	0.10	0.24	1.39	4	7	11	4	36	5	21	2	12	0.8	1.6	2.4
2009-10	32	CAR	NHL	20	0.05	0.15	0.20	0.07	0.55	1.20	1	3	4	1	12	3	23	6	-8	0.0	0.2	0.3
Career			NHL	362	0.07	0.25	0.33	0.11	0.56	1.58	27	94	121	40	334	87	287	69	29	7.4	13.9	21.3

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
2002-03	25	OTT	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	13	13:11
2003-04	26	OTT	NHL	7	0	0	0	0	-2	6	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	121	17:15
2005-06	28	OTT	NHL	8	2	1	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	10	20.0	120	15:02
2008-09	31	WSH	NHL	13	0	2	2	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	218	16:48
Career			NHL	29	2	3	5	2	0	18	2	0	0	0	30	6.7	473	16:18

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
1995-96	18	Northfield Mount Hermon School	High-MA	27	11	22	33			36
1996-97	19	RPI Engineers	ECAC	34	1	11	12			42
1997-98	20	RPI Engineers	ECAC	35	2	9	11			28
1998-99	21	RPI Engineers	ECAC	37	5	13	18			36
1999-00	22	RPI Engineers	ECAC	36	9	24	33			44
2000-01	23	Orlando Solar Bears	IHL	76	12	29	41		5	69	8	4	0	2	221	5.4
2001-02	24	Chicago Wolves	AHL	39	6	13	19		2	30	5	1	0	1
2002-03	25	Binghamton Senators	AHL	68	7	40	47		5	58	1	6	0	3	168	4.2
2004-05	27	Binghamton Senators	AHL	77	12	36	48		13	64	1	11	0	1
2006-07	29	United States	WC-A	7	0	1	1		-1	4	0	0	0	0
2008-09	31	Hershey Bears	AHL	4	0	0	0		1	2	0	0	0	0
2010-11	33	HC Geneve-Servette	Swiss	44	8	25	33			26
2011-12	34	HC Geneve-Servette	Swiss	50	6	20	26			32
Career		4 Seasons	AHL	188	25	89	114		21	154	7	18	0	5	168	4.2
Career		4 Seasons	ECAC	142	17	57	74			150
Career		1 Season	High-MA	27	11	22	33			36
Career		1 Season	IHL	76	12	29	41		5	69	8	4	0	2	221	5.4
Career		2 Seasons	Swiss	94	14	45	59			58
Career		1 Season	WC-A	7	0	1	1		-1	4	0	0	0	0

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
2000-01	23	Orlando Solar Bears	IHL	16	3	5	8			11	1	2	0	2
2002-03	25	Binghamton Senators	AHL	8	2	8	10		2	4	0	2	0	0	26	7.7
2004-05	27	Binghamton Senators	AHL	6	0	1	1		-1	6	0	0	0	0
2010-11	33	HC Geneve-Servette	Swiss	6	2	4	6			10
2011-12	34	HC Geneve-Servette	Swiss	4	0	1	1			4
Career		2 Seasons	AHL	14	2	9	11		1	10	0	2	0	0	26	7.7
Career		1 Season	IHL	16	3	5	8			11	1	2	0	2
Career		2 Seasons	Swiss	10	2	5	7			14

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 9 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Brian Pothier		6.8	3.5	3.0	2.6	2.2	2.0	0.5	0.4	0.4
Drake Berehowsky	87.5	6.5	3.6	3.0	2.5	2.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.1
Dave Pichette	87.1	6.8	4.5	3.1	3.1	2.6	2.0	0.4
Randy Jones	86.0	5.9	3.5	2.8	2.5	2.2	1.0	0.6	0.1
Marc Reaume	85.7	5.2	3.1	2.8	2.8	2.2	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.1
Lindy Ruff	84.2	7.4	3.9	3.5	3.1	2.5	1.8	1.7	0.7	0.3
Glen Cochrane	84.0	6.3	4.3	4.2	2.2	2.0	1.8	0.5	0.5	-0.1
Al Dewsbury	82.3	5.5	3.9	2.6	2.5	2.0	1.4	1.2	0.1
Larry Brown	81.9	6.4	2.8	2.7	2.3	2.3	1.9	1.6	1.2	0.3
Noel Picard	81.8	7.2	4.4	4.3	3.1	2.3	1.4	1.2
Mike Christie	81.3	7.7	4.6	2.7	2.7	1.9	1.3	1.1

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Brian Pothier		6.8	3.5	3.0	2.6	2.2	2.0	0.5	0.4	0.4
Dave Pichette	87.1	6.8	4.5	3.1	3.1	2.6	2.0	0.4
Randy Jones	86.0	5.9	3.5	2.8	2.5	2.2	1.0	0.6	0.1
Marc Reaume	85.7	5.2	3.1	2.8	2.8	2.2	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.1
Glen Cochrane	84.8	6.3	4.3	4.2	2.2	2.0	1.8	0.5	0.5	0.2	-0.1
Al Dewsbury	82.3	5.5	3.9	2.6	2.5	2.0	1.4	1.2	0.1
Larry Brown	81.9	6.4	2.8	2.7	2.3	2.3	1.9	1.6	1.2	0.3
Noel Picard	81.8	7.2	4.4	4.3	3.1	2.3	1.4	1.2
Kerry Huffman	81.3	5.7	3.1	3.0	2.4	2.0	1.7	1.5	0.7	0.7	0.5
Mike Christie	81.3	7.7	4.6	2.7	2.7	1.9	1.3	1.1
Lindy Ruff	80.6	7.4	3.9	3.5	3.1	2.5	1.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	-0.6	-0.6

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Plus/Minus 2005-06 NHL 29 (10)

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2005-06 NHL 29 (10)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

March 27, 2000: Signed as a free agent by Atlanta, March 27, 2000.

June 29, 2002: Traded to Ottawa by Atlanta for Shawn McEachern and Ottawa's 6th round choice (Dan Turple) in 2004 Entry Draft, June 29, 2002.

July 1, 2006: Signed as a free agent by Washington, July 1, 2006.

January 3, 2008: Missed remainder of 2007-08 and majority of 2008-09 due to head injury at Boston, January 3, 2008.

March 3, 2010: Traded to Carolina by Washington with Oskar Osala and Washington's 2nd round choice (later traded to NY Rangers, later traded to Calgary - Calgary selected Tyler Wotherspoon) in 2011 Entry Draft for Joe Corvo, March 3, 2010.

July 27, 2010: Signed as a free agent by Geneve (Swiss), July 27, 2010.

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