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Fifteen years after graduating from the Ontario Hockey League, Sean Brown is still a major defensive force in professional hockey. Brown is in his third season with Klagenfurter of Austria’s Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL). After missing most of the 2009-10 season, he has come back strong in 2010-11 to help the team to first place in the regular season and a playoff finals berth against Red Bull Salzburg.

Sean Brown on the left in red (#77).

Sean Brown played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1993-94 to 1995-96. He played his first two full seasons with the Belleville Bulls and was traded to the Sarnia Sting at the deadline during his final season. In that final season, Brown was selected to the Second All-Star Team.

Sean was a first round pick of the Boston Bruins in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, going 21st overall. Sean eventually did play for the Bruins but after parts of five seasons with the Edmonton Oilers. Along with those teams, Brown also played for the New Jersey Devils and Vancouver Canucks between 1996-97 and 2005-06.

2006-07 marked Brown’s first season in Europe. He played two seasons in Germany’s DEL before moving to Austria for the 2008-09 season. Klagenfurter was the league champion in Sean’s first season with the team.

Check out Sean Brown’s profile page on the EC-KAC official website.

The 2010-11 Erste Bank Eishockey Liga regular season in over and the playoffs have begun. Klagenfurter AC found themselves at the top of the Austrian elite league, ten points ahead of the next team. Klagenfurter finished with 78 points over the 54 game schedule. Klagenfurter had the help of four Ontario Hockey League grads.

Andy Chiodo had the second best goals against average over his first season with Klagenfurter. Chiodo played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2000-01 to 2002-03, all with the Toronto St. Michael’s Majors. Andy was taken in the sixth round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders, 166th overall. He was put back into the pool for the 2003 draft and was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the seventh round, 199th overall. Chiodo played eight games for the Penguins during the 2003-04 season.

Sean Brown played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1993-94 to 1995-96. He played with the Belleville Bulls until midway through his final season when was traded to the Sarnia Sting. Sean was a first round pick of the Boston Bruins in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, 21st overall. Brown played 437 NHL games with the Edmonton Oilers, Bruins, New Jersey Devils and Vancouver Canucks. This is Sean’s third season with Klagenfurter.

Kirk Furey played in the Ontario Hockey League over the same three year span as Sean Brown. Furey played exclusively with the Owen Sound Platers. Kirk went undrafted in the NHL and chose the Canadian university system. He is in his fourth year with Klagenfurter. Furey was the team’s top point getter over the regular season and was 24th in the EBEL.

played three seasons with the Oshawa Generals from 1987-88 to 1989-90. Craig was a second round pick of the Minnesota North Stars in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, 28th overall. Mike played 423 games in the NHL with Minnesota, Dallas Stars, Toronto Maple Leafs and San Jose Sharks. Currently on the injured reserve, Craig is in his eighth year in the EBEL and his fourth with Klagenfurter. Despite missing several games due to injury this season, Mike still finished fourth in league scoring.

Profiles of all these four players can be found on the roster page of the Klagenfurter AC official website.

Sean Brown played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1993-94 to 1995-96. Until midway through his final season, Brown played for the Belleville Bulls. He was traded to the Sarnia Sting to finish off his OHL career.

In 1995, Brown was a first round pick of the Boston Bruins, 21st overall. He did play for the Bruins but not until after being traded back to Boston from the Edmonton Oilers. In all, Sean Brown played 437 games in the National Hockey League with Edmonton, Boston, New Jersey Devils and Vancouver Canucks.

No stranger to the penalty box, the big defenseman sat out 515 minutes in 149 regular season OHL games as well as 122 minutes in 34 OHL playoff games. In the NHL, Brown sat out 909 minutes in the 437 games. In 2007-08, he was the most penalized player in Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He sat 206 minutes in just 53 games for the Nurmberg Ice Tigers. This was a continuation from the season before when in just 3 playoff games with the DEG Metro Stars of the DEL, Brown had 64 minutes in penalties.

The upcoming season will be his fifth in Europe since leaving the NHL. The first two seasons were in the DEL and the past two have been played with Klagenfurter AC (EC-KAC) of Austria’s Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL). The team won the Austrian Championship in 2008-09. Sean is signed on for the 2010-11 season with Klagenfurter again.

Check out Sean Brown’s profile page on the Klagenfurter official website.