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• Professional ice hockey player Brandon Bochenski plays for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: April 4, 1982
  2. Birthplace: Blaine, Minnesota
  3. Height: 6' 1"
  4. Weight: 187 lbs.
  5. Position: Right wing
  6. Shoots: Right
  7. High school: Blaine High School
  8. College: University of North Dakota
  9. Draft year: 2001
  10. Recruited by the University of Minnesota, but lost the scholarship after pleading guilty to a counterfeiting chargeMinnesota Daily: Sioux Recruit Guilty of Forgery (April 2, 2001)

• NHL Career

  Bochenski was drafted 223 overall in the 2001 NHL Draft by the Ottawa Senators. Rather than joining the NHL right away, he played three seasons with the University of North Dakota before joining the Binghamton Senators in the American Hockey League in 2004. He made his NHL debut with the Ottawa Senators in 2005. After his rookie season, Bochenski was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks on March 9, 2006. He spent most of the next year with the Blackhawks' AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals before he was traded to the Boston Bruins on February 3, 2007. The Bruins traded Bochenski to the Anaheim Ducks on January 2, 2008, where he played only 12 games before he was sent to the Nashville Predators, on February 26, 2008.

• Career Highlights

  • 2001: USHL All-Star Team
  • 2001: USHL Rookie of the Year
  • 2002: WCHL Rookie of the Year
  • 2002: WCHL All-Rookie Team
  • 2004: WCHA All-Star Game
  • 2005: AHL All-Rookie Team

• Timeline

  • 2001: Drafted by the Ottawa Senators
  • 2001-04: North Dakota Fighting Sioux
  • 2004-06: Binghamton Senators, AHL
  • 2005-06: Ottawa Senators
  • 2006-07: Chicago Blackhawks
  • 2006-07: Norfolk Admirals, AHL
  • 2007-08: Boston Bruins
  • 2008: Anaheim Ducks
  • 2008-present: Nashville Predators

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