Daniel Brière

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Position	Center
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 179 lb (81 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Buffalo Sabres Phoenix Coyotes
Nationality	Canada
Born	October 6, 1977, Gatineau, PQ, CAN
NHL Draft	24th overall, 1996 Phoenix Coyotes
Pro Career	1998 – present

Daniel Brière (b. October 6, 1977 in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada) is a French Canadian professional hockey centre who currently plays for the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres

[edit] Playing career

Brière went to Collège-Saint-Alexandre, a private college in Gatineau

Brière was drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft in the first round, twenty-fourth overall.

In 1998, Brière won the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as the top rookie of the American Hockey League while playing for the Springfield Falcons.

Brière's training regimen became newsworthy in 2001 when it became known that, in order to overcome his diminutive size, he had begun off-season strength training with Canadian World's Strongest Man competitor Hugo Girard, who shares Gatineau as a hometown[1].

Brière finished his 2005-06 season with 58 points in 48 games, fourth on the team. Brière missed 32 games of the 2005-06 season due to recovery from an abdominal injury; he was also suspended for two games. In the playoffs, he finished first on his team and tied for fourth in the entire NHL in playoff scoring with 19 points.

Brière was chosen as the first player of a set of nearly 69 players who collectively filed for salary arbitration. His hearing was on July 21, 2006, and he was given a one-year, $5 million contract. On August 5, the Sabres accepted this arbitration award.

Briere scored his first hat trick on December 5th, 2006, against the Tampa Bay Lightning's goaltender Marc Denis.

[edit] Personal life

Brière is married to his wife Sylvie. They have three young sons, Caelan, Cameron and Carson.

[edit] See also

Preceded by: J.P. Dumont	Buffalo Sabres captains Feb 2004	Succeeded by: Chris Drury
Preceded by: Chris Drury	Buffalo Sabres captains 2005- present co-captains with Chris Drury	Succeeded by: incumbent