Brian Elliott

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(Photo courtesy Mike Ashmore. Thanks, Mike!)

BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Newmarket, Ontario, April 9, 1985.
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HEIGHT: 6'3".
WEIGHT: 186-190 lbs.
UNIFORM #: 1 (Wisconsin), 31 (Binghamton), 30 (Ottawa).
CATCHES: Left
COLLEGE: University of Wisconsin (WCHA).
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Selected by Ottawa Senators (ninth round, 291st overall) in National Hockey League entry draft, 2003.
Signed to amateur tryout contract by Binghamton Senators (AHL), March 23, 2007.
Resigned to two-year contract by Ottawa, August 4, 2009.

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Brian made his National Hockey League debut on October 10, 2007, at Philips Arena in Atlanta. With Ottawa number-one Ray Emery recovering from offseason wrist surgery, Elliott was on the Senators' roster backing up Martin Gerber. Given the start against Atlanta, Elliott was superb, making twenty-seven saves in a 3-1 victory. According to Elliott: "It was a surprise. You're nervous. You're playing in the NHL. It's a game you have to be prepared for, and I was prepared. From age seven, this has been my goal."
Elliott made several key saves, including a brilliant one on Alexei Zhitnik, whom he robbed with a right pad save on the back end of a give-and-go pass early in the third period. "He played great," said Atlanta netminder Kari Lehtonen. "When they're going with a guy who's playing his first NHL game, you think you have the advantage. But he proved us wrong. He played tremendous."

RECORDS:

PENALTY SHOTS:

Stopped penalty shot (Martin St. Louis), October 29, 2009.
Allowed penalty shot goal (Wayne Simmonds), December 3, 2009.
Stopped penalty shot (Mike Comrie), March 9, 2010.

NHL SHOOTOUTS:

January 17, 2009 - lost to Montreal, 0-2 (Alexei Kovalev goal, Maxim Lapierre goal).
February 5, 2009 - lost to Boston, 0-1 (Blake Wheeler save, Phil Kessel save, Patrice Bergeron miss, Marc Savard save, Per-Johan Axelsson goal).
February 7, 2009 - defeated Buffalo, 3-2 (Ales Kotalik goal, Drew Stafford save, Tim Connolly goal, Derek Roy miss).
March 14, 2009 - defeated Pittsburgh, 2-1 (Kris Letang save, Petr Sykora save, Sidney Crosby goal, Evgeni Malkin save, Chris Kunitz miss).
2008-09 season to date: 2 wins, 2 losses, 10 saves on 16 chances.
October 24, 2009 - lost to Boston, 0-1 (Blake Wheeler save, Patrice Bergeron goal).
November 14, 2009 - lost to NY Rangers, 2-3 (Marian Gaborik save, Ales Kotalik goal, Vaclav Prospal goal, Enver Lisin save, Artem Anisimov save, Chris Higgins save, Pierre Parenteau goal).
November 28, 2009 - lost to Boston, 0-1 (Patrice Bergeron save, Blake Wheeler save, David Krejci save, Michael Ryder goal).
December 6, 2009 - defeated Anaheim, 2-1 (Corey Perry miss, Ryan Getzlaf goal, Joffrey Lupul miss).
April 1, 2010 - defeated Carolina, 2-0 (Ray Whitney miss, Jussi Jokinen miss).
April 8, 2010 - lost to Tampa Bay, 0-1 (Steven Stamkos save, Martin St. Louis save, Teddy Purcell goal).
2009-10 season to date: 2 wins, 4 losses, 14 saves on 21 chances.

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SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                            GP    Min   W   L   T   OL    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
03-04 University of Wisconsin WCHA     6    336   3   3   0         12   2.14     136   .912     0   0   0     0
04-05 University of Wisconsin WCHA     9    467   6   2   1          9   1.16     165   .945     3   0   0     0
05-06 University of Wisconsin WCHA    33   2008  25   5   3         52   1.55     835   .938     8   0   1     2
06-07 University of Wisconsin WCHA    36   2053  15  17   2         72   2.10     939   .923     5   0   1     0
      Binghamton Senators AHL          8    425   3   4        0    30   4.24     263   .886     0   0   0     0

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                            GP    Min   W   L    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Selected by Ottawa Senators in 2003 National Hockey League entry draft.
10/10/07: W (59m42s, 28/29) 3-1 victory at Atlanta (Lehtonen).
01/10/09: L (58m00s, 25/27) 0-2 defeat vs. NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
01/13/09: W (59m41s, 23/24) 5-1 victory vs. Carolina (Ward).
01/14/09: W (60m, 29/31) 3-2 victory at Atlanta (Lehtonen).
01/17/09: SOL (65m, 28/32) 4-5 SO defeat (0/2) vs. Montreal (Halak).
01/20/09: W (60m, 29/31) 3-2 victory vs. Washington (Theodore).
01/27/09: L (59m55s, 23/27) 1-4 defeat vs. New Jersey (Clemmensen).
01/29/09: W (59m45s, 22/23) 3-1 victory at St. Louis (Mason).
02/01/09: - (22m15s, 12/16) 4-7 defeat at Washington (Johnson) [Replaced by Auld].
02/03/09: L (58m43s, 25/26) 0-1 defeat vs. Los Angeles (Quick).
02/05/09: SOL (65m, 27/30) 3-4 SO defeat (4/5) vs. Boston (Thomas).
02/07/09: SOW (64m07s, 28/30) 3-2 SO victory (2/4) vs. Buffalo (Miller).
02/11/09: W (60m, 31/32) 3-1 victory at Buffalo (Miller).
02/12/09: W (60m, 34/36) 5-2 victory at Philadelphia (Nittymaki).
02/14/09: - (13m13s, 9/12) 5-3 victory at Minnesota (Backstrom, Harding) [Replaced by Auld].
02/19/09: L (58m14s, 19/23) 2-5 defeat vs. Vancouver (Luongo).
02/21/09: - (23m25s, 14/17) 3-5 defeat at Montreal (Halak) [Replaced by Auld].
02/28/09: OTL (60m33s, 34/38) 3-4 OT defeat vs. Toronto (Joseph).
03/03/09: - (18m12s, 6/7) 3-6 defeat vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff) [Replaced Auld].
03/05/09: W (59m56s, 24/26) 4-2 victory vs. Edmonton (Roloson).
03/07/09: W (60m, 27/30) 6-3 victory vs. Buffalo (Lalime).
03/09/09: W (60m, 25/26) 2-1 victory vs. Toronto (Joseph).
03/11/09: OTW (62m38s, 22/24) 3-2 OT victory vs. Tampa Bay (Ramo).
03/14/09: SOW (65m, 27/30) 4-3 SO victory (4/5) at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
03/17/09: W (60m, 11/13) 4-2 victory vs. Buffalo (Tellqvist).
03/19/09: W (60m, 28/32) 5-4 victory vs. Montreal (Price, Halak).
03/21/09: W (60m, 20/22) 5-2 victory vs. NY Islanders (Danis).
03/25/09: L (58m26s, 28/30) 1-2 defeat at Carolina (Ward).
03/28/09: L (34m16s, 17/21) 3-6 defeat at Atlanta (Hedberg) [Replaced by Auld].
03/29/09: W (60m, 20/20) 3-0 victory at Tampa Bay (Ramo).
03/31/09: L (42m01s, 17/21) 2-5 defeat at Florida (Anderson) [Replaced by Auld].
04/11/09: L (58m42s, 25/29) 2-5 defeat at Toronto (Gerber).
10/10/09: W (60m, 26/28) 4-2 victory vs. Atlanta (Pavelec).
10/24/09: SOL (65m, 25/28) 3-4 SO defeat (1/2) vs. Boston (Thomas).
10/28/09: W (40m, 26/28) 4-3 victory at Florida (Vokoun) [Replaced Leclaire].
10/29/09: L (60m, 22/27) 2-5 defeat at Tampa Bay (Smith).
11/14/09: SOL (65m, 27/28) 1-2 SO defeat (4/7) vs. NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
11/21/09: W (19m55s, 14/16) 5-3 victory vs. Buffalo (Lalime) [Replaced Leclaire].
11/23/09: OTW (61m09s, 25/28) 4-3 OT victory vs. Washington (Varlamov).
11/25/09: L (59m52s, 18/20) 1-3 defeat at New Jersey (Brodeur).
11/26/09: W (59m52s, 32/33) 2-1 victory vs. Columbus (Mason).
11/28/09: SOL (64m19s, 30/33) 3-4 SO defeat (3/4) at Boston (Thomas).
12/01/09: L (58m56s, 28/32) 2-5 defeat at San Jose (Greiss).
12/03/09: L (60m, 18/24) 3-6 defeat at Los Angeles (Quick).
12/05/09: L (57m36s, 22/25) 2-3 defeat at Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
12/06/09: SOW (65m, 33/36) 4-3 SO victory (2/3) at Anaheim (Giguere).
12/08/09: L (59m32s, 23/26) 1-4 defeat vs. Montreal (Halak).
12/10/09: W (60m, 23/23) 2-0 victory at Philadelphia (Boucher).
12/12/09: W (59m57s, 23/25) 4-2 victory vs. Carolina (Legace).
12/14/09: L (58m09s, 21/24) 2-3 defeat at Toronto (Toskala).
12/16/09: W (60m, 22/22) 2-0 victory vs. Buffalo (Miller).
12/18/09: L (59m56s, 18/22) 2-4 defeat at New Jersey (Brodeur).
12/21/09: L (58m18s, 27/29) 0-2 defeat vs. Boston (Thomas).
12/23/09: - (20m, 10/12) 2-8 defeat at Pittsburgh (Fleury) [Replaced Leclaire].
01/03/10: W (34m06s, 10/11) 7-4 victory vs. Philadelphia (Leighton, Boucher) [Replaced Leclaire].
01/05/10: L (13m45s, 12/16) 1-4 defeat vs. Boston (Thomas) [Replaced by Leclaire].
01/09/10: L (59m56s, 16/19) 0-3 defeat vs. Florida (Vokoun).
01/12/10: - (40m, 11/14) 1-6 defeat at Atlanta (Pavelec) [Replaced Leclaire].
01/18/10: W (59m41s, 22/23) 5-1 victory at Boston (Thomas, Rask).
01/19/10: W (60m, 29/30) 4-1 victory vs. Chicago (Huet).
01/21/10: W (59m58s, 27/29) 3-2 victory vs. St. Louis (Mason).
01/23/10: W (60m, 32/33) 2-1 victory at Boston (Thomas).
01/26/10: W (60m, 24/24) 3-0 victory vs. New Jersey (Brodeur, Danis).
01/28/10: W (59m53s, 30/31) 4-1 victory at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
01/30/10: OTW (63m33s, 27/29) 3-2 OT victory vs. Montreal (Halak).
02/03/10: W (59m56s, 34/36) 4-2 victory at Buffalo (Miller).
02/04/10: W (60m, 29/30) 3-1 victory vs. Vancouver (Raycroft).
02/06/10: L (39m59s, 26/30) 0-5 defeat at Toronto (Giguere) [Replaced by Leclaire].
02/09/10: W (60m, 27/29) 3-2 victory vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
02/11/10: W (59m45s, 19/24) 6-5 victory vs. Washington (Varlamov).
02/13/10: L (59m29s, 36/39) 1-4 defeat at Detroit (Howard).
02/14/10: W (60m, 34/37) 4-3 victory at NY Islanders (Roloson).
03/02/10: L (37m46s, 12/16) 1-4 defeat vs. NY Rangers (Lundqvist) [Replaced by Leclaire].
03/04/10: - (53m28s, 14/15) 1-4 defeat at Carolina (Legace) [Replaced Leclaire].
03/09/10: W (60m, 18/19) 4-1 victory at Edmonton (Deslauriers).
03/11/10: L (58m28s, 23/25) 0-2 defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
03/16/10: L (59m10s, 26/29) 1-4 defeat vs. Toronto (Gustavsson).
03/18/10: L (59m23s, 21/27) 3-6 defeat at Atlanta (Hedberg).
03/20/10: - (14m03s, 6/6) 4-5 defeat at Dallas (Lehtonen) [Replaced Leclaire].
03/22/10: W (60m, 29/29) 2-0 victory at Montreal (Halak).
03/23/10: W (60m, 26/26) 2-0 victory vs. Philadelphia (Boucher).
03/26/10: W (59m54s, 41/43) 4-2 victory at Buffalo (Miller).
03/27/10: W (60m, 20/22) 3-2 victory vs. Florida (Vokoun).
03/30/10: OTW (64m41s, 17/21) 5-4 OT victory at Washington (Theodore).
04/01/10: SOW (63m53s, 28/31) 4-3 SO victory (2/2) vs. Carolina (Legace).
04/03/10: L (60m, 29/33) 1-4 defeat at NY Islanders (Biron).
04/08/10: SOL (64m38s, 26/29) 3-4 SO defeat (2/3) at Tampa Bay (Smith).
04/14/10: W (59m56s, 17/21) 5-4 victory at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
04/16/10: L (58m47s, 29/31) 1-2 defeat at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
04/18/10: L (57m58s, 20/24) 2-4 defeat vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury).
04/20/10: - (26m12s, 15/19) 4-7 defeat vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury) [Replaced by Leclaire].

AHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Signed to amateur tryout contract by Binghamton Senators, March 21, 2007.
03/23/07: L (60m, 34/40) 2-6 defeat vs. Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
03/24/07: L (60m, 33/37) 2-4 defeat vs. Norfolk (Brodeur).
03/28/07: L (42m41s, 20/27) 1-8 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Schaefer) [Replaced by Glass].
04/01/07: W (60m, 38/39) 4-1 victory vs. Syracuse (Popperle).
04/04/07: W (60m, 40/41) 4-1 victory vs. Hershey (Cassivi).
04/06/07: - (20m, 12/15) 3-7 defeat vs. Albany (Weiman) [Replaced by Guard].
04/11/07: L (60m, 35/39) 0-4 defeat at Albany (Weiman).
04/13/07: W (62m13s, 21/25) 5-4 OT victory at Albany (Weiman).
Assigned to Binghamton, October 14, 2007.
10/19/07: L (46m52s, 18/23) 1-5 defeat at Norfolk (Munce) [Replaced by Glass].
10/28/07: W (59m58s, 32/36) 5-4 victory at Rochester (Shantz).
11/07/07: L (59m02s, 36/38) 0-2 defeat at Albany (Leighton).
11/10/07: L (58m35s, 41/43) 0-2 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Munroe).
11/16/07: L (59m09s, 32/37) 3-6 defeat at Philadelphia (Munroe).
11/24/07: OTL (62m24s, 22/26) 3-4 OT defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
12/01/07: W (60m, 38/43) 8-5 victory vs. Norfolk (Ramo).
12/09/07: W (59m58s, 25/28) 4-3 victory at Rochester (Dennis).
12/11/07: - (32m56s, 12/13) 3-5 defeat at Springfield (Deslauriers) [Replaced Glass].
12/14/07: W (60m, 46/49) 4-3 victory vs. Syracuse (Goehring).
12/15/07: L (58m39s, 28/30) 1-2 defeat at Bridgeport (Morrison).
12/19/07: - (20m, 5/5) 2-5 defeat at Hershey (Cassivi) [Replaced Glass].
12/21/07: W (59m30s, 39/42) 4-3 victory vs. Norfolk (Boutin).
12/22/07: W (59m43s, 31/32) 3-1 victory vs. Rochester (Plante).
12/26/07: L (58m42s, 25/27) 1-2 defeat vs. Albany (Leighton).
12/31/07: L (59m00s, 34/37) 2-3 defeat vs. Bridgeport (Morrison).
01/04/08: L (29m34s, 17/20) 2-4 defeat at Portland (McKenna) [Replaced by Glass].
01/13/08: W (59m40s, 24/25) 3-1 victory at Bridgeport (MacDonald).
01/16/08: SOW (65m, 46/47) 2-1 SO victory (6/7) vs. Portland (McKenna).
01/18/08: - (40m, 12/15) 6-3 victory vs. Syracuse (Munro) [Replaced by Glass].
02/02/08: L (60m, 39/44) 1-5 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Munroe).
02/08/08: - (27m03s, 10/11) 0-5 defeat at Norfolk (Boutin) [Replaced Glass].
02/09/08: W (60m, 28/30) 3-2 victory at Norfolk (Denis).
02/13/08: SOW (64m41s, 31/33) 3-2 SO victory (5/5) at Albany (Leighton).
02/15/08: L (59m17s, 23/25) 1-4 defeat at Syracuse (LaCosta).
02/16/08: OTL (29m17s, 10/12) 5-6 OT defeat vs. Hershey (Cassivi) [Replaced Glass].
02/18/08: L (58m42s, 20/23) 2-3 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Fleury).
02/20/08: - (20m, 9/9) 2-4 defeat vs. Toronto (Pogge) [Replaced Glass].
02/22/08: W (60m, 37/37) 4-0 victory at Rochester (Dennis).
02/23/08: L (52m50s, 17/22) 1-5 defeat at Toronto (Pogge) [Replaced by Glass].
02/27/08: L (55m07s, 25/29) 2-6 defeat at Albany (Leighton) [Replaced Glass].
02/29/08: SOW (64m54s, 36/38) 3-2 SO victory (6/7) at Philadelphia (Munroe).
03/01/08: L (58m48s, 27/30) 2-3 defeat at Bridgeport (MacDonald).
03/02/08: L (59m38s, 25/28) 2-4 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
03/07/08: SOW (65m, 30/33) 4-3 SO victory (3/5) at Providence (Sigalet).
03/12/08: W (60m, 31/34) 6-3 victory at Bridgeport (Morrison).
03/14/08: SOW (65m, 36/36) 1-0 SO victory (4/4) vs. Albany (Leighton).
03/15/08: OTW (61m16s, 26/29) 4-3 OT victory vs. Rochester (Dennis).
03/21/08: OTL (60m16s, 38/41) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Providence (Rask).
03/22/08: W (60m, 28/32) 7-4 victory vs. Rochester (Plante).
03/26/08: W (60m, 39/40) 7-1 victory vs. Hamilton (Danis).
03/28/08: L (59m34s, 35/39) 3-5 defeat at Philadelphia (Duchesne).
03/30/08: SOL (64m54s, 29/32) 3-4 SO defeat (6/8) at Rochester (Dennis).
04/02/08: - (38m48s, 14/15) 1-4 defeat at Syracuse (LaCosta) [Replaced by Glass].
10/10/08: SOW (65m, 33/34) 2-1 SO victory (4/5) at Toronto (Pogge).
10/12/08: W (59m43s, 33/34) 3-1 victory at Rockford (Beckford-Tseu).
10/17/08: SOL (64m33s, 20/22) 2-3 SO defeat (1/5) vs. Syracuse (LaCosta).
10/22/08: OTW (60m33s, 23/26) 4-3 OT victory at Albany (Manzato).
10/24/08: OTL (64m04s, 25/29) 3-4 OT defeat at Syracuse (LaCosta).
10/31/08: L (59m06s, 34/38) 2-4 defeat vs. Bridgeport (Mannino).
11/07/08: W (60m, 30/31) 4-1 victory vs. Syracuse (LaCosta).
11/08/08: W (60m, 48/52) 5-4 victory vs. Worcester (Jones, Coleman).
11/11/08: SOW (65m, 30/33) 4-3 SO victory (5/5) at Bridgeport (Mannino).
11/12/08: L (31m20s, 9/13) 2-6 defeat at Bridgeport (Lawson) [Replaced by Glass].
11/14/08: W (60m, 28/30) 4-2 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
11/15/08: L (60m, 29/32) 0-3 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Berkhoel).
11/16/08: - (20m, 11/13) 0-9 defeat at Hersey (Machesney) [Replaced Glass].
11/21/08: L (60m, 35/38) 0-3 defeat vs. Toronto (Pogge).
11/23/08: W (60m, 34/35) 2-1 victory at Syracuse (LaCosta).
11/26/08: L (60m, 27/31) 1-4 defeat at Hershey (Varlamov).
11/29/08: W (59m47s, 26/28) 3-2 victory vs. Hamilton (Desjardins).
11/30/08: W (59m46s, 24/27) 5-3 victory at Hamilton (Denis).
12/05/08: - (14m47s, 3/6) 5-6 SO defeat vs. Bridgeport (Lawson) [Replaced by Glass].
12/06/08: - (43m41s, 14/15) 2-5 defeat at Philadelphia (Munroe) [Replaced Glass].
12/12/08: W (60m, 41/42) 2-1 victory vs. Portland (Dennis).
12/13/08: W (60m, 33/33) 3-0 victory at Albany (Peters).
12/17/08: OTL (61m14s, 21/24) 2-3 OT defeat at Philadelphia (Teslak).
12/19/08: SOW (64m56s, 30/32) 3-2 SO victory (4/5) vs. Syracuse (LaCosta).
12/20/08: W (59m40s, 21/22) 4-1 victory at Bridgeport (Mannino).
12/26/08: OTW (61m22s, 32/34) 3-2 OT victory vs. Syracuse (LaCosta).
12/27/08: W (59m49s, 43/44) 4-1 victory at Hershey (Neuvirth).
12/30/08: W (59m02s, 23/25) 5-2 victory at Syracuse (Dahm, LaCosta).
12/31/08: L (58m41s, 35/37) 1-2 defeat vs. Albany (Manzato).
01/02/09: W (59m26s, 21/21) 4-0 victory vs. Houston (Schaefer).

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