Brent Seabrook

Brent Seabrook
Seabrook in December 2015
Born	(1985-04-20) April 20, 1985 (age 32) Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	227 lb (103 kg; 16 st 3 lb)
Position	Defense
Shoots	Right
NHL team	Chicago Blackhawks
National team	Canada
NHL Draft	14th overall, 2003 Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career	2005–present

Seabrook during the 2010 Winter Olympics)
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Ice hockey
Winter Olympics
	2010 Vancouver
World Junior Championships
	2005 United States
	2004 Finland
World U18 Championships
	2003 Russia

Brent Seabrook (born April 20, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman and an alternate captain for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round, 14th overall, by the Blackhawks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft out of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He played four seasons of junior with the Lethbridge Hurricanes before joining the Blackhawks in 2005–06, since then he has been a key component in their success including three Stanley Cup Championships. Internationally, he competes for Team Canada and has won gold medals at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships, 2005 World Junior Championships and 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Growing up in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Seabrook played minor hockey with the South Delta Minor Hockey Association. He also played spring hockey during the springwith the Pacific Vipers, along with three future Chicago Blackhawks teammates, Colin Fraser, Troy Brouwer and Andrew Ladd. He went on to play major junior in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Lethbridge Hurricanes, who drafted by him in the first round of the 2000 WHL Bantam Draft. Seabrook played with future Chicago Blackhawks teammate Kris Versteeg for three seasons in Lethbridge. After a 42-point season in 2002–03 with the Hurricanes, Seabrook was drafted 14th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.