{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Brandon Biro | image = Brandon Biro 4-26-2025 (cropped).jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Biro with the Coachella Valley Firebirds in 2025 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|3|11}} | birth_place = Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 170 | position = Left wing | shoots = Left | league = KHL | team = Spartak Moscow | prospect_league = | prospect_team = | former_teams = Buffalo Sabres<br>Ak Bars Kazan | played_for = | draft = Undrafted | draft_year = | draft_team = | career_start = 2020 | career_end = }} '''Brandon Biro''' (born March 11, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He played collegiately at Penn State.
==Playing career== ===Amateur=== Biro played two seasons with the Spruce Grove Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, winning the league's Rookie of the Year award in the 2014{{en dash}}15 season.<ref name="pennstate">{{cite web|url=https://onwardstate.com/2021/03/01/brandon-biros-lifelong-passion-propels-professional-hockey-career/|title=Brandon Biro's Lifelong Passion Propels Professional Hockey Career|website=OnwardState.com|first=Acacia|last=Aster Broder|date=March 1, 2021|access-date=February 26, 2022}}</ref>
Biro played four seasons for the Penn State Nittany Lions. At the end of his collegiate career, he was eighth all-time for Penn State in goals (41), third all-time in assists (75), and fourth all-time in points (116).<ref name="pennstate"/>
===Professional=== On March 18, 2020, Biro was signed by the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League as an undrafted free agent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-sign-brandon-biro-penn-state/c-316210222|title=Sabres agree to entry-level deal with forward Biro|website=NHL.com|first=Jourdon|last=LaBarber|date=March 18, 2020|access-date=February 26, 2022}}</ref> He made his professional debut with Buffalo's AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans, on February 12, 2021.<ref name="pennstate"/>
Biro made his NHL debut for the Sabres on February 23, 2022, in a game against the Montreal Canadiens.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-montreal-canadiens-recap-highlights/c-331116504|title=Sabres unable to overcome early mistakes in loss to Canadiens|first=Jourdon|last=LaBarber|date=February 24, 2022|access-date=February 26, 2022}}</ref>
Biro was called up to the Sabres on October 30, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 1, 2023 |title=Practice Report {{!}} Sabres recall Biro from Amerks, Levi returns to practice |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-practice-report-october-31-brandon-biro-recall-devon-levi-returns-to-practice-zach-benson-injury |access-date=November 1, 2023 |website=www.nhl.com}}</ref> In his first game after the call up, Biro scored his first NHL goal in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers, as well as an empty net goal in the same game for his second career goal.
Biro left the Sabres organization after four seasons and was signed as a free agent to a one-year, $775,000 deal with the Seattle Kraken on July 1, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 1, 2024 |title=Seattle Kraken 2024 Free Agency Live Blog |url=https://www.nhl.com/kraken/news/2024-free-agency-live-blog |access-date=July 1, 2024 |website=www.nhl.com}}</ref>
After concluding his contract with the Kraken, Biro opted to pursue a career abroad in agreeing to a one-year contract with Russian club, Ak Bars Kazan of the KHL, on July 2, 2025.<ref>{{citeweb| url = https://www.ak-bars.ru/news/26500 | title = Wyatt Kalinyuk and Brandon Biro are in Ak Bars! | publisher = Ak Bars Kazan | language = Russian | date = July 2, 2025 | accessdate = July 2, 2025 }}</ref>
==Personal life== Biro's younger brother, Jordan, played collegiately for Colorado College<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gazette.com/sports/cc-hockey-forward-jordan-biro-enjoying-expanded-role-ahead-of-series-against-air-force/article_ca1098be-3843-11ec-8fd4-5f3ac881f1c7.html|title=CC hockey forward Jordan Biro enjoying expanded role ahead of series against Air Force|newspaper=The Gazette|first=Kate|last=Shefte|date=October 28, 2021|access-date=February 26, 2022}}</ref> and American International College before joining the Greensboro Gargoyles of the ECHL.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gargoyleshockey.com/news/2025/09/greensboro-gargoyles-sign-rookie-forward-jordan-biro|website=Greensboro Gargoyles|title=Greensboro Gargoyles Sign Rookie Forward, Jordan Biro|date=September 11, 2025}}</ref>
His father, Rob, played collegiate soccer at the University of Alberta. He also played one season with the Winnipeg Fury of the Canadian Soccer League. He now works for Edmonton Catholic Schools as a soccer director.<ref name="pennstate"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecsd.net/8228/page/5043/academy-staff|website=St. Thomas More Catholic Junior High|title=Academy Staff|access-date=February 26, 2022}}</ref>
== Career statistics == {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="101" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5"| Regular season ! rowspan="101" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5"| Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 2011–12 | Sherwood Park Flyers | AMBHL | 33 || 5 || 9 || 14 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012–13 | Sherwood Park Flyers | AMBHL | 30 || 28 || 36 || 64 || 30 | 5 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 0 |- | 2013–14 | Sherwood Park Kings | AMHL | 22 || 3 || 13 || 16 || 10 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | Spruce Grove Saints | AJHL | 57 || 21 || 33 || 54 || 18 | 16 || 7 || 7 || 14 || 2 |- | 2015–16 | Spruce Grove Saints | AJHL | 40 || 32 || 25 || 57 || 6 | 14 || 10 || 10 || 20 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016–17 | Penn State U. | B1G | 39 || 6 || 14 || 20 || 19 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2017–18 | Penn State U. | B1G | 37 || 9 || 22 || 31 || 18 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2018–19 | Penn State U. | B1G | 37 || 16 || 24 || 40 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2019–20 | Penn State U. | B1G | 25 || 10 || 15 || 25 || 8 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2020–21 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 15 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2021–22 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 48 || 12 || 29 || 41 || 20 | 10 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2021–22 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2022–23 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 49 || 16 || 35 || 51 || 12 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2023–24 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 59 || 16 || 27 || 43 || 28 | 5 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 2 |- | 2023–24 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 5 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2024–25 | Coachella Valley Firebirds | AHL | 56 || 6 || 28 || 34 || 19 | 5 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 |- | 2025–26 | Ak Bars Kazan | KHL | 33 || 1 || 9 || 10 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2025–26 | Spartak Moscow | KHL | 9 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 0 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 6 !! 2 !! 0 !! 2 !! 0 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | KHL totals ! 42 !! 2 !! 13 !! 15 !! 6 ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |}
==Awards and honours== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |AJHL |- | North All-Rookie Team | 2015 | |- | Rookie of the Year | 2015 | |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |College |- | B1G Honourable Mention All-Star Team | 2019 | |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{icehockeystats|elite =154069|hockeydb =176192 | nhl = 8482061}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Biro, Brandon}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen Category:Ak Bars Kazan players Category:Buffalo Sabres players Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Category:Canadian ice hockey left wingers Category:Coachella Valley Firebirds players Category:Ice hockey people from Alberta Category:Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey players Category:People from Sherwood Park Category:Rochester Americans players Category:HC Spartak Moscow players Category:Spruce Grove Saints players Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players