{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | alt = | image = Brandon Burlon (cropped).jpg | caption = Burlon with the Albany Devils in 2014 | image_size = 230px | team = Free Agent | league = | prospect_team = | prospect_league = | former_teams = Albany Devils<br>Tucson Roadrunners | position = Defence | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|3|5}} | birth_place = Nobleton, Ontario, Canada | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 190 | draft = 52nd overall | draft_year = 2008 | draft_team = New Jersey Devils | career_start = 2011 | career_end = 2020 }} {{MedalTableTop| name = }} {{MedalSport|Ice hockey}} {{MedalCountry | {{ihj|CAN}} East}} {{MedalCompetition|World Junior A Challenge}} {{MedalSilver | 2007 Trail|}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Brandon Burlon''' (born March 5, 1990) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 2nd round (56th overall) of the 2008 NHL entry draft.
==Playing career== Burlon played junior hockey with St. Michael's Buzzers in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. In 2008, he moved to the United States to play college hockey with the University of Michigan Wolverines of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). In his first season with the Wolverines, he was honored by being selected to the 2008–09 CCHA All-Rookie Team.<ref>{{cite magazine| url = http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player.cgi?6630 | title = Brandon Burlon player profile | magazine = The Hockey News | date = 2012-02-03 | accessdate = 2012-02-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ccha.com/michigan/player.aspx?p=434 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101221222644/http://www.ccha.com/michigan/player.aspx?p=434 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2010-12-21 | title = Michigan Wolverins Burlon player profile | publisher = Central Collegiate Hockey Association | date = 2012-02-03 | accessdate = 2012-02-03 }}</ref> On June 2, 2011, Burlon signed an entry-level contract with the New Jersey Devils.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/060211aaa.html|title=Burlon Foregoes Senior Year to Sign with New Jersey Devils|date=June 2, 2011|accessdate=June 2, 2011|location=Newark, New Jersey|newspaper=CBS Sports|first=Matt|last=Trevor}}</ref>
After five seasons with the Albany Devils of the AHL while within the Devils organization, Burlon left as a free agent following the 2015–16 season. On August 3, 2016, Burlon opted to continue his AHL career, signing a one-year deal with new AHL affiliate of the Arizona Coyotes, the Tucson Roadrunners.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=890561 | title = Roadrunners sign veteran defenseman Brandon Burlon | publisher = Tucson Roadrunners | date = 2016-08-03 | accessdate = 2016-08-03}}</ref> In signing, Burlon became the club's first addition to their inaugural season in 2016–17.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=890600 | title = Roadrunners start roster build with Burlon | publisher = Tucson Roadrunners | date = 2016-08-04 | accessdate = 2016-08-04 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In his season with the Roadrunners, Burlon was limited to just 33 games due to injury, recording 3 goals and 11 points.
As a free agent, Burlon embarked on a European career, agreeing to a one-year deal with German club, Düsseldorfer EG of the DEL on May 2, 2017.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.deg-eishockey.de/aktuelles/news.html?article=984 | title = DEG complete defense | publisher = Düsseldorfer EG | date = 2017-05-02 | accessdate = 2017-05-02 | language = German | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170512184956/http://www.deg-eishockey.de/aktuelles/news.html?article=984 | archive-date = May 12, 2017 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> At the conclusion of his contract with DEG, Burlon continued his European career agreeing to a one-year deal with Norwegian club, Stavanger Oilers of the GET on July 26, 2018.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.oilers.no/nyheter/ny-back-signert/ | title = Canadian Burlon signed with Oilers | publisher = Stavanger Oilers | date = 2018-07-26 | accessdate = 2018-07-26 | language = Norwegian}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2005–06||Vaughan Kings||GTHL||55||19||29||48||38||—||—||—||—||— |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2006–07 | St. Michael's Buzzers | OPJHL | 45 || 4 || 19 || 23 || 46 | 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 4 |- | 2007–08 | St. Michael's Buzzers | OPJHL | 32 || 7 || 17 || 24 || 41 | 10 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 8 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2008–09 | University of Michigan | CCHA | 33 || 5 || 10 || 15 || 14 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2009–10 | University of Michigan | CCHA | 45 || 3 || 11 || 14 || 24 | — || — || — || — || — |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2010–11 | University of Michigan | CCHA | 38 || 5 || 13 || 18 || 28 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2011–12 | Albany Devils | AHL | 57 || 1 || 8 || 9 || 21 | — || — || — || — || — |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2012–13 | Albany Devils | AHL | 53 || 1 || 16 || 17 || 25 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2013–14 | Albany Devils | AHL | 54 || 5 || 6 || 11 || 39 | — || — || — || — || — |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2014–15 | Albany Devils | AHL | 72 || 8 || 28 || 36 || 93 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2015–16 | Albany Devils | AHL | 56 || 4 || 17 || 21 || 56 | — || — || — || — || — |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2016–17 | Tucson Roadrunners | AHL | 33 || 3 || 8 || 11 || 39 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2017–18 | Düsseldorfer EG | DEL | 51 || 3 || 8 || 11 || 32 | — || — || — || — || — |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2018–19 | Stavanger Oilers | GET | 30 || 5 || 22 || 27 || 73 | 8 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 33 |- | 2019–20 | Västerviks IK | Allsv | 29 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 24 | — || — || — || — || — |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2019–20 | Orli Znojmo | EBEL | 6 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 4 | 3 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 14 |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 325 ! 22 ! 83 ! 105 ! 273 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |}
==Awards and honours== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | College |- | All-CCHA Rookie Team | 2009 | <ref>{{cite book |last=National Hockey League|title=The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011|year=2010 |publisher= Triumph Books |page= 283|isbn= 978-1-60078-422-4}}</ref> |- |} <!--*Won a Gold Medal at the 2007 Canada Games as a member of Team Ontario *Won a Silver Medal at the 2007 World Junior A Challenge as a member of Canada East Format-->
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burlon, Brandon}} Category:1990 births Category:Albany Devils players Category:Düsseldorfer EG players Category:Living people Category:Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey players Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Category:New Jersey Devils draft picks Category:Stavanger Oilers players Category:Tucson Roadrunners players Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen Category:Medallists at the 2007 Canada Winter Games