{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | alt = | name = Brandon Mashinter | image = Brandon Mashinter (cropped).jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Mashinter with the Hartford Wolf Pack in 2013 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|9|20}} | birth_place = Bradford, Ontario, Canada | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lb = 235 | position = Left wing | shoots = Left | played_for = San Jose Sharks<br>New York Rangers<br>Chicago Blackhawks<br>ERC Ingolstadt<br>HK Poprad | prospect_team = | prospect_league = | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2009 | career_end = 2021 }} '''Brandon Mashinter''' (born September 20, 1988) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left wing. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the San Jose Sharks, New York Rangers, and the Chicago Blackhawks.
==Playing career== In 2004, Mashinter was drafted in the 6th round of the Ontario Hockey League, 116th overall by the Sarnia Sting. He started in 2004-05, his first year of junior hockey with the Thornhill Thunderbirds of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League before moving up to join the Sting to finish off the season.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/18619/brandon-mashinter | title = Elite Prospects Brandon Mashinter | accessdate = 2021-03-18 }}</ref> Before the 2007-08 season Mashinter was traded to the Kitchener Rangers, the team selected to host the 2008 Memorial Cup. Mashinter won the 2008 OHL championship with the Rangers and scored the team's lone goal in their Memorial Cup final loss to the Spokane Chiefs.
Undrafted, Mashinter signed as a free agent with the San Jose Sharks on March 3, 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://sharks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=411971 | title = Sharks sign OHL product Mashinter | publisher = San Jose Sharks | date = 2009-03-03 | accessdate = 2009-03-03 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090712021943/http://sharks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=411971 | archivedate = July 12, 2009 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> He played in his first career NHL game on December 29, 2010 at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota against the Minnesota Wild. He was traded to the New York Rangers on January 16, 2013, in exchange for Tommy Grant and a conditional 7th round draft pick in the 2014 NHL entry draft.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://sharks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=650740&navid=FB | title = Sharks Acquire Forward Tommy Grant | publisher = San Jose Sharks | date = 2013-01-16 | accessdate = 2013-01-16}}</ref>
On December 6, 2013, the Rangers traded Mashinter to the Chicago Blackhawks for Kyle Beach.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=438355 | title = Rangers acquire Beach in trade with Blackhawks | publisher = The Sports Network | date = 2013-12-06 | accessdate = 2013-12-06}}</ref> On December 13, 2015, Mashinter scored his first NHL goal in a 4-0 win against the Vancouver Canucks.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-van/2015/12/13/2015020447 | title = Blackhawks blank Canucks 4-0 | publisher = Chicago Blackhawks | date = 2015-12-13 | access-date = 2015-12-14}}</ref> During his tenure in Chicago, Mashinter primarily played with the team's AHL affiliate Rockford IceHogs. Mashinter appeared in a total of 41 games for the Blackhawks, recording 5 points. Mashinter also skated in two games during the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs.
On September 11, 2017, Mashinter re-joined the Sharks as a free agent, agreeing to a one-year, two-way contract.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/sharks/news/sharks-sign-forward-brandon-mashinter/c-290997642 | title = Sharks sign forward Brandon Mashinter | publisher = San Jose Sharks | date = 2017-09-11 | accessdate = 2017-09-11}}</ref>
As a free agent into the 2018–19 season, on November 12, 2018, it was announced that Mashinter would join the Rapid City Rush of the ECHL.<ref name=":0">{{cite web| url = https://rapidcityrush.com/en/news/2018/9/former-nhler-mashinter-signed-by-rush | title = Former NHL'er Mashinter signed by Rush | publisher = Rapid City Rush | date = 2018-11-13 | accessdate = 2018-11-13}}</ref> He registered 5 points in 5 games before opting to pursue a European career, agreeing to a contract for the remainder of the year with German outfit ERC Ingolstadt of the DEL on December 5, 2018.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.erc-ingolstadt.de/profis/newsdetail?id=5498 | title = Brandon Mashinter joins ERC | publisher = ERC Ingolstadt | date = 2018-12-05 | accessdate = 2018-12-05 | language = German}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="107" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="107" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2003–04 | Thornhill Islanders | OPJHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | Thornhill Thunderbirds | Ontario Junior Hockey League|OPJHL | 49 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2004–05 | Sarnia Sting | OHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005–06 | Sarnia Sting | Ontario Hockey League|OHL | 65 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2006–07 | Sarnia Sting | Ontario Hockey League|OHL | 55 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 62 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 84 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 |- | 2008–09 | Kitchener Rangers | Ontario Hockey League|OHL | 21 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09 | Belleville Bulls | Ontario Hockey League|OHL | 31 | 30 | 12 | 42 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 13 |- | 2009–10 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 79 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 117 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 62 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2010–11 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 65 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2012–13 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012–13 | Connecticut Whale | AHL | 35 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2012–13 | New York Rangers | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013–14 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2013–14 | New York Rangers | NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013–14 | Rockford IceHogs | AHL | 47 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2014–15 | Rockford IceHogs | AHL | 69 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 57 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 | Rockford IceHogs | AHL | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2015–16 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 41 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016–17 | Rockford IceHogs | AHL | 61 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2017–18 | San Jose Barracuda | AHL | 64 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2018–19 | Rapid City Rush | ECHL | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2018–19 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 26 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 25 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2019–20 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 46 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2020–21 | HK Poprad | Slovak | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 70 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 64 ! 4 ! 1 ! 5 ! 50 ! 2 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 2 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{icehockeystats}} *{{AHL profile|3228}}
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