{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1994)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2018}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox ice hockey biography | name = Brandon Montour | image = Montour skills comp 11 9 (cropped).jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Montour with the Seattle Kraken in 2024 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|4|11}} | birth_place = Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 194 | position = Defence | shoots = Right | league = NHL | team = Seattle Kraken | former_teams = Anaheim Ducks<br>Buffalo Sabres<br>Florida Panthers | ntl_team = CAN | draft = 55th overall | draft_year = 2014 | draft_team = Anaheim Ducks | career_start = 2015 | career_end = }} '''Brandon Montour''' (born April 11, 1994) is a Haudenosaunee-Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). Montour was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the second round, 55th overall, of the 2014 NHL entry draft.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gazettenet.com/Archives/2014/12/BrandonMontour-hg-121614|title=UMass hockey hoping highly touted defenseman Brandon Montour makes an impact|last=Vautour|first=Matt|date=January 10, 2015|website=Daily Hampshire Gazette|access-date=November 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326141515/http://www.gazettenet.com/Archives/2014/12/BrandonMontour-hg-121614|archive-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref> Montour won the Stanley Cup with the Panthers in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morrisseau |first=Miles |date=June 25, 2024 |title=Brandon Montour and Florida Panthers win Stanley Cup |url=https://ictnews.org/news/brandon-montour-and-florida-panthers-win-stanley-cup |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=ICT}}</ref>
==Early life== Montour is of Mohawk descent and spent part of his childhood in Ohsweken, a village in the reserve of Six Nations of the Grand River.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1407081280697733120 |user=NHLPA |title=.@MontourBrandon (Mohawk, Six Nations of the Grand River) has achieved his goal of playing in the NHL and encourages Indigenous youth to stick with their dreams – whether they’re on or off the ice. |author=NHLPA |date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=April 12, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Trota |first=Brian |date=June 15, 2023 |title=The Rise of Ohsweken's own Brandon Montour |url=https://www.brantbeacon.ca/the-rise-of-ohswekens-own-brandon-montour/ |access-date=April 13, 2024 |website=BrantBeacon}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 7, 2023 |title=Why this Stanley Cup is so important to Indigenous players Brandon Montour and Zach Whitecloud |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/37807019/brandon-montour-zach-whitecloud-indigenous-players-stanley-cup |access-date=April 13, 2024 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> His father is First Nations and his mother is not.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 14, 2018 |title=Column: Brandon Montour is drawing plenty of attention as the Ducks' latest impressive young defenseman |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/ducks/la-sp-ducks-montour-elliott-20181214-story.html |access-date=April 13, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Montour spent eight years living in Tilbury, Ontario, where he completed his elementary education.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/2016/12/29/ex-cyclone-montour-set-for-nhl-debut-thursday |title=Ex-Cyclone Montour makes NHL debut with Ducks |publisher=Chatham Daily News |date=December 30, 2016 |access-date=February 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301092558/http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/2016/12/29/ex-cyclone-montour-set-for-nhl-debut-thursday |archive-date=March 1, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He then moved to Ohsweken and attended Assumption College School, in Brantford, Ontario. Montour also grew up playing minor lacrosse in Windsor, then with the Six Nations Rebels of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League (OJBLL), before winning a Minto Cup with the Six Nations Arrows.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2015/03/17/ohswekens-montour-signs-with-nhl-anaheim-ducks|title=Ohsweken's Montour signs with NHL Anaheim Ducks|date=March 17, 2015|work=Brantford Expositor|access-date=March 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325232852/http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2015/03/17/ohswekens-montour-signs-with-nhl-anaheim-ducks|archive-date=March 25, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Montour also played in lacrosse tournaments with Nick Ritchie, a future teammate on the Ducks, as well as Ritchie's brother, Brett Ritchie, who also played in the NHL.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Jeff |title=Miller: Ducks' Brandon Montour first rate at his second-best sport? |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2017/03/21/miller-ducks-brandon-montour-first-rate-at-his-second-best-sport/ |accessdate=December 9, 2018 |publisher=Orange County Register |date=March 21, 2017}}</ref>
==Playing career== Montour started his ice hockey journey playing minor ice hockey in Cambridge, Ontario, prior to joining the Brantford Eagles in 2010–11. Montour then joined the Caledonia Corvairs for one season in 2012–13.<ref name=":1" />
Montour played with the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League (USHL) and one season with the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he became the highest NHL draft pick in their school program's history after being drafted in the second round of the 2014 NHL entry draft by the Anaheim Ducks.<ref name=":0" />
===Anaheim Ducks=== Montour began his professional career at age 21 with the Anaheim Ducks' affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League (AHL), towards the end of the 2014–15 season. He would then play the entire 2015–16 season with the Ducks' relocated AHL affiliate, the San Diego Gulls.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theahl.com/ahlotb-montour-begins-to-settle-in|title=#AHLOTB: MONTOUR BEGINS TO SETTLE IN|last=Kieckhefer|first=Sam|access-date=November 20, 2024|date=December 11, 2015|website=American Hockey League|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325234318/https://theahl.com/ahlotb-montour-begins-to-settle-in|archive-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref> Montour was selected to the 2017 AHL All-Star game for the second consecutive year. Despite not playing the entire season for the Gulls, Montour had amassed 21 points in only 25 games.<ref>{{cite web | title = Brandon Montour Named to 2017 AHL All-Star Classic | url = http://www.sandiegogulls.com/montourallstar/ | publisher = San Diego Gulls | date = January 2, 2016 | accessdate = January 2, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170327165839/http://www.sandiegogulls.com/montourallstar/ | archive-date = March 27, 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
Montour spent the first half of the 2016–17 season with San Diego before he was called up to Anaheim on December 28, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ducks Recall Montour From San Diego |url=https://www.nhl.com/ducks/news/ducks-recall-montour-from-san-diego/c-285100814 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=December 9, 2018 |date=December 28, 2016}}</ref> He made his NHL debut on December 29, against the Calgary Flames.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shohara |first1=Kyle |title=Montour to Make NHL Debut Tonight in Calgary |url=https://www.nhl.com/ducks/news/montour-to-make-nhl-debut-tonight-in-calgary/c-285135712 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=December 9, 2018 |date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> Montour scored his first NHL goal in his sixth game against Tampa Bay Lightning on February 6, 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stephens |first1=Eric |title=Thrilling first NHL goal caps a wild ride for Ducks rookie Brandon Montour |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2017/02/06/thrilling-first-nhl-goal-caps-a-wild-ride-for-ducks-rookie-brandon-montour/ |accessdate=December 9, 2018 |publisher=Orange County Register |date=February 6, 2017}}</ref> He finished the season with four assists and two goals in 27 games, then provided seven more assists in the next 17 games of the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Montour stuck with Ducks for the entirety of the 2017–18 season and put up a new personal best of 32 points in 80 games. At the conclusion of the season, with Montour as a restricted free agent, the Ducks signed him to a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sadler |first1=Emily |title=Ducks ink RFA Brandon Montour to two-year bridge deal |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/ducks-ink-rfa-brandon-montour-two-year-bridge-deal/ |website=sportsnet.ca |accessdate=December 9, 2018 |date=July 24, 2018}}</ref>
===Buffalo Sabres=== Montour began the 2018–19 season returning for his third season with the Ducks.<ref>{{cite web |title=NHL opening night rosters for 2018-19 season |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/2018-2019-nhl-opening-night-rosters/c-300568996 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=December 9, 2018 |date=October 3, 2018}}</ref> He led Anaheim defencemen with 25 points through 62 games, however with the Ducks out of a playoff spot approaching the trade deadline, Montour was dealt to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Brendan Guhle and a 2019 first-round pick on February 24, 2019.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/sabres-acquire-montour-from-ducks/c-305183370 | title = Sabres acquire Montour from Ducks | publisher = Buffalo Sabres | date = February 24, 2019 | accessdate = February 24, 2019}}</ref>
===Florida Panthers=== On April 10, 2021, Montour was traded to the Florida Panthers in exchange for a 2021 third-round pick.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/sabres/sabres-trade-defenseman-brandon-montour-to-panthers-for-draft-pick/article_cc532e12-99fa-11eb-bcde-2b7154189850.html|title=Sabres trade defenseman Brandon Montour to Panthers for draft pick|first=Lance|last=Lysowski|website=The Buffalo News|date=April 10, 2021|access-date=November 20, 2024}}</ref>
After signing a three-year extension with Florida,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/panthers/news/florida-panthers-re-sign-defenseman-brandon-montour-to-a-three-year-contract/c-325842748|title= Florida Panthers Re-Sign Brandon Montour to a Three-Year Contract|website=nhl.com|date=July 28, 2021|access-date=November 20, 2024}}</ref> Montour experienced a breakout in the 2022–23 season, nearly doubling his personal best with 16 goals and 73 points, the latter of which tied for fifth in the league among defencemen. His five goals in seven games led all defencemen through the first round of the 2023 playoffs. During the 2024 playoffs, Montour helped the Panthers win their first Stanley Cup.<ref name="2024scf" />
===Seattle Kraken=== On July 1, 2024, Montour signed as a free agent to a seven-year, $49.98 million deal with the Seattle Kraken.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/news/brandon-montour-signs-7-year-contract-with-seattle-kraken | title = Kraken sign Montour, Stephenson to 7-year contracts| publisher = National Hockey League | date = July 1, 2024 | accessdate = July 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shilton |first1=Kristen |title=Seattle Kraken sign defenseman Brandon Montour for 7 years |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/40474240/seattle-kraken-sign-defenseman-brandon-montour-7-years |website=ESPN.com |access-date=November 20, 2024 |date=July 1, 2024}}</ref> On October 29, he recorded the first hat trick of his career, which was also a natural hat trick, in an 8–2 Kraken win over the Montreal Canadiens.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Booth |first1=Tim |title=Trick or treat: Montour's hat trick leads Kraken to 8-2 rout of Canadiens |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/kraken/trick-or-treat-montours-hat-trick-leads-kraken-to-8-2-rout-of-canadiens/ |access-date=October 29, 2024 |work=The Seattle Times |date=October 29, 2024}}</ref> On March 12, 2025, Montour recorded the fastest overtime goal in NHL history, scoring 4 seconds after the initial face-off against the Montreal Canadiens.
==International play== {{MedalTableTop|name=}} {{MedalSport| Ice hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{ih|CAN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Slovakia|}} {{MedalBottom}} On April 29, 2019, Montour was selected to make his international debut after he was named to Canada senior team for the 2019 IIHF World Championship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hockey Canada names 22 players to 2019 IIHF World Championship roster |url=https://hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2019-mwc-roster-unveiled-for-worlds |publisher = Hockey Canada | date = April 29, 2019 |accessdate= April 29, 2019 }}</ref> On May 13, during a 6–5 victory over host nation Slovakia, Montour suffered a tournament-ending lower body injury, he finished scoreless through three games for Canada.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2019-mwc-montour-to-miss-worlds | title = Montour to miss remainder of 2019 Worlds | publisher = Hockey Canada | date = May 14, 2019 | accessdate = May 14, 2019}}</ref> Canada lost the final to Finland to finish with the silver medal.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.tsn.ca/marko-anttila-scores-twice-as-finland-upsets-canada-for-gold-1.1312015 | title = Finland defeats Canada for Gold Medal at World Championship | publisher = The Sports Network | date = May 26, 2019 | accessdate = May 26, 2019}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em;" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 2010–11 | Brantford Eagles | GOJHL | 37 || 1 || 13 || 14 || 22 | 10 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | Brantford Eagles | GOJHL | 51 || 14 || 22 || 36 || 65 | 19 || 6 || 12 || 18 || 30 |- | 2012–13 | Caledonia Corvairs | GOJHL | 49 || 18 || 49 || 67 || 94 | 12 || 4 || 11 || 15 || 22 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013–14 | Waterloo Black Hawks | USHL | 60 || 14 || 48 || 62 || 36 | 12 || 6 || 10 || 16 || 10 |- | 2014–15 | Waterloo Black Hawks | USHL || 17 || 6 || 15 || 21 || 30 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | UMass-Amherst | HE | 21 || 3 || 17 || 20 || 30 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2014–15 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 14 || 1 || 9 || 10 || 8 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 | San Diego Gulls | AHL | 68 || 12 || 45 || 57 || 42 | 9 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 8 |- | 2016–17 | San Diego Gulls | AHL | 36 || 13 || 19 || 32 || 34 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016–17 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 27 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 14 | 17 || 0 || 7 || 7 || 4 |- | 2017–18 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 80 || 9 || 23 || 32 || 42 | 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2018–19 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 62 || 5 || 20 || 25 || 40 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2018–19 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 20 || 3 || 7 || 10 || 16 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2019–20 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 54 || 5 || 13 || 18 || 28 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2020–21 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL || 38 || 5 || 9 || 14 || 24 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2020–21 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 12 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 16 | 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 |- | 2021–22 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 81 || 11 || 26 || 37 || 48 | 10 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2022–23 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 80 || 16 || 57 || 73 || 107 | 21 || 8 || 5 || 13 || 39 |- | 2023–24 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 66 || 8 || 25 || 33 || 46 | 24 || 3 || 8 || 11 || 12 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2024–25 | Seattle Kraken | NHL | 81 || 18 || 23 || 41 || 70 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2025–26 | Seattle Kraken | NHL | 64 || 11 || 21 || 32 || 45 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3"|NHL totals ! 665 !! 95 !! 230 !! 325 !! 496 ! 82 !! 11 !! 24 !! 35 !! 73 |}
===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em;" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="101" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 2019 | Canada | WC | {{silver2}} | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2025 | Canada | WC | 5th | 8 || 2 || 7 || 9 || 0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4"|Senior totals ! 11 !! 2 !! 7 !! 9 !! 0 |}
==Awards and honours== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! Ref |- ! colspan="3"|GOJHL |- | Midwestern best Defenceman | 2013 | |- ! colspan="3"|USHL |- | All-Star Game | 2014 | |- | Defenceman of the Year | 2014 | |- | First All-Star Team | 2014 | |- | Player of the Year | 2014 | |- ! colspan="3"|College |- | HE All-Rookie Team | 2015 | |- ! colspan="3"|AHL |- | All-Star Game | 2016, 2017 | |- | First All-Star Team | 2016 | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://theahl.com/first-second-team-all-stars-announced-p202045 |publisher=American Hockey League |title=First, Second Team All-Stars announced |date=April 7, 2016 |access-date=November 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410035319/http://theahl.com/first-second-team-all-stars-announced-p202045 |archive-date=April 10, 2016}}</ref> |- | All-Rookie Team | 2016 | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://theahl.com/2015-16-ahl-all-rookie-team-unveiled-p202025 |publisher=American Hockey League |title=2015-16 AHL All-Rookie Team unveiled |date=April 6, 2016 |access-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-date=April 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410035314/http://theahl.com/2015-16-ahl-all-rookie-team-unveiled-p202025 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- ! colspan="3"|NHL |- | Stanley Cup champion | 2024 | <ref name="2024scf">{{cite web |last1=Satriano |first1=David |title=How Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers were built |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/how-2024-stanley-cup-champion-florida-panthers-were-built |website=NHL.com |access-date=November 20, 2024 |date=June 24, 2024}}</ref> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Montour, Brandon}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Anaheim Ducks draft picks Category:Anaheim Ducks players Category:Buffalo Sabres players Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen Category:Canadian Mohawk sportsmen Category:Florida Panthers players Category:Norfolk Admirals players Category:San Diego Gulls (AHL) players Category:Seattle Kraken players Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen Category:21st-century First Nations people Category:21st-century Haudenosaunee people Category:Six Nations of the Grand River people Category:Stanley Cup champions Category:UMass Minutemen ice hockey players Category:Waterloo Black Hawks players