{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1998)}} {{distinguish|Logan Brown (activist)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Logan Brown | image = Brown Logan.jpg | image_size = 225px | caption = Brown with the St. Louis Blues in 2022 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|3|5}} | birth_place = Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lb = 218 | position = Center | shoots = Left | prospect_league = AHL | prospect_team = Ontario Reign | team = Los Angeles Kings | league = NHL | former_teams = Ottawa Senators<br>St. Louis Blues | ntl_team = <!--Senior IIHF caps only--> | draft = 11th overall | draft_year = 2016 | draft_team = Ottawa Senators | career_start = 2017 | career_end = }} '''Logan Mathers Brown''' (born March 5, 1998) is an American professional ice hockey player for the Ontario Reign of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round, 11th overall, by the Ottawa Senators in the 2016 NHL entry draft, and has also played with the St. Louis Blues.
==Playing career== ===Youth=== Brown played minor ice hockey in St. Louis and Indiana where his father, former NHL All-Star Jeff Brown, was coaching.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/usa-hockey/2016/4/4/11364610/logan-brown-chooses-team-usa-over-canada | title = Logan Brown chooses Team USA over Canada | publisher = sbncollegehockey.com | date = April 4, 2016 | accessdate = April 4, 2016}}</ref> He participated in the 2010 and 2011 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with his St. Louis team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-02|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Junior===
====Niagara IceDogs==== Brown was selected by the Niagara IceDogs of the OHL in the first round (sixth overall) in the 2014 OHL Priority Selection. However, he was traded to the Windsor Spitfires for six draft picks.<ref>{{cite web|author=NHL |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=750733 |title=Rookie centre Logan Brown worth the heavy price for Spitfires |publisher=NHL |date=January 28, 2015 |accessdate=November 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://windsorstar.com/sports/hockey/spits-rookie-brown-to-face-niagara-for-first-time|title=Brown to face IceDogs for first time|date=September 16, 2014|newspaper=Windsor Star|language=en-US|access-date=November 3, 2016}}</ref>
====Windsor Spitfires==== Brown skated at the NTDP Evaluation Camp, but ultimately decided to play in the Ontario Hockey League for the 2014–15 season. Brown appeared in his first game with the Windsor Spitfires on September 28, 2014, scoring a goal against Justin Nichols of the Guelph Storm in a 2–1 loss. On October 9, Brown registered his first multi-point game in the OHL, recording two assists in a 5–4 win over the Peterborough Petes. On January 4, Brown recorded his first multi-goal game, scoring twice in a 5–4 victory over the Mississauga Steelheads. Overall, Brown finished his rookie season with 17 goals and 43 points in 56 games, however, the rebuilding Spitfires finished in last place in the Western Conference and failed to qualify for the playoffs.
During the 2015–16 season, Brown set a career high with four points in a game, scoring a goal and earning three assists in a 5–3 win over the Flint Firebirds on January 21, 2016. Brown would record another four point game later in the season, again scoring a goal and adding three assists in a 6–4 win over the Kitchener Rangers on March 17. On February 28, Brown recorded the first hat-trick of his career, scoring three goals against Brandon Halverson of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in a 4–3 victory. Brown finished the season with 74 points, the second highest total on the team, as he scored 21 goals and added 53 assists in 59 games. Brown appeared in his first OHL playoff game on March 24, 2016, earning an assist in a 6–5 overtime loss to the Kitchener Rangers. In the fourth game of the series, with the Spitfires facing elimination, Brown recorded four assists in a 5–4 overtime win. Overall, Brown earned six points, all assists, in five playoff games.
Injuries plagued Brown's season in 2016–17, as he appeared in only 35 games, scoring 14 goals and 40 points. Brown did earn two hat-tricks during the season, the first one on October 13, 2016, scoring three goals against Connor Hicks of the Flint Firebirds in a 7–2 victory. His second hat-trick came on January 19 against the Ottawa 67's (who were coached by his father Jeff) in a 4–0 victory. In the playoffs, Brown earned four assists in seven games as the Spitfires lost to the London Knights in the first round of the playoffs. The Spitfires hosted the 2017 Memorial Cup, and Brown made his debut on May 19, being held off the score sheet in a 3–2 win over the Saint John Sea Dogs. In his second game, Brown scored his first Memorial Cup goal against Carl Stankowski of the Seattle Thunderbirds, and added two assists, in a 7–1 victory. In the Memorial Cup final, Brown earned two assists in a 4–3 victory over the Erie Otters.
After making the team out of training camp and beginning the 2017–18 season in the NHL with Ottawa, Brown returned to the Spitfires at the end of October. On October 27, in his second game back with the club, Brown recorded two goals and four points in a 7–2 win over the Sudbury Wolves. On November 11, Brown scored a hat-trick and added an assist in a 6–5 victory over the Kitchener Rangers.
In January 2018, Brown was traded to the Kitchener Rangers along with Austin McEneny in exchange for Grayson Ladd and a package of four draft picks.<ref>{{cite news |work=Ottawa Sun |url=http://ottawasun.com/sports/hockey/with-logan-brown-on-way-out-spitfires-beat-67s-in-ot |title=With Logan Brown on way out, Spitfires beat 67's in OT |first=Tim |last=Baines |date=January 8, 2018 |accessdate=January 31, 2018}}</ref> In 15 games with Windsor, Brown scored 13 goals and 24 points.
====Kitchener Rangers==== Brown played his first game with the Kitchener Rangers on January 26, 2018, earning three assists in a 6–2 win over the Saginaw Spirit. The next day, on January 27, Brown scored his first two goals with the Rangers against Garrett Forrest on the Flint Firebirds, and added an assist in a 5–3 victory. In his third game with Kitchener, on February 2, Brown recorded four assists in a 4–3 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs. On February 27, Brown earned another four point night, scoring two goals and two assists in a 6–3 win over the Sarnia Sting. In 17 games with the Rangers, Brown scored nine goals and 24 points, helping lead the club to their first division title since 2008.
On March 23, in his playoff debut with Kitchener, Brown earned an assist in a 7–2 victory over the Guelph Storm. In game four of the series, Brown earned three assists in a 6–4 loss to Guelph. In game six, Brown scored his first two OHL playoff goals against Anthony Popovich of the Storm, and added an assist in a 5–2 series clinching win. Overall, in 19 playoff games, Brown scored five goals and 27 points, as Kitchener lost to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the Western Conference finals.
===Professional=== ====Ottawa Senators==== On August 19, 2016, Brown signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://senators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=891253|title=News Release: Senators sign forward Logan Brown to entry-level contract|access-date=August 19, 2016 | date = August 19, 2016 | publisher = Ottawa Senators}}</ref> Brown made his NHL debut with the Senators on October 5, 2017, against the Washington Capitals.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Medaglia|first1=Chris|title=Game Day 5: Sens vs Capitals - Season Preview|url=https://www.nhl.com/senators/news/game-day-5-sens-vs-capitals---season-preview/c-291599154|website=NHL.com|accessdate=March 9, 2018|date=October 5, 2017}}</ref> He recorded his first NHL point, an assist, on October 21, 2017, in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Medaglia|first1=Chris|title=Sens Farm Report: Logan Brown|url=https://www.nhl.com/senators/news/sens-farm-report-logan-brown/c-294971036|website=NHL.com|accessdate=March 9, 2018|date=January 15, 2018}}</ref> Brown was returned to Windsor later in the month having posted one assist in four games with the Senators.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/article/senators-send-logan-brown-back-to-the-spits/ |title=Senators send Logan Brown back to the Spits |work=CTV News |date=October 26, 2017 |access-date=June 29, 2023}}</ref> After attending the 2018 training camp with the Senators, Brown was assigned to the team's farm team in the American Hockey League, the Belleville Senators.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ottawasun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/ottawa-senators/logan-brown-drake-batherson-among-15-senators-cut-from-training-camp-roster |title=Logan Brown, Drake Batherson among 15 Senators cut from training camp roster |work=Ottawa Sun |last=Garrioch |first=Bruce |date=September 23, 2018 |access-date=June 29, 2023}}</ref> Brown spent almost all of the season with Belleville except for two games with Ottawa in February,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bellevillesens.com/ottawa-recalls-batherson-brown/ |title=Ottawa recalls Batherson and Brown |publisher=Belleville Senators |date=February 22, 2019 |access-date=June 29, 2023}}</ref> in which he did not score a point.
During the 2019–20 season, Brown again started with Belleville. He was recalled early in the season on October 22, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bellevillesens.com/ottawa-recalls-brown-belleville/ |title=Ottawa recalls Brown from Belleville |publisher=Belleville Senators |date=October 23, 2019 |access-date=June 29, 2023}}</ref> He played in 23 games with Senators, primarily on the fourth line, registering one goal and eight points.<ref name="sentdown">{{cite web |url=https://ottawasun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/ottawa-senators/garrioch-logan-brown-sent-to-belleville-as-senators-prepare-to-face-devils |title=Garrioch: Logan Brown sent to Belleville as Senators prepare to face Devils |work=Ottawa Sun |last=Garrioch |first=Bruce |date=December 28, 2019 |access-date=June 29, 2023}}</ref> He scored his first NHL goal versus the New York Rangers in a 4–1 win on November 22, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/401145388 |title=Chabot, Nilsson lead Senators to 4-1 win over Rangers |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=November 22, 2023 |access-date=June 29, 2023}}</ref> He was returned to Belleville on December 28 during the holiday roster freeze in order to get him more playing time.<ref name="sentdown"/> Brown remained with Belleville until a callup in May 2021 during the 2020–21 season where he played one game with Ottawa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ottawasun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/ottawa-senators/logan-brown-gets-his-shot-but-is-it-his-last-one-with-the-senators |title=Logan Brown gets his shot, but is it his last one with the Senators? |work=Ottawa Sun |last=Warren |first=Ken |date=May 13, 2021 |access-date=June 29, 2023}}</ref>
====St. Louis Blues==== On September 25, 2021, Brown was traded to the St. Louis Blues along with a conditional fourth-round 2022 draft pick in exchange for Zach Sanford.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/senators-trade-logan-brown-conditional-blues-zach-sanford/ |title=Senators trade Logan Brown, conditional pick to Blues for Zach Sanford |work=Sportsnet |date=September 25, 2021 |access-date=March 15, 2023}}</ref> Brown scored his first goal with the Blues in his first appearance for the team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/brown-scores-memorable-debut-with-hometown-blues/c-328497152 |title=Brown scores in memorable debut with hometown Blues |last=Pinkert |first=Chris |publisher=St. Louis Blues |date=November 30, 2021 |access-date=March 15, 2023}}</ref> On February 8, 2022 he signed a one-year contract extension with the Blues.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/blues-sign-defenceman-bortuzzo-forward-brown-contract-extensions/ |title=Blues sign defenceman Bortuzzo, forward Brown to contract extensions |work=Sportsnet |date=February 8, 2022 |access-date=March 15, 2023}}</ref> During the 2022–23 season Brown split time between St. Louis and the Blues' AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds. He played in 30 games with St. Louis, registering two goals and eight points.<ref name="lightning">{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/lightning/news/tampa-bay-lightning-sign-free-agent-forward-logan-brown-to-a-one-year-two-way-contract/c-345157662 |title=Bolts sign free agent forward Logan Brown to a one-year, two-way contract |publisher=Tampa Bay Lightning |date=July 1, 2023 |access-date=July 1, 2023}}</ref> He was injured in a 5–1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on November 8, 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/st-louis-blues-philadelphia-flyers-game-recap/c-337286994 |title=Sandstrom, Flyers hand Blues eighth straight loss |last=Kimelman |first=Adam |publisher=National Hockey League |date=November 8, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2023}}</ref> that kept him out of the lineup until December 19, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/brown-activated-from-injured-reserve/c-338978324 |title=Brown activated from injured reserve |publisher=St. Louis Blues |date=December 19, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2023}}</ref>
====Tampa Bay Lightning==== As a free agent from the Blues, Brown was signed to a one-year, two-way contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning for the {{NHL Year|2023}} season on July 1, 2023.<ref name="lightning"/> Brown was placed on a long-term injury reserve to begin the season suffering from an undisclosed injury that kept him out indefinitely.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/lightnings-logan-brown-out-indefinitely/ |title=Lightning's Logan Brown: Out Indefinitely |work=CBS Sports |date=September 29, 2023 |access-date=October 10, 2023}}</ref> After missing the entirety of the season and having concluded his one-year contract, Brown continued his association with the Lightning by agreeing as a free agent to a professional tryout agreement (PTO) for Tampa's 2024 training camp.<ref>{{cite magazine| url = https://www.si.com/onsi/breakaway/free-agency-feed/tampa-bay-lightning-sign-first-round-logan-brown-pto | title = Lightning sign former first-round pick Brown to PTO | magazine = Sports Illustrated | date = 15 August 2024 | access-date = 15 August 2024 }}</ref> Following his PTO, on October 7, Brown signed a one-year contract with the Syracuse Crunch, Tampa Bay's AHL affiliate, for the 2024–25 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://syracusecrunch.com/news/2024/10/7/tampa-bay-lightning-assign-defenseman-max-crozier-to-syracuse-crunch.aspx |title=Tampa Bay Lightning Assign Defenseman Max Crozier to Syracuse Crunch |publisher=Syracuse Crunch |date=October 7, 2024 |access-date=October 7, 2024}}</ref> He signed one-year contract with Tampa Bay on March 4, 2025, though he was placed on waivers in order to keep him in the AHL.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/lightnings-logan-brown-signs-one-year-deal/ |title=Lightning's Logan Brown: Signs one-year deal |work=CBS Sports |date=March 4, 2025 |access-date=March 5, 2025}}</ref>
====Los Angeles Kings==== As a free agent from the Lightning organization, Brown was signed to a one-year, two-way contract on July 2, 2025.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/kings/news/kings-sign-four-players-to-nhl-contracts | title = LA Kings sign four players to NHL contracts | publisher = Los Angeles Kings | date = July 2, 2025 | accessdate = July 2, 2025 }}</ref>
==International play== While Brown played for Canada at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge in 2014, he chose to play with Team USA for the 2016 IIHF World U18 Championships with four of his other St. Louis friends he grew up playing hockey with. Accordingly, Brown will play international hockey with Team USA for the remainder of his career.<ref>{{cite web |last=Parker |first=Jim |url=https://windsorstar.com/sports/hockey/spitfires-logan-brown-opts-to-play-for-u-s-not-canada |title=Spitfires Logan Brown opts to play for U.S., not Canada|work=Windsor Star|date=April 3, 2016 |accessdate=April 4, 2016}}</ref>
==Personal life== Brown was born in Raleigh, North Carolina when his father, Jeff Brown, was playing for the Carolina Hurricanes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/nhl/senatorsextra/logan-browns-family-thrilled-with-his-nhl-debut |title=Former NHLer Jeff Brown, family, thrilled with son Logan's NHL debut |work=Ottawa Citizen |last=Garrioch |first=Bruce |date=October 5, 2017 |access-date=March 15, 2023}}</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 |- | 2014–15 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 56 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL |59 |21 |53 |74 |40 |5 |0 |6 |6 |6 |- | 2016–17 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 35 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2017–18 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 15 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2017–18 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 17 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2017–18 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2018–19 | Belleville Senators | AHL | 56 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2018–19 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2019–20 | Belleville Senators | AHL | 25 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2019–20 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 23 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2020–21 | Belleville Senators | AHL | 13 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2020–21 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2021–22 | Springfield Thunderbirds | AHL | 19 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2021–22 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 39 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2022–23 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2022–23 | Springfield Thunderbirds | AHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2024–25 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 33 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 99!!7!!19!!26!!22 ! —!!—!!—!!—!!— |}
===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2014 |Canada Red | U17 | 6th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016 | United States | U18 | {{bronze3}} |7 |3 |9 |12 |2 |- | 2018 | United States | WJC | {{bronze3}} |3 |0 |1 |1 |0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Junior totals |'''15''' |'''5''' |'''12''' |'''17''' |'''4''' |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats|nhl = 8479366}} * {{OHL profile|6834|Logan Brown}}
{{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box | before = Colin White | title = Ottawa Senators first-round draft pick | years = 2016 | after = Shane Bowers }} {{s-end}}
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