Daniel Briere

Born in: Gatineau, Québec on October 6, 1977
Age: 21
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 175
Position: Center
Shoots: Right
Drafted: 1996-1st round, 24th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes

Daniel Brière currently has one year of pro hockey at the AHL level under his belt. Playing with the Springfield Falcons, the farm team of the Phoenix Coyotes, Daniel amassed 92 points in 68 games as a rookie. This put him 4th in league scoring at the end of the regular season. Daniel also notched his 1st ever NHL goal against the Kings. Despite the question about his small size, there is no questioning the size of Dan's heart.

News

October 25, 1998
Total Recall-
Daniel was recalled on Friday by the Coyotes. He was in action today against the Ducks (Salei did not play), playing his first regular season game. Not playing very effectively, he didn't get much ice time and Phoenix ended up with 2-2 a tie after going up 2-0.

October 22, 1998
Nice debut-
Dan is once again a rookie, this time in the IHL. He wasted no time last night though, notching his 1st goal and 1st assist in a Thunder uniform. Unfortunately Vegas lost the game 4-3.

October 19, 1998
IHL a-packin' we go-
Daniel was, quite disappointingly, sent down to Phoenix's IHL farm team the Las Vegas Thunder. Dan and Brad Isbister will be available for play tomorrow night against Milwaukee.

October 12, 1998
Salei suspended-
The ducks player in charge of causing Dan's concussion was fined $1000 and suspended for 5 games. Daniel himself was put on the injured reserve and remains day to day.

October 7, 1998
Concussion sustained-
I just saw on TSN that Daniel was injured in an exhibition game tonight against the ducks. He was elbowed into the boards by Ruslan Salei and hit his head on the glass and then fell to the ice again banging his head. He was taking to hospital where he is under observation. Not a particularly good birthday present as Daniel turns 21 today! Salei was not given a penalty on the play. Briere was expected to stay with the Coyotes, as he led the team in pre-season scoring with 7 points. Updates when I hear about them.

September 23, 1998
Pre-season-
If the coyotes weren't in town today I wouldn't be updating this=P. Anyway Daniel is back and hopefully he can stick... today Phoenix played the Canucks (my home team, wanted to go see them practice but no cigar sorry), but were beaten 6-2. Briere picked up 1 assist. Don't worry it won't always be like this (not his play, I mean my update).

June 11, 1998
Summer update-
Hi all! Wow does anyone even come here in the summer? Oh well. Updated the Dan bits, added a french interview from rds (hopefully translate this thing in the summer btw), and archived some dead articles from azcentral. Oh and if anyone knows anything about the wedding please lmk?

NEWS CLIP ARCHIVE

Articles

November 17, 1998: Gamble on Briere paying off for Coyotes
November 1, 1998: Trade suggests Brière is ready
October 20, 1998: Brière, Isbister to minors
October 12, 1998: Brière close to returning
April 10, 1998: Rencontre avec Daniel (in french)
April 11, 1998: Briere to face off against the Blues
March 31, 1998: Briere proves doubters wrong
March 22, 1998: Briere: It's amazing what you can find in your own backyard
March 22, 1998: Dan's 1st goal comes in loss to Kings
March 18, 1998: AZ Central-Coyotes call up 20-year-old sensation
March 5, 1998: Dan named Player of the Week
February 25, 1998: AHL All star game re-cap
February 25, 1998: AHL All star skills comp
January 19, 1998: Brière making the grade for AHL Falcons
November 28, 1997: Motivation Key for Springfield's Brière