John Brenneman

Who is John Brenneman?

John Gary Brenneman is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. In 159 NHL career games, he scored 21 goals and 19 assists as a left winger.

Brenneman played OHA junior hockey in the Chicago Black Hawks organization, playing for the St. Catharines Teepees from 1959 through 1962 and the St. Catharines Black Hawks in 1962–3. While still in his final year of junior he played 4 games for the AHL's Buffalo Bisons, scoring a goal. The next season saw Brenneman post impressive offensive totals with the St. Louis Braves of the CPHL. In 1964–65 he split the season amongst the Braves and two NHL teams, the Chicago Black Hawks, for whom he appeared in 17 games and scored a goal, and the New York Rangers, collecting 3 goals and 3 assists in 22 contests.

Brenneman remained in the Rangers organization for the following season, going scoreless in 11 games with the parent club while playing again in the CPHL for the Minnesota Rangers and the AHL with the Baltimore Clippers. For 1966–67, Brenneman played split time between the AHL's Rochester Americans and NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 43 regular season games for Toronto, qualifying to be on the cup.