Americans Sign Goalie David Brown

David Brown Signs With Allen - photo by chlphotos.com

The Allen Americans announced  have signed former Arizona Sundogs goalie David Brown. David is 28 years old, 6' 0" and 185 lbs and was an 8th round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2004 NHL draft.

David Brown - Hobey Baker Award Finalist

David played his college hockey at Notre Dame (2003-2007) and as a senior was one of the three finalists for the Hobey Baker award (hockey's equivalent of the Heisman Award). Here is what was written about him after his senior year at Notre Dame:

Notre Dame senior goaltender and Pittsburgh Penguins prospect David Brown capped a remarkable career with a spectacular senior season that saw him backstop the Fighting Irish to their first ever CCHA Regular Season and Mason Cup Championships as well as coming within one game of reaching the Frozen Four. The Stoney Creek, ONT native firmly etched his name into the Notre Dame hockey history books and along the way earned numerous accolades, including being named a Hobey Hat Trick finalist, CCHA Player of the Year and most recently, a West First Team All-American.

In addition to his success on the ice in college David won the Lowe's Senior Class Award. The award, selected by a nationwide vote of coaches, media and fans, is presented to college hockey’s outstanding NCAA Division I senior student-athlete. The award identifies personal qualities that define a complete student athlete, with criteria including excellence in the classroom, character and community, as well as competition in sports.

David will be starting his seventh professional season and has 26 AHL games, 74 ECHL games and 94 CHL games. He was in 31 regular season games for Arizona last year and had a GAA of 2.69 and save percentage of 91%. In three playoff games he had a GAA of 2.57 with a save percentage of (93%).

Here are the details from hockeydb:

David Brown

Goalie -- shoots R
Born Feb 11 1985 -- Stoney Creek, ONT
[28 yrs. ago]
Height 6.00 -- Weight 185 

Drafted by Pittsburgh Penguins

- round 8 #228 overall 2004 NHL Entry Draft

			RS Scoring			RS Goalie Stats										PO Scoring
Season	Team	Lge	GP	A	PIM	Min	GA	EN	SO	GAA	W	L	T	Svs	Pct	GP	A	PIM
2001-02	Hamilton Kilty B's	OPJHL	28	1	4
2002-03	Hamilton Kilty B's	OPJHL	35	1	6
2003-04	Notre Dame	CCHA	26	1	0	1445	56	0	0	2.32	14	7	3	687	0.925
2004-05	Notre Dame	CCHA	15	0	0	767	55	0	0	4.30	2	10	1	369	0.870
2005-06	Notre Dame	CCHA	31	1	2	1724	71	0	2	2.47	9	15	4	762	0.915
2006-07	Notre Dame	CCHA	39	0	2	2390	63	0	6	1.58	30	6	3	844	0.931
2007-08	Wheeling Nailers	ECHL	13	0	0	707	39	1	0	3.31	6	6	1	408	0.913	-	-	-
2007-08	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL	19	1	0	1050	41	1	0	2.34	9	7	1	429	0.913	1	0	0
2008-09	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL	4	0	2	198	13	1	0	3.94	1	2	0	69	0.841	-	-	-
2008-09	Wheeling Nailers	ECHL	24	0	2	1355	69	2	0	3.06	14	6	2	670	0.907	1	0	0
2009-10	Gwinnett Gladiators	ECHL	33	1	4	1936	127	3	0	3.94	10	19	3	1002	0.888	-	-	-
2010-11	Quad City Mallards	CHL	37	0	2	2089	81	0	4	2.33	17	16	1	1069	0.930	4	0	0
2010-11	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	2	1	0	80	5	0	0	3.75				44	0.898	-	-	-
2011-12	Las Vegas Wranglers	ECHL	4	0	0	224	11	0	0	2.95	2	2	0	76	0.874	-	-	-
2011-12	Quad City Mallards	CHL	26	0	2	1552	74	0	0	2.86	14	10	1	720	0.907	-	-	-
2012-13	Arizona Sundogs	CHL	31	2	7	1781	80	0	3	2.69	15	15	1	811	0.910	3	0	0