BRAD CHARTRAND
Date of Birth: 1974-12-14Date of Induction: 2022
Brad Chartrand started playing hockey at the age of 7 at Heritage Victoria in St. James where he would play at the AAA level winning championships with St. James Canadians and Winnipeg Hawks organizations.
As a member of the Manitoba team Bronze medal team at the 1991 Canada Winter Games, he was selected as Team Captain.
After one season with the Manitoba Junior Hockey League St. James Canadians, Brad spent 4 years at Cornell University, serving as Captain in his Junior and Senior years. He would receive the ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Forward Award in 1996.
Brad would also serve as Captain of Canada's 1996 Spengler Cup championship team.
He would join the Canadian National Team for 2 seasons under Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame member Andy Murray before signing professionally with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He would earn Rookie of the Year honours for the American Hockey League St. John Maple Leafs in the 1998/99 season.
In July, 1999 Andy Murray was coaching the Los Angeles Kings and he remembered Brad's unyielding work ethic with the National team and Brad Chartrand was an LA King. He would spend the next five season with the Kings where his hustle and gritty play earned the admiration of LA fans.
Brad has his MBA from Cornell University and a Master's Degree in International Strategy from Queens University. He continues to be involved in youth hockey and at the collegiate level and now resides in Saratoga Springs, NY