Editing Brian Bellows

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1964)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Brian Bellows
| image = Brian Bellows.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Bellows in 2008
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|9|1|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[St. Catharines]], Ontario, Canada
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 210
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Winger]]
| shoots = Right
| played_for = [[Minnesota North Stars]]<br>[[Montreal Canadiens]]<br>[[Tampa Bay Lightning]]<br>[[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]]<br>[[Washington Capitals]]<br>[[BSC Preussen|Berlin Capitals]]
| ntl_team = CAN
| draft = 2nd overall
| draft_year = 1982
| draft_team = [[Minnesota North Stars]]
| career_start = 1982
| career_end = 1999
}}

'''Brian Edward Bellows''' (born September 1, 1964) is a Canadian former professional [[ice hockey]] player. He played nearly 1,200 games in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) with the [[Minnesota North Stars]], [[Montreal Canadiens]], [[Tampa Bay Lightning]], [[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] and the [[Washington Capitals]]. He was a member of the [[1993 Stanley Cup Finals|1993]] [[Stanley Cup]]-winning Montreal Canadiens.

==Playing career==
Bellows played junior hockey in the [[Ontario Hockey League]] with the [[Kitchener Rangers]]. During this time, he was featured in ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', which described him as the hottest prospect since [[Wayne Gretzky]].<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1981/10/12/the-hunt-is-on | magazine=Sports Illustrated | title=The Hunt Is On | date=October 12, 1981 | access-date=March 5, 2021}}</ref> In his two seasons with Kitchener, he captained the team to two consecutive Ontario Hockey League championships and two Memorial Cup finals, winning the trophy on their second attempt, 7-4 vs the Sherbrooke Beavers.

Bellows was drafted second overall by the [[Minnesota North Stars]], who had acquired the draft pick in a trade with Detroit with the purpose of having a shot at Bellows. North Stars GM [[Lou Nanne]] sent [[Don Murdoch]], [[Greg Smith (ice hockey)|Greg Smith]], and a first-round pick ([[Murray Craven]]) to the Wings in exchange for what later turned out to be the second overall draft pick. Bellows was often compared to Gretzky, which led to a tough rookie season. The pressure of such comparisons caused criticism when he did not live up to them.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} Bellows improved greatly in the second half of the season and finished with 35 goals. In the playoffs that year, Bellows scored 9 points (5 goals, 4 assists) in 9 games.

Bellows played 10 seasons with the North Stars and was popular in Minnesota for his charity work, as well as his goal-scoring. He had a North Star record 342 goals in 753 games, peaking with 55 goals in [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]. In [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]], Bellows scored 29 points in the post-season to become the North Stars' career playoff point leader and took the North Stars to the Stanley Cup finals where they fell to the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]].

When team captain [[Craig Hartsburg]] was injured partway through the [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84 season]], Bellows was named interim captain for the remainder of the season. At 19 years and 4 months, Bellows became captain at an earlier age than [[Connor McDavid]], [[Gabriel Landeskog]] and [[Sidney Crosby]]. However, because Bellows was an interim captain, McDavid is still considered the youngest captain in history.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=640843 | title = Colorado Avalanche make Gabriel Landeskog youngest-ever NHL captain | last = Sadowski | first = Rick | publisher = NHL.com | date = September 4, 2012 | accessdate = September 5, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=rm-mailbag121007&prov=yhoo&type=lgns | title = Mailbag:More Crosby | last = McKeon | first = Ross | publisher = Yahoo! Sports Canada | date = December 10, 2007 | accessdate = April 29, 2008}}</ref>

On August 31, 1992, Bellows was traded to the [[Montreal Canadiens]] for [[Russ Courtnall]].<ref>{{cite news |title=North Stars Trade Bellows to Canadiens |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-01-sp-6736-story.html |access-date=July 17, 2018 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 1, 1992}}</ref> The trade angered Bellows at first, but he relished the chance to play for the Canadiens.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} In the [[1992-93 NHL season]] his 88 points were the second highest season total of his career, and his 15 playoff points helped the Canadiens win the [[Stanley Cup]] in 1993.

As his career was winding down, Bellows played for the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]], [[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] and the [[Washington Capitals]]. In the [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98 season]] the Capitals made it to the Stanley Cup Finals, but lost to the [[Detroit Red Wings]]. En route to the Eastern Conference championship, Bellows scored the series-clinching overtime goal in the first round in Game 6 against the [[Boston Bruins]]. The [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99 season]] was his last. On January 2, 1999, Bellows scored his 1,000th career regular season point, becoming the 54th NHL player to reach that plateau.

Bellows was named to the 1990 second All-Star team and played in three [[NHL All-Star Game]]s (1984, 1988 and 1992). He retired with 485 goals, 537 assists and 1,022 points. He was named the top forward at the [[1989 World Ice Hockey Championships]], as Canada won the silver medal.

==Personal life==
Bellows lives in [[Edina, Minnesota]], and works in [[Minneapolis]] as a broker at investment bank [[Piper Jaffray]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/article/Where-Are-They-Now-Brian-Bellows|title=Where are they now? Brian Bellows |publisher=Historical Website of the Montreal Canadiens|access-date=January 14, 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127074107/http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/article/Where-Are-They-Now-Brian-Bellows|archivedate=January 27, 2012}}</ref>

Bellows's son [[Kieffer Bellows]] in 2016 was drafted in the first round, 19th overall, by the [[New York Islanders]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Compton |first1=Brian |title=Bellows excited to follow in father's footsteps |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/kieffer-bellows-excited-to-follow-in-fathers-footsteps/c-281089150 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=July 17, 2018 |date=June 30, 2016}}</ref>

==Awards and achievements==
* [[Stanley Cup]] champion – [[1993 Stanley Cup Finals|1993]]
* 3× [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|NHL All-Star Game]] selection: [[36th National Hockey League All-Star Game|1984]], [[39th National Hockey League All-Star Game|1988]] and [[43rd National Hockey League All-Star Game|1992]]
* [[Ice Hockey World Championships]] scoring leader – [[1989 Ice Hockey World Championships|1989]]
* [[NHL All-Star team|NHL second All-Star team]] – [[1989–90 NHL season|1990]]

==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 (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] !! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] !! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] !! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| 1979–80
| [[St. Catharines Falcons (1968)|St. Catharines Falcons]]
| [[Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League|GHJHL]]
| 44 || 50 || 80 || 130 || 26
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1980–81 OHL season|1980–81]]
| [[Kitchener Rangers]]
| [[Ontario Hockey League|OMJHL]]
| 66 || 49 || 67 || 116 || 23
| 16 || 14 || 13 || 27 || 13
|-
| [[1981 Memorial Cup|1980–81]]
| Kitchener Rangers
| [[Memorial Cup|M-Cup]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| 5 || 6 || 0 || 6 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1981–82 OHL season|1981–82]]
| Kitchener Rangers
| OHL
| 47 || 45 || 52 || 97 || 23
| 15 || 16 || 13 || 29 || 11
|-
| [[1982 Memorial Cup|1981–82]]
| Kitchener Rangers
| M-Cup
| — || — || — || — || —
| 5 || 6 || 6 || 12 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]]
| [[Minnesota North Stars]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 78 || 35 || 30 || 65 || 27
| 9 || 5 || 4 || 9 || 18
|-
| [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]]
| Minnesota North Stars
| NHL
| 78 || 41 || 42 || 83 || 66
| 16 || 2 || 12 || 14 || 6
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]]
| Minnesota North Stars
| NHL
| 78 || 26 || 36 || 62 || 72
| 9 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 9
|-
| [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]]
| Minnesota North Stars
| NHL
| 77 || 31 || 48 || 79 || 46
| 5 || 5 || 0 || 5 || 16
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1986–87 NHL season|1986–87]]
| Minnesota North Stars
| NHL
| 65 || 26 || 27 || 53 || 34
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1987–88 NHL season|1987–88]]
| Minnesota North Stars
| NHL
| 77 || 40 || 41 || 81 || 81
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89]]
| Minnesota North Stars
| NHL
| 60 || 23 || 27 || 50 || 55
| 5 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 8
|-
| [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]
| Minnesota North Stars
| NHL
| 80 || 55 || 44 || 99 || 72
| 7 || 4 || 3 || 7 || 10
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]
| Minnesota North Stars
| NHL
| 80 || 35 || 40 || 75 || 43
| 23 || 10 || 19 || 29 || 30
|-
| [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]
| Minnesota North Stars
| NHL
| 80 || 30 || 45 || 75 || 41
| 7 || 4 || 4 || 8 || 14
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| NHL
| 82 || 40 || 48 || 88 || 44
| 18 || 6 || 9 || 15 || 18
|-
| [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 77 || 33 || 38 || 71 || 36
| 6 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 41 || 8 || 8 || 16 || 8
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]]
| [[Tampa Bay Lightning]]
| NHL
| 79 || 23 || 26 || 49 || 39
| 6 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]]
| Tampa Bay Lightning
| NHL
| 7 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1996–97
| [[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]]
| NHL
| 62 || 15 || 13 || 28 || 22
| 11 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]]
| [[Washington Capitals]]
| NHL
| 11 || 6 || 3 || 9 || 6
| 21 || 6 || 7 || 13 || 6
|-
| [[1997–98 DEL season|1997–98]]
| [[Berlin Capitals]]
| [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]]
| 29 || 19 || 17 || 36 || 18
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
| Washington Capitals
| NHL
| 76 || 17 || 19 || 36 || 26
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"|NHL totals
! 1,188 !! 485 !! 537 !! 1,022 !! 718
! 143 !! 51 !! 71 !! 122 !! 143
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:50em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| [[1984 Canada Cup|1984]]
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[Canada Cup|CC]]
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1987 World Ice Hockey Championships|1987]]
| Canada
| [[World Ice Hockey Championships|WC]]
| 10
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 8
|-
| [[1989 World Ice Hockey Championships|1989]]
| Canada
| WC
| 10
| 8
| 6
| 14
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1990 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1990]]
| Canada
| WC
| 8
| 3
| 6
| 9
| 8
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3|Senior totals
! 33
! 12
! 16
! 28
! 18
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* [[List of NHL players with 1,000 points]]
* [[List of NHL players with 1,000 games played]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Ice hockey stats|nhl=8445417|elite=21719|legends=10088}}
* [http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1982/82002.html Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com]

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{{succession box | before = [[Craig Hartsburg]] | title = [[Minnesota North Stars#Team captains|Minnesota North Stars captain]] | years = [[1983–84 NHL season|1984]] | after = Craig Hartsburg}}
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