Career

Playing career

Born and raised in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Lauer played three seasons with the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League (WHL). His success in his final two junior seasons caught the eye of the New York Islanders, who drafted him with the 34th selection of the 1985 NHL draft.

Lauer had successful rookie and sophomore seasons before being hindered by injuries but continued to play in the NHL until the completion of the 1995-96 regular season.

He made appearances with the Islanders, Chicago Blackhawks, Ottawa Senators and Pittsburgh Penguins. Lauer was also a part of the Dallas Stars' system where he provided veteran leadership for their International Hockey League (IHL) affiliate, the Utah Grizzlies.

His most successful season of professional hockey was the 1992-93 season with the Indianapolis Ice of the IHL. Lauer notched 50 goals and 41 assists for 91 points in just 62 games played.

He also suited up for the American Hockey League (AHL) Springfield Indians, Capital District Islanders and the IHL Las Vegas Thunder, and Cleveland Lumberjacks. He retired following 2001-02 season after playing one season with the Sheffield Steelers in the EIHL in which he took the role as player-coach and went on to win the Playoff Championship.

Coaching career

Lauer resides in Anaheim, California with his wife and two children. While coaching with the Kootenay ice, the coaching staff won the Coach of the Year award twice between 2002-03 and 2006-07 and were one of the most successful and consistent teams during that span.

On July 30, 2007, he was hired by the Nashville Predators to be the assistant coach of their primary developmental affiliate, the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals, staying with the team for both the 2007-08 and 2008-09 AHL seasons.

Brad left Milwaukee to rejoin his Kootenay Ice coaching partner Cory Clouston, who was now the head coach of the Ottawa Senators, as an assistant coach on July 23, 2009. Lauer was the first former Senators' player to serve on the team's coaching staff, but was not offered an extension on his expiring contract on April 9, 2011 after the team finished with the 5th worst record in the NHL that resulted in himself, assistant coach Greg Carvel, and Head Coach Cory Clouston being let go by the team.

That off-season Lauer signed with the Anaheim Ducks to be an assistant coach with their farm team the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL for the 2011-12 season. However, early into that season the Anaheim Ducks fired their entire coaching staff (November 30, 2011) and Lauer was promoted to assistant coach of the Anaheim Ducks replacing Dave Farrish and Mike Foligno. where he was joined by Bruce Boudreau and Bob Woods who themselves had recently been released by the Washington Capitals.

Career statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1983-84	Regina Pats	WHL		60	5	7	12	51		16	0	1	1	24
1984-85	Regina Pats	WHL		72	33	46	79	57		8	6	6	12	9
1985-86	Regina Pats	WHL		57	36	38	74	69		10	4	5	9	2
1986-87	New York Islanders	NHL		61	7	14	21	65		6	2	0	2	4
1987-88	New York Islanders	NHL		69	17	18	35	67		5	3	1	4	4
1988-89	Springfield Indians	AHL		8	1	5	6	0		—	—	—	—	—
1988-89	New York Islanders	NHL		14	3	2	5	2		—	—	—	—	—
1989-90	Springfield Indians	AHL		7	4	2	6	0		—	—	—	—	—
1989-90	New York Islanders	NHL		63	6	18	24	19		4	0	2	2	10
1990-91	Capital District Islanders	AHL		11	5	11	16	14		—	—	—	—	—
1990-91	New York Islanders	NHL		44	4	8	12	45		—	—	—	—	—
1991-92	Indianapolis Ice	IHL		57	24	30	54	46		—	—	—	—	—
1991-92	New York Islanders	NHL		8	1	0	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
1991-92	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		6	0	0	0	4		7	1	1	2	2
1992-93	Indianapolis Ice	IHL		62	50	41	91	80		5	3	1	4	6
1992-93	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		7	0	1	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
1993-94	Ottawa Senators	NHL		30	2	5	7	6		—	—	—	—	—
1993-94	Las Vegas Thunder	IHL		32	21	21	42	30		4	1	0	1	2
1994-95	Cleveland Lumberjacks	IHL		51	32	27	59	48		4	4	2	6	6
1995-96	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		21	4	1	5	6		12	1	1	2	4
1995-96	Cleveland Lumberjacks	IHL		53	25	27	52	44		—	—	—	—	—
1996-97	Cleveland Lumberjacks	IHL		64	27	21	48	61		14	4	6	10	8
1997-98	Cleveland Lumberjacks	IHL		68	22	33	55	74		10	0	3	3	12
1998-99	Utah Grizzlies	IHL		78	31	30	61	68		—	—	—	—	—
1999-00	Utah Grizzlies	IHL		71	26	22	48	73		5	0	1	1	2
2000-01	Utah Grizzlies	IHL		73	15	23	38	70		—	—	—	—	—
2001-02	Sheffield Steelers	BISL		47	13	13	26	62		7	1	3	4	6
NHL Totals				323	44	67	111	218		34	7	5	12	24

[ Source: Wikipedia ]