Playing career

Brian Bradley's NHL debut came in the 1985-86 season with the Calgary Flames, where he saw very limited action (only 5 regular season games and one playoff game), although his first playoff game was during the 1986 Stanley Cup Finals against the Montreal Canadiens. He would spent most of the season with the Moncton Golden Flames (Calgary's minor league team), where he was linemates with future superstar Brett Hull.

In 1988, after arriving back from playing with Canadian National Men's Hockey Team, where he spend most of the 1986-87 NHL season playing, Bradley was traded to the Vancouver Canucks. During the 1989 playoffs, Bradley would tie rookie Trevor Linden with a team-leading 7 points in seven games. His best regular season totals with the Canucks came in the 1989-90 season when he scored a team respectable 48 points and was awarded The Canuck's "Most Exciting Player" Award by Canuck fans. He started out the 1990-91 season playing strongly, only to be traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for mobile defenceman Tom Kurvers.

In 1992, the expansion Tampa Bay Lightning acquired him in the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft, and he would become the team's first star. He would score the team's first preseason goal against the Minnesota North Stars. He would set personal highs in goals, assists and points before the All-Star Break. At the end of Tampa Bay's inaugural season, Bradley lead the team with a career high 42 goals and 86 points. He played well enough throughout the season that he also made his NHL All-Star debut. In 1995-96 he set a personal high of 56 assists. That same year the Lightning debuted in the NHL playoffs. The next season (1996-97) Brian Bradley would score the first goal in the history of the Ice Palace Arena. Unfortunately, he would be sidelined for most of the rest of the season due to nagging injuries. He would play with the Lightning until retiring due to chronic injuries on December 23, 1999.

Awards

• Selected to two NHL All-Star Games: 1993, 1994

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1980-81	Guelph Platers	OPJHL		42	31	40	71	59		—	—	—	—	—
1981-82	London Knights	OHL		62	34	44	78	34		4	0	1	1	6
1982-83	London Knights	OHL		67	37	82	119	37		3	1	0	1	0
1983-84	London Knights	OHL		49	40	60	100	24		4	2	4	6	0
1983-84	Colorado Flames	CHL		—	—	—	—	—		4	2	0	2	2
1984-85	London Knights	OHL		32	27	49	76	22		8	5	10	15	4
1985-86	Moncton Golden Flames	AHL		59	23	42	65	40		10	6	9	15	4
1985-86	Calgary Flames	NHL		5	0	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0
1986-87	Moncton Golden Flames	AHL		20	12	16	28	8		6	3	3	6	16
1986-87	Calgary Flames	NHL		40	10	18	28	16		—	—	—	—	—
1987-88	Canadian Nat'l	Int'l		54	18	23	41	42		—	—	—	—	—
1987-88	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		11	3	5	8	6		—	—	—	—	—
1988-89	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		71	18	27	45	42		7	3	4	7	10
1989-90	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		67	19	29	48	65		—	—	—	—	—
1990-91	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		44	11	20	31	42		—	—	—	—	—
1990-91	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		26	0	11	11	20		—	—	—	—	—
1991-92	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		59	10	21	31	48		—	—	—	—	—
1992-93	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		80	42	44	86	92		—	—	—	—	—
1993-94	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		78	24	40	64	56		—	—	—	—	—
1994-95	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		46	13	27	40	42		—	—	—	—	—
1995-96	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		75	23	56	79	77		5	0	3	3	6
1996-97	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		35	7	17	24	16		—	—	—	—	—
1997-98	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		14	2	5	7	6		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				651	182	321	503	528		13	3	7	10	16

Post-hockey life

Bradley is still affiliated with the Lightning's organization and makes frequent appearances on Sun Sports television, which broadcasts regular season Lightning games. Bradley currently resides in Tampa.

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