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Eric Peter Brewer (born April 17, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently a free agent, having last played for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is an NHL All-Star and Olympic gold medalist. He began his career as a distinguished junior ice hockey player, named to the Western Hockey League (WHL) West Second All-Star Team and the Western Conference roster for the 1998 WHL All-Star Game (although he missed the game due to injury). Drafted in the first round, fifth overall by the New York Islanders in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, Brewer has spent parts of his fifteen-year NHL career with the Islanders, the Edmonton Oilers, and the St. Louis Blues, the latter of which he captained for two years. He has also suited up for the Prince George Cougars of the WHL and the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL). In 1999, Brewer was selected for the Prince George Cougars' all-time team in a Canadian Hockey League promotion. Brewer has represented Canada at eight International Ice Hockey Federation-sanctioned events, winning three Ice Hockey World Championships gold medals and one World Cup of Hockey gold medal. He won his Olympic gold medal during the 2002 Winter Olympics. For this accomplishment, he was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame with his British Columbian teammates in 2003. ==Personal life== Brewer was born on April 17, 1979, in Vernon, British Columbia, to Anna and Frank Brewer. He was raised in Ashcroft, British Columbia, and began playing ice hockey in the Ashcroft Minor Hockey program. When he was fourteen, his family moved to Kamloops, British Columbia, where he attended junior and senior high school.〔 Brewer excelled with the Kamloops Bantam AAA Jardine Blazers of the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association (BCAHA).〔 In 1995, Brewer was exposed to BCAHA Best Ever, a program designed to find and develop players and coaches for play in international competition.〔Misley, Johnny. '. British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association. Retrieved on 2007-10-15〕 As a young hockey player, Brewer looked up to NHL stars Scott Niedermayer and Jeremy Roenick as role models.〔 In mid-2004, Brewer married Rebecca Flann, whom he met while playing junior hockey with the Prince George Cougars; they live in Vancouver, British Columbia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://blues.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8466142&view=bio )〕 Brewer's sister, Kristi, played for the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds women's ice hockey team.〔 Eric and Rebecca have two daughters.〔http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/223698/STL_Section1.pdf〕 Brewer is involved in numerous charitable organizations. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Brewer participated in several charity hockey games, playing in the four-game Ryan Smyth and Friends All-Star Charity Tour, the three-game Brad May and Friends Hockey Challenge, as well as the Our Game to Give charity hockey game held at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario. During off-seasons, Brewer has participated in numerous charity golf tournaments, including the Burn Fund Golf Tournament in Prince George and the Recchi-Doan Charity Classic in Kamloops.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pgfirefighters.org/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eric Brewer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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