11th year right wing Brandon Yip(18) takes a career best 21 goals and 36 points as team captain for Kunlun Red Star to a 2nd KHL season.
It will be his third year with the club.
The veteran of a somewhat oddly small 174 NHL games has seemingly found his stride as a 34-year old playing in Russia’s top league.
Brandon Yip (18)
5th year right wing Brandon Yip(32) appeared in his first NHL game of the 2013/2014 with his new team, Phoenix Coyotes.
The unrestricted free agent signed a one-year, two-way deal after spending a season and a half with Nashville Predators.
He was originally a Colorado Avalanche 8th round pick in the 2004 draft (#239 overall) and inked a one-year entry level deal and extended for another two seasons.
After posting no points in 10 games he was dispatched to their minor league affiliate Lake Erie Monsters but never made it before getting claimed off waivers by the Predators.
The 6’1″ 198 lbs. forward was able to pick up his scoring pace but still fell short of the even modest numbers he notched in his first two campaigns.
The 28-year old has already been reassigned and recalled 6 times in the early going and skated in his first AHL games since 2009 with the parent club’s farm team Portland Pirates.
In 2 appearances he has a quick 2 assists to his credit.
Original story: 10/23-13
After a pair of games with Phoenix, he was reassigned back to the farm team and spent the entire season in the minors scoring 14 goals and 20 assists with a -22 rating.
Heading into 2014/2015 he was an invite to Anaheim Ducks‘ training camp but released and inked a contract with affiliate Norfolk Admirals, where he skated 31 games getting 3 goals, 9 assists and a -11 rating.
He was reassigned for the first time in his pro career down to Utah Grizzlies and stuck around for 7 ECHL games before seeking to be released from his contract.
Within a couple of days he signed with Adler Mannheim, finished out the regular season and skated the entire playoffs of 14 games recording 4 assists to help the team to a DEL Championship.
They liked what they saw, because the 30-year old will be back for more in 2015/2016, his 7th year pro.
