Brady Keeper


Brady Keeper is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing as a prospect under contract with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League.

Playing career

Keeper played junior hockey with the OCN Blizzard of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League from 2013 to 2017 and was named the league's Most Valuable Player for the 2016–17 season. He earned a scholarship to the University of Maine and played two seasons for the NCAA Division I Maine Black Bears, accumulating 57 points in 73 games.
Having gone undrafted into NHL, Keeper left the University of Maine to sign an entry-level contract with the Florida Panthers on March 21, 2019. He made his NHL debut on March 28 against the Ottawa Senators.

Personal

Keeper was born and raised in Cross Lake in northern Manitoba and is the first person from Cross Lake First Nation to play in the NHL.

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Awards and honours