• Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup All-Tournament Team (2012-13)
• Hockey East All-Academic Team (2011-12)
• WCHA Scholar Athlete Award (2010-11)
• WCHA All-Academic Team (2009-10, 2010-11)
• 2007 4th Round NHL Draft (108th overall) by the Washington Capitals
SENIOR SEASON (2012-13): Skated in 33 games and was tied for fifth on the team in scoring with 13 points ... Finished in a tie for third on the squad with six goals and added seven assists ... Closed the season with the second-best faceoff percentage (58.7) in Hockey East, winning 165 of his 281 draws ... Went 21-3 in the faceoff circle against No. 5 New Hampshire (Feb. 23) and was 9-1 a week later at No. 19 Boston University (Mar. 2) ... Netted the game-winner in the third period on a breakaway against Northeastern (Nov. 18) ... Scored two games later against No. 4 Minnesota (Nov. 23) ... Had a power play tally against Princeton (Dec. 30) to help Vermont secure the 2012-13 Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup ... Named to the All-Tournament Team ... Also had goals against No. 20 UMass Lowell (Jan. 12), Northeastern (Feb. 16), and No. 19 Boston University (Mar. 2) ... Posted 66 shots on goal during the year.
JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12): Played in 33 games in his first season with the Catamounts, netting four goals and six assists for 10 points ... Scored all four of his goals in Hockey East play ... Named to the Hockey East Top Performer List three times ... Had a four-game point streak from Nov. 25 to Dec. 3 in which he posted six points (1 G, 5 A) ... Scored his first goal in a Vermont jersey against No. 9 Merrimack on Oct. 29 ... Had two assists in a 5-3 win over Dartmouth on Nov. 27 for his first multi-point game at UVM ... Tipped home the game-winner in overtime against No. 10 UMass Lowell on Jan. 13.
BEFORE VERMONT: Bruneteau was drafted in the fourth round (108th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals ... Played two seasons at the University of North Dakota in 2009-10 and 2010-11 before transferring to Vermont ... Scored a goal and four assists in 31 career games for the Fighting Sioux ... During his two-year stint, North Dakota won 57 games and made two NCAA Tournament appearances, including a trip to the 2011 Frozen Four ... Named to the 2010 and 2011 WCHA All-Academic Team ... Received the 2011 WCHA Scholar Athlete Award ... Played two seasons for the Des Moines Buccaneers in the United States Hockey League in 2007-08 and 2008-09 ... Was a teammate of H.T. Lenz in 2008-09 ... Posted 43 points (15 G, 28 A) in 57 games that season ... Represented Team USA in the 2006 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, finishing second ... Played hockey at Shattuck-St. Mary's in Faribault, Minn. from 2003 to 2007 ... Also played shortstop for the baseball team from 2003 to 2005.
PERSONAL: Brett Bruneteau the son of Rick and Mitzi Bruneteau of Omaha, Neb. … Has three brothers: Matt, Nick, and Tyler … His brother Nick is a defenseman for the Catamounts and his brother Matt plays at Lake Superior State … His grandfather Ed Bruneteau played in the NHL with the Detroit Red Wings ... His great uncle Modere Bruneteau was a right winger for the Red Wings from 1936 to 1946 ... Lists Pavel Datsyuk as his favorite player ... Completed an undergraduate degree in only two years at North Dakota and is pursuing a graduate degree in entrepreneurship.
CAREER STATISTICS
YEAR GP G-A-P PPG SHG GWG PIM
2011-12 33 4-6-10 1 0 1 7-25
2012-13 33 6-7-13 1 0 1 7-14
TOTALS 66 10-13-23 2 0 2 14-39
HOCKEY EAST GAMES ONLY
YEAR GP G-A-P PPG SHG GWG PIM
2011-12 26 4-3-7 1 0 1 7-25
2012-13 24 4-4-8 0 0 1 3-6
TOTALS 50 8-7-15 1 0 2 10-31
