Logan Brown
First-round pick who played for Ottawa, St. Louis, and Tampa Bay.
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Logan Brown is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He was selected 11th overall in the first round of the 2016 NHL entry draft by the Ottawa Senators and has also played for the St. Louis Blues. Most recently, he played for the Ontario Reign of the American Hockey League while under contract with the Los Angeles Kings.
Youth
Brown grew up playing minor hockey in St. Louis and Indiana, where his father, former NHL All-Star Jeff Brown, was coaching. He took part in the 2010 and 2011 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with his St. Louis team.
Junior
In the OHL, Brown was drafted sixth overall by the Niagara IceDogs in 2014 but was traded to the Windsor Spitfires for six draft picks. He chose the OHL over the NTDP Evaluation Camp and debuted for Windsor on September 28, 2014, scoring a goal in a 2–1 loss. His first multi-point game came on October 9 with two assists in a 5–4 win over Peterborough, and his first multi-goal game on January 4 with two goals in a 5–4 win over Mississauga. He finished his rookie season with 17 goals and 43 points in 56 games, though Windsor finished last in the Western Conference and missed the playoffs.
The following season, Brown set a career high with four points in a game on January 21, 2016, scoring a goal and three assists in a 5–3 win over Flint. He matched that on March 17 with another goal and three assists in a 6–4 win over Kitchener. On February 28, he recorded his first career hat trick, scoring three goals against Sault Ste. Marie in a 4–3 win. He finished the season with 21 goals and 53 assists for 74 points in 59 games, second highest on the team.
In his first OHL playoff game on March 24, he earned an assist in a 6–5 overtime loss to Kitchener. In game four, facing elimination, he recorded four assists in a 5–4 overtime win. He totaled six assists in five playoff games.
Injuries limited Brown to 35 games in 2016–17, during which he scored 14 goals and 40 points. He notched two hat tricks that season: one on October 13 against Flint and another on January 19 against the Ottawa 67’s, coached by his father. In the playoffs, he had four assists in seven games as Windsor lost to London in the first round. Windsor hosted the 2017 Memorial Cup, where Brown made his debut on May 19 without a point in a 3–2 win over Saint John.
Lore & Background
Logan Brown played minor hockey in St. Louis and Indiana, where his father, former NHL All-Star Jeff Brown, was coaching. He participated in the 2010 and 2011 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with his St. Louis team.
Brown was selected by the Niagara IceDogs of the OHL in the first round (sixth overall) in the 2014 OHL Priority Selection, but was traded to the Windsor Spitfires for six draft picks. He played for Windsor from 2014–15 through 2017–18, recording 74 points in 59 games during the 2015–16 season and earning two hat-tricks in the injury-shortened 2016–17 season. In January 2018, Brown was traded to the Kitchener Rangers, where he helped lead the club to their first division title since 2008 and recorded 27 points in 19 playoff games.
Brown signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators on August 19, 2016. He made his NHL debut on October 5, 2017, and recorded his first NHL point, an assist, on October 21, 2017. He scored his first NHL goal on November 22, 2019, against the New York Rangers. Brown was traded to the St. Louis Blues on September 25, 2021, and scored his first goal with the Blues in his first appearance for the team.
He later signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning as a free agent on July 1, 2023, but missed the entire season due to an undisclosed injury. After a professional tryout with Tampa Bay, he signed with the Syracuse Crunch for the 2024–25 season and later signed a one-year contract with Tampa Bay on March 4, 2025. He signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Los Angeles Kings on July 2, 2025.
Reader's Guide
Logan Brown's career illustrates the trajectory of a highly touted junior player who struggled to establish himself as a full-time NHL regular. Selected 11th overall by the Ottawa Senators in 2016, Brown showed significant offensive potential in the OHL, particularly with the Windsor Spitfires and Kitchener Rangers, where he recorded 74 points in 59 games during the 2015–16 season and 27 points in 19 playoff games in 2018. However, injuries and inconsistent playing time limited his NHL impact. Over parts of three seasons with Ottawa, he played in 28 games, scoring one goal and eight points.
A trade to St. Louis in 2021 gave him a fresh start, and he scored in his Blues debut, but he again split time between the NHL and AHL. A one-year contract with Tampa Bay in 2023 was derailed by an undisclosed injury that kept him out for the entire season. After a professional tryout, he signed with Tampa Bay's AHL affiliate and later with the Kings organization. Brown's career reflects the challenges faced by first-round picks who do not immediately translate junior success into NHL consistency, and his path through multiple organizations underscores the uncertainty of professional hockey careers.
Career statistics and honours
Medals
- Bronze 2016 IIHF World U18 Championships
- Bronze 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2014–15 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 56 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015–16 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 59 | 21 | 53 | 74 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016–17 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 35 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017–18 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 15 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017–18 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 17 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 6 |
| 2017–18 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018–19 | Belleville Senators | AHL | 56 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018–19 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019–20 | Belleville Senators | AHL | 25 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019–20 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 23 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21 | Belleville Senators | AHL | 13 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | Springfield Thunderbirds | AHL | 19 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 39 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | Springfield Thunderbirds | AHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024–25 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 33 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025–26 | Ontario Reign | AHL | 31 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| NHL totals | 99 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Canada Red | U17 | 6th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 2016 | United States | U18 | Bronze | 7 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 |
| 2018 | United States | WJC | Bronze | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Junior totals | 15 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | |||
Tables copied from the source article, totals included as the source gives them: Wikipedia: Logan Brown (CC BY-SA 4.0). Wide tables scroll sideways.
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- He played for Team USA at the 2016 IIHF World U18 Championships after previously playing for Canada at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge.
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