Background and career
Brent Seabrook (born April 20, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played fifteen seasons for the Chicago Blackhawks from 2005 to 2020. Chicago had selected him in the first round, 14th overall, in the 2003 NHL entry draft out of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He played four seasons of junior with the Lethbridge Hurricanes before joining the Blackhawks in 2005–06, becoming a key component in their success including three Stanley Cup championships. Internationally, he played for the Canadian national team and won gold medals at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships, 2005 World Junior Championships and 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. After his playing career, he joined the Calgary Flames' player development staff in 2025.
Growing up in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Seabrook played minor hockey with the South Delta Minor Hockey Association. He also played spring hockey with the Pacific Vipers, along with three future Chicago Blackhawks teammates, Colin Fraser, Troy Brouwer and Andrew Ladd. He went on to play major junior in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Lethbridge Hurricanes, who drafted him in the first round of the 2000 WHL Bantam Draft. Seabrook played with future Chicago Blackhawks teammate Kris Versteeg for three seasons in Lethbridge. After a 42-point season in 2002–03 with the Hurricanes, Seabrook was drafted 14th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2003 NHL entry draft.
Seabrook made his professional debut after completing his fourth and final WHL season, being assigned to the Norfolk Admirals, the Blackhawks' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, for the final three games of the regular season and six post-season games. Seabrook cracked the Blackhawks' line-up his first year out of junior in 2005–06 and recorded five goals and 32 points as a rookie. In his third NHL season, in 2007–08, Seabrook matched his rookie total with 32 points while tallying a personal-best nine goals. He began the season on the top-defensive pairing with Duncan Keith. The following season, Seabrook became an integral part of a young and rejuvenated Blackhawks team that made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in seven years the following season in 2009. He scored 11 points in 17 post-season games as the Blackhawks made it to the Western Conference Finals, where they were defeated by the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings.
On October 12, 2009, Seabrook scored the overtime winning goal in a 6–5 win over the Calgary Flames on Flames' goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff as the Blackhawks (who initially had a 5–0 goal deficit) recorded the biggest comeback in franchise history. On March 17, 2010, Seabrook was knocked out by a high hit from James Wisniewski, a former teammate. Seabrook missed the next two games, while Wisniewski was ultimately suspended for eight games. On June 9, the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in six games after defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 in overtime in game six.
On February 27, 2011, the Blackhawks signed Seabrook to a five-year, $29 million contract extension. On May 29, 2013, Seabrook scored the game seven overtime winner against Jimmy Howard of the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference Semi-finals, erasing a 3–1 series deficit and advancing Chicago to the Western Conference Final. In the third round, Seabrook and the Blackhawks would defeat the defending Stanley Cup champion and fifth seeded Los Angeles Kings in five games to advance to the 2013 Stanley Cup Final. During the Finals, on June 19, Seabrook scored the overtime winner against the Boston Bruins on Bruins’ goaltender Tuukka Rask in game four of the series. This goal resulted in Seabrook being referred to as “Mr. Overtime” by his peers. Seabrook and the Blackhawks would eventually beat the fourth seeded Bruins in six games giving Seabrook his second Stanley Cup. During the first round of the 2014 playoffs, Seabrook delivered a high-hit to St. Louis Blues forward David Backes. Backes was forced to leave the game and Seabrook was assessed a match penalty. The Department of Player Safety reviewed the hit and suspended Seabrook for three games.
On September 17, 2015, the Blackhawks named Seabrook as an alternate captain after longtime teammate and alternate captain Patrick Sharp was traded to the Dallas Stars earlier in the 2015 off-season. On September 26, the Blackhawks signed Seabrook to an eight-year, $55 million contract extension. Seabrook would have a career year during the 2015–16 season having recorded 14 goals and 35 assists for 49 points in 81 games along with a goal and an assist for two points in all seven games in the Blackhawks first round exit in seven games in the 2016 playoffs. The 14 goals and 49 points in the regular season were career highs.
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
