(left) Brett Skinner has been on a long winding road since leaving DU in 2005The Colorado Avalanche have signed defenseman Brett Skinner yesterday. Skinner, a former standout at the University of Denver has spent most of his professional hockey career bouncing around the AHL.
Twenty-six-year-old Skinner made his NHL debut during the 2008-09 season, appearing in 11 games for the New York Islanders. The Brandon, Manitoba, native spent most of the season in the American Hockey League, totaling 35 points in 61 combined games with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers and Chicago Wolves.
Skinner played three seasons at the University of Denver, where he was a member of the school's back-to-back national championship teams in 2004 and 2005. He was slated to be Captain of DU's 2005-06 team when he signed a contract with the Vancouver Canucks and assigned to Manitoba in the AHL. Within a few months he was shockingly traded to the Anaheim Ducks organization and his fast track to the NHL was derailed.
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