Brian Michael Salcido (born April 14, 1985) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He was the 23rd California-born NHL hockey player and the first born and developed player from southern California to play for the Anaheim Ducks.
Playing career Salcido was born in Los Angeles, California. As a youth, he played in the 1999 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Los Angeles Junior Kings minor ice hockey team. He later moved to Minnesota to play for Shattuck-Saint Mary's high school, noted for its midget AAA hockey program. From 2003 until 2006, Salcido attended Colorado College and was a member of the varsity ice hockey squad. Salcido was drafted by the Ducks in the fifth round, 141st overall of the 2005 NHL entry draft.
On August 2, 2006, Salcido signed with Anaheim on a three-year entry-level contract, he was assigned to the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League. On February 20, 2009, he made his NHL debut with the Anaheim Ducks against the Detroit Red Wings. He signed a one-year contract with the Ducks on July 6, 2009.
On May 13, 2013 Salcido signed with HC Amur Khabarovsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. After 23 games with Khabarovsk and unable to attain a regular defensive role, Salcido returned to the Liiga with JYP Jyväskylä.
On July 24, 2014, Salcido transferred from JYP to return to SaiPa as a free agent on a one-year deal. In the 2014–15 season, Salcido enjoyed his best season in the Finnish Liiga, contributing with 12 goals and 35 points in 59 games from the blueline with SaiPa leading the league in scoring for a defenseman.
Salcido left Finland as a free agent at season's end, agreeing to a two-year contract with German club ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga on May 20, 2015. In the second year of his contract in the 2016–17 season, Salcido appeared in 52 games for 22 points before suffering a preliminary playoff loss to the Fischtown Pinguins to conclude his tenure with ERC.
Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2001–02 Shattuck–Saint Mary's 18U AA 47 19 34 53 73 — — — — — 2002–03 Shattuck–Saint Mary's MNHS 53 8 35 43 24 — — — — — 2003–04 Colorado College WCHA 12 1 0 1 8 — — — — — 2004–05 Colorado College WCHA 37 7 23 30 48 — — — — — 2005–06 Colorado College WCHA 42 8 32 40 69 — — — — — 2006–07 Portland Pirates AHL 76 7 20 27 80 — — — — — 2007–08 Portland Pirates AHL 71 11 42 53 58 18 0 6 6 18 2008–09 Iowa Chops AHL 76 10 33 43 108 — — — — — 2008–09 Anaheim Ducks NHL 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2009–10 Manitoba Moose AHL 68 8 10 18 50 5 0 1 1 6 2010–11 HC Sparta Praha ELH 23 2 1 3 38 — — — — — 2010–11 SaiPa SM-l 11 1 4 5 12 — — — — — 2011–12 SaiPa SM-l 51 5 23 28 81 — — — — — 2012–13 SaiPa SM-l 36 7 20 27 49 3 1 1 2 4 2013–14 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 23 1 4 5 67 — — — — — 2013–14 JYP Liiga 24 3 12 15 16 7 0 3 3 8 2014–15 SaiPa Liiga 59 12 23 35 48 7 0 3 3 0 2015–16 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 32 4 13 17 37 2 0 0 0 2 2016–17 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 52 3 19 22 32 2 0 1 1 0 2017–18 Tingsryds AIF Allsv 38 4 12 16 16 — — — — — AHL totals 291 36 105 141 296 23 0 7 7 24 NHL totals 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — — Liiga totals 181 28 82 110 206 17 1 7 8 12
Awards and honors Award Year College All-WCHA Second Team 2005–06 AHL Second All-Star Team 2007–08
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