What is Brett Skinner?
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Brett.skinner.jpg | image_size = 230px | team = [[Amur Khabarovsk]] | prospect_team = | prospect_league = | former_teams = [[New York Islanders]] | league = [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]] | position = [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]] | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 200 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|6|28|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Brandon, Manitoba|Brandon]], [[Manitoba|MB]], [[Canada|CAN]] | draft = 68th overall | draft_year = 2002 | draft_team = [[Vancouver Canucks]] | career_start = 2005 | career_end = 2017 }} '''Brett Skinner''' (born June 28, 1983 in [[Brandon, Manitoba|Brandon]], [[Manitoba]]) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[professional]] [[ice hockey]] [[defenceman (ice hockey)|defenceman]] currently playing in the [[Russia]]n [[Kontinental Hockey League]] with [[Amur Khabarovsk]]. ==Playing career== Skinner was drafted by the [[Vancouver Canucks]] 68th overall in the 3rd round of the [[2002 NHL Entry Draft]]. Brett was a member of the [[Trail Smoke Eaters]] in the [[British Columbia Hockey League|BCHL]] in 2000–01, the [[Des Moines Buccaneers]] in the [[United States Hockey League|USHL]] in 2001–02, and then the [[University of Denver]] from 2002–2005. As a Denver Pioneer, he was a member of two [[NCAA]] national championship winning teams, was named an All-American in 2004–05. He was named team captain for what would have been his senior year at Denver (2005–06) but signed his first professional contract with the Canucks on August 30, 2005, and made his pro debut with affiliate, the [[Manitoba Moose]] of the AHL, in the [[2005-06 AHL season|2005–06]] season. At the trade deadline, Skinner was traded by the Canucks, along with a 2nd round pick to the [[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] for [[Keith Carney]] and Juha Alen on March 9, 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2361754|title=Mighty Ducks trade Carney, acquire Friesen, O'Donnell | publisher =[[ESPN]]| date =