Brad Maxwell

Bradley Robert Maxwell (July 8, 1957 – September 3, 2023) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player renowned as a playmaking defenceman. He featured in the 1981 Stanley Cup Finals with the Minnesota North Stars.

After having won the Memorial Cup in 1977 as a member of the New Westminster Bruins, Maxwell was selected seventh overall in the 1977 NHL amateur draft by the Minnesota North Stars. He stayed with the North Stars throughout the early 1980s, recording 73 points in 78 games in his best season with the club in 1983–84. At the end of his career he bounced around between teams, spending short amounts of time with the Quebec Nordiques, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks and New York Rangers, and ultimately retired in 1987.

Maxwell claimed that his last trade, from the Rangers back to the North Stars, happened because Rangers general manager Phil Esposito lost a card game to North Stars general manager Lou Nanne.

Following his retirement from professional hockey, Maxwell launched Brad Maxwell Cabinets & Construction in Minnesota. Maxwell also organized and played with members of the North Stars alumni for charity games, including coordinating the North Stars alumni group for the 2016 NHL Stadium Series, which included a game in which Chicago Blackhawks alumni played against a team comprising alumni from both the North Stars and the Minnesota Wild.

Maxwell died of lung cancer on September 3, 2023, at the age of 66.

• WCHL Second All-Star Team – 1976, 1977