Education
Saint Mark"s School.
Saint Mark"s School.
He currently coaches hockey at his alma mater Boston College as an Associate Head Coach alongside legendary Jerry New York Greg Brown was drafted in the second round, 26th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1986 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Brown played his prep hockey career at Saint Mark"s School in Massachusetts before moving on to Boston College, where he played from 1986–1990 and amassed 120 points in 119 games.
Brown skipped his sophomore season at British Columbia to play for the American national men"s hockey team and in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, where he totaled four points in six games for the seventh place United States team
He was also named 1990 Athlete of the Year by United States of America Hockey. Brown moved into the professional ranks for the 1990/91 season, splitting time between the Sabres and their AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans and scoring 26 points in 80 combined games.
The 39 games played in Buffalo that season represented a career high, as he would play in only 55 more National Hockey League games over the next three seasons. Brown left the Americans during the 1992 season to again represent United States of America Hockey at the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
Brown appeared in seven games for the United States team, which finished a surprising fourth after losing to Czechoslovakia in the Bronze Medal game.
Following the 1992-1993 season, Brown was released by the Sabres and signed with the San Diego Gulls of the IHL and later with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Brown scored a career-high 11 points in 36 games for the Penguins during the 1993/94 season. Brown was traded to the Winnipeg Jets during the following season, where he appeared in his final nine National Hockey League contests.
With the exception of two brief stints with United States of America Hockey, Brown spent the final six seasons of his pro career in Europe, retiring after the 2002/03 season.
His stops in Europe included games with Rogle Angelholm and Leksands IF in the Swedish Elite League, Feldkirch VEU of the Austrian National League, the Kloten Flyers of Nationalliga A in Switzerland, and EV Landshut and the Kölner Haie of Germany"s Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Following his playing career, Brown returned to Boston College, where he was named as an Assistant Coach on the Men"s Hockey team for the 2004/05 season.