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Brent Ashton was born on May 18, 1960 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the second round, #26 overall in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft. During his NHL career, Ashton played for 9 different teams and the forward played in 998 games, scoring 284 goals, 345 assists for 629 points while racking up 635 penalty minutes.

During his career, Brent Ashton played for the following NHL teams:
Vancouver Canucks, Colorado Rockies, New Jersey Devils, Minnesota North Stars, Quebec Nordiques, Detroit Red Wings, Winnipeg Jets, Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames.

1981-Jul-15 Traded from Vancouver Canucks with Round 4 pick in the 1982 draft (Tom Martin) to Winnipeg Jets for compensation for signing Ivan Hlinka

1981-Jul-15 Traded from Winnipeg Jets with Round 3 pick in the 1982 draft (Dave Kasper) to Colorado Rockies for Lucien DeBlois

1983-Oct-02 Traded from New-Jersey Devils to Minnesota North Stars for Dave Lewis

1984-Dec-14 Traded from Minnesota North Stars with Brad Maxwell to Quebec Nordiques for Bo Berglund and Tony McKegney

1987-Jan-17 Traded from Quebec Nordiques with Gilbert Delorme and Mark Kumpel to Detroit Red Wings for Basil McRae and John Ogrodnick and Doug Shedden

1988-Jun-13 Traded from Detroit Red Wings to Winnipeg Jets for Paul MacLean

1991-Oct-29 Traded from Winnipeg Jets to Boston Bruins for Petri Skriko