A defensive force for 15 seasons, Brooks Orpik’s career began in Pittsburgh when the Penguins selected him with the 18th pick in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. There’s only two NHL clubs he’s ever known and that second club was the Pens biggest rival in the Washington Capitals.
Orpik spent 10-full seasons in the Steel City where he appeared in 703 total games and registered 132 points (13 goals, 119 assists). When Orpik was 29 years of age, Orpik anchored a strong defense that led the Penguins to the Stanley Cup in 2009.
He spent four more seasons in Western, Pennsylvania before he signed a five year deal with the Capitals as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014.