Eric Charles Brewer is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. He is an NHL All-Star and Olympic gold medalist. He began his career as a distinguished junior ice hockey player, named to the Western Hockey League West Second All-Star Team and the Western Conference roster for the 1998 WHL All-Star Game. Drafted in the first round, fifth overall by the New York Islanders in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, Brewer has spent parts of his fifteen-year NHL career with the Islanders, the Edmonton Oilers, and the St. Louis Blues, the later of which he captained for two years. He has also suited up for the Prince George Cougars of the WHL and the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League. In 1999, Brewer was selected for the Prince George Cougars' all-time team in a Canadian Hockey League promotion. Brewer has represented Canada at eight International Ice Hockey Federation-sanctioned events, winning three Ice Hockey World Championships gold medals and one World Cup of Hockey gold medal. He won his Olympic gold medal during the 2002 Winter Olympics. 

April 17th, 1979 in Vernon (Age 40)