BIOGRAPHY
Josh Brown was born January 21, 1994 in London, Ontario, Canada. He is a defender in the National Hockey League.
Selected by the Panthers in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, Brown was later signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with Florida on April 10, 2015. In his first professional season, Brown split the 2015–16 season, between the Panthers affiliate's with the Portland Pirates of the AHL and the Manchester Monarchs of the ECHL. He appeared in 54 games with the Monarchs, totaling 12 points, and appearing in a first-round playoff series. In his first full campaign in the AHL, Brown spent the 2016–17 season with the Panthers new affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds. In the Thunderbirds' inaugural season, he notched a career best 3 goals and 13 points from the blueline in 72 games. As an impending restricted free agent, Brown agreed to a two-year, two-way contract extension to remain within the Panthers organization on May 31, 2018. In the 2018–19 season, Brown returned to the Thunderbirds for his third year with the club. After adding 3 goals in 19 games, Brown received his first call-up to the NHL by the Panthers on January 18, 2019. Brown made his NHL debut in a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida, on January 19, 2019. In his first full season with the Panthers in 2019–20, Brown appeared in a career high 56 games posting three goals and 8 points. In need of a new contract Brown was traded in the following off-season by the Panthers to the Ottawa Senators on October 2, 2020. As a restricted free agent, Brown was then signed a two-year, $2.4 million contract with the Senators on October 5 On March 21, 2022, Brown was traded by the Senators 2020 to the Boston Bruins. On July 13, 2022, having left the Bruins as a free agent, Brown was signed to a two-year, $2.55 million contract with the Arizona Coyotes.
