| Birth Date: | September 14, 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Duncan, British Columbia, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 185 |
| Position: | Left wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Played For: | Minnesota North Stars Boston Bruins EHC Chur Lukko EHC Lustenau BSC Preussen |
| Draft: | 16th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1980 |
| Draft Team: | Minnesota North Stars |
| Career Start: | 1980 |
| Career End: | 1992 |
Brad Donald Palmer (born September 14, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Minnesota North Stars and Boston Bruins between 1980 and 1983, and then spent several seasons in Europe before retiring in 1992.
Palmer was born in Duncan, British Columbia and raised in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia. As a youth, he played in the 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Lake Cowichan.[1] He was selected by the Minnesota North Stars with the 16th pick in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. He played two seasons with the North Stars and then played one year with the Boston Bruins.
His son, Jack Palmer, played in the Western Hockey League with the Brandon Wheat Kings and the Victoria Royals.[2]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1977–78 | Kelowna Buckaroos | BCHL | 46 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Victoria Cougars | WHL | 69 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 53 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 1979–80 | Victoria Cougars | WHL | 72 | 45 | 49 | 94 | 61 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 6 | ||
| 1980–81 | Victoria Cougars | WHL | 44 | 34 | 53 | 87 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 23 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 1981–82 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 72 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1982–83 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 73 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1983–84 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 62 | 25 | 32 | 57 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | EHC Chur | NDA | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Lukko | SM-l | 31 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Lukko | SM-l | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | EHC Lustenau | AUT | 32 | 26 | 24 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | EHC Lustenau | AUT | 16 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | EC Bad Nauheim | GER-2 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | BSC Preussen | GER | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 168 | 32 | 38 | 70 | 58 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 16 | ||||