Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Brendl ya kasance babban tauraron dan wasa tare da Calgary Hitmen na Yammacin Hockey League, ya lashe lambobin yabo da yawa kuma ya sanya tawagar tauraruwa ta gasar tunawa ta 1999. Wannan ya sa aka zaba shi a matsayin na hudu a cikin jerin sunayen 'yan wasa a gasar.
1999 NHL Entry Draft da New York Rangers suka yi. Koyaya, baiwa ta Brendl ba ta taɓa fassara zuwa tauraro a matakin NHL ba, inda ya sami maki 22 kawai a cikin wasanni 78 tare da Philadelphia Flyers, Carolina Hurricanes, da Phoenix Coyotes.