Signed by the
Montreal Canadiens organization at age 16, Brisson came up through the minor hockey ranks in
St. Boniface, Manitoba to star with the
St. Boniface Canadiens in the
Manitoba Junior Hockey League, and later another Montreal Canadiens farm team, the
Peterborough TPT's of the
Ontario Junior Hockey Association, where he led the team in scoring with 51 points in 52 games. He started his professional hockey career in 1958 in the
Western Hockey League (WHL), playing for the
Winnipeg Warriors where he was one of the league's top rookies, earning 83 points in his first season, and compiling 91 goals and 103 assists in 3 full seasons with the Warriors. He next played for the WHL
Spokane Comets for two seasons, matching his best season with another 83 points and earning a call-up to the Montreal Canadiens where he played four games in the 1962-63 season, earning two
assists. He made his
National Hockey League (NHL) debut in the
Montreal Forum against the
Boston Bruins. He then went on to play in the WHL for the
San Francisco Seals where he won a WHL Championship (1963–64), the
Seattle Totems, and again with the San Francisco Seals. He had a short stint in the
American Hockey League (AHL) with the
Quebec Aces and led the
MSHL St. Boniface Mohawks to an MSHL championship (1968–69) as a
player-coach. Brisson was selected to numerous WHL All-Star Teams during his career. ==Coaching career==