Brett Brochu

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Brett Brochu (born September 9, 2002) is a professional ice hockey player who plays for the London Knights.[1]

Early life[]

Brett Brochu was born in Windsor, Ontario on September 9, 2002,[2] and spent his youth playing hockey.[3]

Professional career[]

Brochu's Ontario Hockey League career record is 48-11-1, where he plays for the London Knights.[4] In 2020 he was awarded the F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy.[5] During the 2020–21 season, when the OHL season was postponed due to COVID-19, Brochu played for the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League.[6] He missed several games to netmind for Team Canada for the 2022 World Junior Hockey Championships, which were cancelled part way through.[7]

International career[]

He was recruited as a goaltender for roster of the Canadian national team during the World Junior Hockey Championships in 2021.[8] After winning the starting job for the national team over two other netminders, he made twenty saves against twenty-two shots in his debut game, as Canada won 11–2 over Team Austria.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tilbury native named OHL Goalie of the Month". November 17, 2021 – via Toronto Star.
  2. ^ "Brett Brochu Stats and News". NHL.com.
  3. ^ "Brett Brochu looking to prove scouts wrong with Canada at world juniors". montrealgazette.
  4. ^ Ellis, Steven. "Brett Brochu's Unlikely Road to Canada's World Junior Team". The Hockey News.
  5. ^ "Brochu Wins OHL's Dinty Moore Trophy". March 19, 2020.
  6. ^ "Knights goaltender Brett Brochu back in the net intent on being even better - London | Globalnews.ca". 980 CFPL.
  7. ^ "Brett Brochu reflects on longshot rise to Canada's world junior team". lfpress.
  8. ^ "Passed over in NHL draft twice, Brochu finally gets his moment in the spotlight" – via www.tsn.ca.
  9. ^ "Solid start for Brochu at World Juniors". December 29, 2021.
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