Brendan Brooks

{{short description|Canadian-British ice hockey player (born 1978)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image_size = 230px

| caption =

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| image = Brendan Brooks.jpg

| played_for = Lowell Lock Monsters
Manchester Monarchs
Worcester IceCats
Peoria Rivermen (ECHL)
Peoria Rivermen (AHL)
Grand Rapids Griffins
Manitoba Moose
Stavanger Oilers
SCL Tigers
Hamburg Freezers
Iserlohn Roosters
Bakersfield Condors
Fife Flyers
Braehead Clan
Sheffield Steelers
Manchester Storm

| ntl_team = GBR

| position = Centre/Right Wing

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 185

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|11|26|mf=y}}

| birth_place = St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

| career_start = 1998

| career_end = 2019

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Brendan Brooks (born November 26, 1978) is a retired Canadian-British professional ice hockey player who last played with Manchester Storm.

He previously played in the UK for the Sheffield Steelers, Fife Flyers and Braehead Clan.{{Cite web|url=https://sheffieldsteelers.co.uk/steelers-sign-brendan-brooks/|title=Steelers Sign Brendan Brooks|access-date=2018-09-21|archive-date=2018-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922173929/https://sheffieldsteelers.co.uk/steelers-sign-brendan-brooks/|url-status=dead}}

He was also formerly a player/assistant coach to head coach John Tripp at Braehead Clan.

Brooks had rejoined Braehead in June 2017 from the Fife Flyers after playing one season, having dressed for Braehead during 2015–16.{{Cite web |url=http://www.braeheadclan.com/news/3575/signed-brooks-back-with-clan-as-player-assistant-coach.html#.WTgEWOvyvIU |title=SIGNED: Brooks back with Clan as player assistant coach | Braehead Clan | Official Website |access-date=2017-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831042959/http://www.braeheadclan.com/news/3575/signed-brooks-back-with-clan-as-player-assistant-coach.html#.WTgEWOvyvIU |archive-date=2017-08-31 |url-status=dead }}

Brooks previously played for Stavanger Oilers in the Norwegian GET-ligaen, but the club was no longer able to finance Brooks' contract and the SCL Tigers in the Swiss National League A. He has formerly played several seasons in AHL. He is known for his speed and goal scoring capability.{{cite web | url = http://www.sportzdomain.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=27406 | title = Brendan Brooke bio | publisher = sportzdomain.com | date = 2011-03-04 | accessdate = 2011-03-04 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Brooks has also played internationally for Great Britain.