Brett Brochu
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|09|09}}
| birth_place = Belle River, Ontario, Canada
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 176
| position = Goaltender
| catches = Left
| team = ERC Ingolstadt
| league = DEL
| former_teams = WBS Penguins
Manitoba Moose
Bakersfield Condors
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 2021
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Brett Brochu (born September 9, 2002) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Early life
Brett Brochu was born in Belle River, Ontario on September 9, 2002,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/brett-brochu-8482588|title=Brett Brochu Stats and News|website=NHL.com}} and spent his youth playing hockey. He also went to Saint-Ambroise for elementary school.{{Cite web|url=https://edmontonsun.com/sports/hockey/brett-brochu-looking-to-prove-scouts-wrong-with-canada-at-world-juniors|title=Brett Brochu looking to prove scouts wrong with Canada at world juniors|website=montrealgazette}}
Playing career
Brochu played for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League.{{Cite web|url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/brett-brochus-unlikely-road-to-canadas-world-junior-team|title=Brett Brochu's Unlikely Road to Canada's World Junior Team|first=Steven|last=Ellis|website=The Hockey News}} In 2020 he was awarded the F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cksn.ca/2020/03/brochu-wins-ohls-dinty-moore-trophy/|title=Brochu Wins OHL's Dinty Moore Trophy|date=March 19, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/11/17/tilbury-native-named-ohl-goalie-of-the-month.html|title=Tilbury native named OHL Goalie of the Month|date=November 17, 2021|via=Toronto Star}}
During the 2020–21 season, when the OHL season was postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Brochu played for the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League.{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8369254/knights-goaltender-brett-brochu-back-in-the-net-intent-on-being-even-better/|title=Knights goaltender Brett Brochu back in the net intent on being even better - London | Globalnews.ca|website=980 CFPL}}
Entering the 2023–24 season, Brochu signed with the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL.{{cite web |last1=Cohn |first1=Justin A. |title=Patience, hard work pays off for rookie Komets goalie Brett Brochu, who's 4-2-1 with a .936 save percentage |url=https://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/komets/patience-hard-work-pays-off-for-rookie-komets-goalie-brett-brochu-whos-4-2-1/article_ef7d8d3e-9ea1-11ee-a7ab-53fd754fb1b9.html |website=The Journal Gazette |access-date=December 30, 2023 |date=December 20, 2023}} He made 20 appearances with the Komets, collecting 7 wins and posting a .920 save percentage, he was loaned to the AHL on two separate occasions to the Cleveland Monsters and Manitoba Moose, featuring with the Moose in relief during 1 game.
As a free agent, Brochu secured a one-year AHL contract with the Bakersfield Condors, affiliate to the Edmonton Oilers, on August 1, 2024.{{citeweb| url = https://www.bakersfieldcondors.com/news/condors-sign-four-to-ahl-deals-2/ | title = Condors sign four to AHL deals | publisher = Bakersfield Condors | date = August 1, 2024 | accessdate = August 1, 2024 }}
International play
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{{MedalSport|Ice hockey}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Canada|}}
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Brochu played for Team Canada at the 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/hockey-canada/video/passed-over-in-nhl-draft-twice-brochu-finally-gets-his-moment-in-the-spotlight~2349893|title=Passed over in NHL draft twice, Brochu finally gets his moment in the spotlight|via=www.tsn.ca}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://blackburnnews.com/chatham/chatham-news/2021/12/29/solid-start-brochu-world-juniors/|title=Solid start for Brochu at World Juniors|date=December 29, 2021}} The tournament was cancelled during the group stage on December 29, 2021 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but Brochu returned to the Canadian team when a replacement tournament was held in August 2022.{{cite web|title=Canada defeats Finland in OT thriller for gold at world juniors in Edmonton|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/2022-world-juniors-medal-roundup-august-20-1.6557445|last=Sandor|first=Steven|website=CBC Sports|access-date=August 22, 2022|date=August 20, 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats|hockeydb=227903}}
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Category:Bakersfield Condors players
Category:Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Fort Wayne Komets players
Category:London Knights players
Category:Manitoba Moose players
Category:Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players