Neil Lamoy Broten ( born Neal LaMoy Broten , born November 29, 1959 ) is an American hockey player . In 1980, as part of the national team, he won gold medals in a hockey tournament at the Lake Placid Olympic Games . In the NHL, Brotin played for the Minnesota North Stars , the Dallas Stars , the New Jersey Devils and the Los Angeles Kings and played 1099 games, becoming the Stanley Cup holder for the Devils in 1995.
 Neil Lama Broughtin | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Center forward | |||||||||||||
| Growth | 175 cm | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg | |||||||||||||
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| Citizenship |  USA | |||||||||||||
| Born | November 29, 1959 (59 years old) | |||||||||||||
| NHL draft | In 1979 , he was selected in the 2nd round under the overall 42nd number by the Minnesota North Stars team | |||||||||||||
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Biography
Neil attended high school in his hometown of Roseau , Minnesota . His brothers Aaron and Paul attended the same school, who also became professional hockey players and played hundreds of matches in the NHL [1] . Neil was the leader of the Roseau Rams school team [2] .
In his first season 1978-1979 at the WCHA student team (WCHA, Western Student Hockey Association) Minnesota Golden Gofers, Brotin made 50 assists and was recognized as the newcomer to the WCHA year, and his team won the championship. In the final of the hockey tournament of the National University Sports Association against the team of the University of North Dakota, Brothen noted an abandoned puck and assist [2] . Hoffers coach Herb Brooks was appointed coach of the US Olympic team , made up of student league players, one of whom was Brotin. This team sensationally won the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid , and a 4–3 victory over the unconditional favorite of the USSR national team went down in history as a “ miracle on ice ”.
In 1981, Brotin was the first to just receive the prize for the best student league player Hobie Baker Award . At the end of the 1980-1981 season, he made his debut in the NHL as part of the Minnesota North Stars and then played in the Stanley Cup finals, which Minnesota lost. As part of Minnesota and, after moving the franchise to Dallas in 1993, Dallas Stars Brotin spent 13 full seasons (as well as two incomplete), including the lost Stanley Cup finals in 1991. In the 1985-1986 season, Brotin scored 105 points (29 goals and 76 assists) and became the first American to reach 100 points per season. In 1983 and 1986, he participated in the NHL All-Star Game .
During the 1994-1995 season, Brotin was traded to the New Jersey Devils . Together with the Devils, he won the Stanley Cup in 1995, beating the Detroit Red Wings in four matches in the final. In the fourth game (5: 2 in favor of the Devils), Brotin scored twice, including scoring a winning puck. He became the second Olympic champion in 1980 after Ken Morrow to win the Stanley Cup [3] . In total, in the playoffs of 1995, the attacker scored 7 goals and scored 19 points [4] .
In the middle of the 1996-1997 season , the Devils exchanged Brothen for the Los Angeles Kings , and in the same season the Kings put the hockey player on the rejection draft , from where he was taken by the Dallas. At the end of the season, Brotin ended his hockey career. At that time, he was the franchise record holder for a number of indicators, including the number of games, goals, assists and seasons spent [2] . In the fall of 1998, Brotin briefly returned to duty to help the US team go through the qualifying tournament for the 1999 World Cup , through which the team had to make it because of a disastrous performance at the 1998 championship and which the current hockey players who spent the season in the NHL did not go to [ 1] [5] .
In 1998, the Dallas Stars retired from circulation number 7, under which Brotin spoke for the team. In the same year, Brotin was awarded the Leicester Patrick Trophy for his services in the development of hockey in the USA. In 2000, he was inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame.
Performance Statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | AND | G | P | ABOUT | Shtr | AND | G | P | ABOUT | Shtr | ||
| 1978–79 | University of Minnesota | VKHA | 40 | 21 | 50 | 71 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1979–80 | USA team | 55 | 25 | thirty | 55 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1980–81 | University of Minnesota | VKHA | 36 | 17 | 54 | 71 | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1980–81 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | nineteen | one | 7 | eight | 9 | ||
| 1981–82 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 73 | 38 | 60 | 98 | 42 | four | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1982–83 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 79 | 32 | 45 | 77 | 43 | 9 | one | 6 | 7 | ten | ||
| 1983–84 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 76 | 28 | 61 | 89 | 43 | sixteen | five | five | ten | four | ||
| 1984–85 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 80 | nineteen | 37 | 56 | 39 | 9 | 2 | five | 7 | ten | ||
| 1985–86 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 80 | 29th | 76 | 105 | 47 | five | 3 | 2 | five | 2 | ||
| 1986–87 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 46 | 18 | 35 | 53 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1987–88 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 54 | 9 | thirty | 39 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1988–89 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 68 | 18 | 38 | 56 | 57 | five | 2 | 2 | four | four | ||
| 1989–90 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 80 | 23 | 62 | 85 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 2 | four | 18 | ||
| 1990–91 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 79 | 13 | 56 | 69 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 6 | ||
| 1991–92 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 76 | eight | 26 | 34 | sixteen | 7 | one | five | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1992–93 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 82 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1993–94 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 79 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 62 | 9 | 2 | one | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1994–95 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 17 | 0 | four | four | four | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994–95 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | thirty | eight | 20 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 12 | nineteen | 6 | ||
| 1995–96 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 55 | 7 | sixteen | 23 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1996–97 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 3 | 0 | one | one | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1996–97 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | nineteen | 0 | four | four | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1996–97 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 20 | eight | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | one | one | 0 | ||
| Total in the NHL | 1099 | 289 | 634 | 923 | 569 | 135 | 35 | 63 | 98 | 77 | ||||
See also
- List of NHL hockey players who played 1000 or more matches
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Myers, J. Broten to the Core // USA Hockey Magazine. - 2007. - No. 9 . - ISSN 1551-6741 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Neal Broten . United States Hockey Hall of Fame. Date of appeal September 17, 2013.
- ↑ Hochberg, L. Devils Get Their Due, Sweep Stanley Cup Finals . Washington Post (June 25, 1995). Date of appeal September 17, 2013.
- ↑ McGourty, J. Party poopers . nhl.com (2004). Date of appeal September 17, 2013. (unavailable link)
- ↑ McGourty, J. Former Olympics stars on rescue mission for US hockey . Associated Press . The Augusta Chronicle (November 3, 1998). Date of appeal September 17, 2013.
Links
- Neil Brotin - profile on the NHL website