Aaron Broten

Aaron Kent Broten (born November 14, 1960) is an American former professional ice hockey player. Drafted in the sixth round, 106th overall in the 1980 NHL entry draft by the Colorado Rockies, Broten went on to play 748 regular season games in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Career Broten was born in Roseau, Minnesota. He is the brother of former NHL players Neal Broten and Paul Broten. Broten's nephew, Shane Gersich, was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 2014 NHL entry draft.

During his twelve-year career, Broten played for six different NHL teams, including both parts of the Colorado Rockies/New Jersey Devils franchise, the Minnesota North Stars, the Quebec Nordiques, the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Winnipeg Jets.

In international hockey, Broten played for the United States national team at the 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986 and 1987 Ice Hockey World Championships as well as the 1984 Canada Cup and 1987 Canada Cup tournaments. Broten retired from professional hockey in 1992, but briefly came out of retirement in 1999 to once again play for the US national team in the 1999 Ice Hockey World Championship qualifying tournament (the U.S. team featuring several NHL players had surprisingly finished among the bottom four in the previous 1998 world championship tournament) when no active NHL players were available.

Broten was chosen to be inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame as part of the 2007 class.

Awards and honors Award Year All-WCHA First Team 1980–81 AHCA West All-American 1980–81 All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1981

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1976–77 Roseau High School HS-MN 20 12 24 36 — — — — — — 1977–78 Roseau High School HS-MN 20 50 52 102 — — — — — — 1978–79 Roseau High School HS-MN 20 43 88 131 — — — — — — 1979–80 University of Minnesota WCHA 41 25 47 72 8 — — — — — 1980–81 University of MinnesotaWCHA 45 47 59 106 24 — — — — — 1980–81 Colorado Rockies NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1981–82 Fort Worth Texans CHL 19 15 21 36 11 — — — — — 1981–82 Colorado Rockies NHL 58 15 24 39 6 — — — — — 1982–83 Wichita Wind CHL 4 0 4 4 0 — — — — — 1982–83 New Jersey Devils NHL 73 16 39 55 28 — — — — — 1983–84 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 13 23 36 36 — — — — — 1984–85 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 22 35 57 38 — — — — — 1985–86 New Jersey Devils NHL 66 18 25 43 26 — — — — — 1986–87 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 26 53 79 36 — — — — — 1987–88 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 26 57 83 80 20 5 11 16 20 1988–89 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 16 43 59 81 — — — — — 1989–90 New Jersey Devils NHL 42 10 8 18 36 — — — — — 1989–90 Minnesota North Stars NHL 35 9 9 18 22 7 0 5 5 8 1990–91 Quebec Nordiques NHL 20 5 4 9 6 — — — — — 1990–91 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 27 6 4 10 32 — — — — — 1991–92 Winnipeg Jets NHL 25 4 5 9 14 7 2 2 4 12 1991–92 Moncton Hawks AHL 4 0 2 2 0 — — — — — NHL totals 748 186 329 515 441 34 7 18 25 40

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1979 United States WJC 5 4 3 7 0 1981 United States WC 8 2 2 4 0 1982 United States WC 7 2 2 4 8 1984 United States CC 5 0 4 4 4 1985 United States WC 10 0 1 1 8 1986 United States WC 10 2 6 8 14 1987 United States WC 10 5 6 11 6 1987 United States CC 5 0 2 2 2 1998 United States WC Q 3 0 0 0 0 Junior totals 5 4 3 7 0 Senior totals 55 11 23 34 42