Bob Brooke

Robert Wesley Brooke (born December 18, 1960) is an American former professional ice hockey forward who played 447 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars, and New Jersey Devils between 1984 and 1990. Internationally Brooke played for the American national team at several tournaments, including the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1984 and 1987 Canada Cups, as well as three World Championships.

Playing career Brooke was the first of the "AB Pros," the handful of NHL players that grew up through the Acton-Boxborough youth hockey program of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s (Tom Barrasso, Ted Crowley, Bob Sweeney, Ian Moran, and Jeff Norton). He graduated from Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in 1979. After graduation, Brooke played for the Yale University men's ice hockey team graduating in 1983. He played international hockey as a member of the United States national team at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. He also played baseball for Yale alongside future New York Mets' pitcher Ron Darling.

In the NHL, he played for the New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars and New Jersey Devils. After joining the NHL, he also played for US team in the 1984 Canada Cup, 1985 and 1987 Ice Hockey World Championships as well as the 1987 Canada Cup.

After his playing career, he went to Harvard Business School for his MBA.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1978–79 Acton-Boxborough Regional High School HS-MA — — — — — — — — — — 1979–80 Yale University ECAC 24 7 22 29 38 — — — — — 1980–81 Yale University ECAC 27 12 30 42 59 — — — — — 1981–82 Yale University ECAC 25 12 30 42 60 — — — — — 1982–83 Yale University ECAC 25 10 30 40 48 — — — — — 1983–84 United States National Team Intl 54 7 18 25 75 — — — — — 1983–84 New York Rangers NHL 9 1 2 3 4 5 0 0 0 7 1984–85 New York Rangers NHL 72 7 9 16 79 3 0 0 0 8 1985–86 New York Rangers NHL 79 24 20 44 111 16 6 9 15 28 1986–87 New York Rangers NHL 15 3 5 8 20 — — — — — 1986–87 Minnesota North Stars NHL 65 10 18 28 78 — — — — — 1987–88 Minnesota North Stars NHL 77 5 20 25 108 — — — — — 1988–89 Minnesota North Stars NHL 57 7 9 16 57 5 3 0 3 2 1989–90 Minnesota North Stars NHL 38 4 4 8 33 — — — — — 1989–90 New Jersey Devils NHL 35 8 10 18 30 5 0 0 0 14 NHL totals 447 69 97 166 520 34 9 9 18 59

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1980 United States WJC 5 3 2 5 8 1983 United States WC B 7 4 4 8 — 1984 United States OG 6 1 1 2 10 1984 United States CC 5 0 1 1 4 1985 United States WC 10 0 1 1 14 1987 United States WC 10 2 1 3 10 1987 United States CC 5 1 0 1 4 Senior totals 43 8 8 16 —

Awards and honors Award Year All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1982–83 AHCA East All-American 1982–83