Connie Broden

Thomas Connell Broden (April 6, 1932 – November 23, 2013) was a Canadian ice hockey forward. Broden is the only player to have won the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Championships and the Stanley Cup in the same year.

Playing career Broden played his entire National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens; it consisted of six regular-season games and seven playoff games. Overall, he scored two goals and recorded one assist in NHL play. He made his NHL debut in 1956 and retired following the 1958 season. He won two Stanley Cups with Montreal in 1957 and 1958.

Playing for Canada's Whitby Dunlops, Broden won the IIHF's Oslo tournament in scoring with 12 goals and 7 assists in 7 games, scoring at least one goal in every game of the World Championship. Canada beat the Soviet Union national ice hockey team 4 – 2 to take the gold in the championship.

Post-playing career After retiring from hockey Broden worked as a senior executive at Molson Breweries for 32 years. He died on November 23, 2013, at a Toronto hospital.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1949–50 Montreal Royals QSHL 36 7 19 26 14 3 0 1 1 0 1950–51 Montreal Royals QSHL 29 15 12 27 15 — — — — — 1950–51 Montreal Junior Royals QJHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1951–52 Montreal Junior Canadiens QJHL 39 16 24 40 18 10 5 2 7 8 1952–53 Cincinnati Mohawks IHL 57 29 38 67 39 9 4 3 7 8 1953–54 Cincinnati Mohawks IHL 59 32 37 69 34 11 3 2 5 14 1954–55 Shawinigan Falls Cataractes QSHL 62 27 35 62 25 13 5 7 12 15 1955–56 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1955–56 Shawinigan Falls Cataractes QSHL 61 17 40 57 45 11 2 8 10 8 1956–57 Montreal Canadiens NHL — — — — — 6 0 1 1 0 1956–57 Shawinigan Falls Cataracts QSHL 68 20 29 49 32 — — — — — 1957–58 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1957–58 Whitby Dunlops OHA Sr 7 5 9 14 0 — — — — — 1958–59 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens OHA Sr 26 11 12 23 40 7 0 4 4 20 QSHL totals 256 86 135 121 131 27 7 16 23 23 NHL totals 6 2 1 3 2 7 0 1 1 0

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1958 Canada WC 7 11 7 18 6 Senior totals 7 11 7 18 6