Richie Broadbelt

Richard Brooks "Richie" Broadbelt is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender who was an All-American for St. Lawrence.

The next season St. Lawrence joined with 27 other teams in forming ECAC Hockey and Broadbelt, one of the top goaltenders in the nation, led the team to the inaugural 1962 ECAC Tournament Championship. The win gave St. Lawrence another opportunity to win a championship, but the team reverted to form and lost both games to finish fourth in the tournament. Despite the last-place finish, Broadbelt was named as the best goaltender in the championship. For his final season, Broadbelt continued to improve and was named as both an All-American and First Team All-ECAC while setting program records for both goals against average and save percentage. St. Lawrence finished fourth in the conference but they could not improve their standing in the ECAC Tournament and lost the consolation game.

After graduating, Broadbelt spent a year with the Canadian national team but was not selected for the Olympic team. After retiring as a player, Broadbelt coached briefly, appearing as an assistant for Penn in 1970. Broadbelt was inducted into the St. Lawrence Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.

Statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1960–61 St. Lawrence Tri-State League 12 — — — 720 47 1 3.92 .868 — — — — — — — — 1961–62 St. Lawrence ECAC Hockey 22 — — — 1350 64 2 2.84 .909 — — — — — — — — 1962–63 St. Lawrence ECAC Hockey 26 — — — 1525 62 4 2.44 .925 — — — — — — — — NCAA totals 60 42 16 2 3595 173 7 2.96 .908 — — — — — — — —

Awards and honors Award Year All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 1961–62 ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Second Team 1962 NCAA All-Tournament First Team 1962 All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1962–63