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| 1980 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Bob Brooke
Selected in fourth round
No.
75 overall by St. Louis Blues
Born December
18, 1960
 | Position:
Center / Defense
Height: 6-2 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Yale (ECAC)
Birthplace: Melrose, Massachusetts (USA)
Hometown:
West Acton, Massachusetts |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1978-79 |
Acton-Boxboro | Mass. H.S. |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1979-80 |
Yale | ECAC |
24 | 7 |
22 | 29 |
38 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1980 (seventh place)
Ivy League All-Star Second Team: 1979-80 (Yale)
Yale Records:
Most points by a freshman in one game (5 vs. Dartmouth on Jan. 26, 1980), most
assists by a freshman in one game (5 vs. Dartmouth on Jan. 26, 1980)
Miscellaneous: Led Yale in assists and tied for points lead as a
freshman. ... Also played shortstop on Yale varsity baseball team, where one
of his teammates was future Major League Baseball pitcher Ron Darling. ... Was
three-time conference all-star in hockey and baseball at Acton-Boxborough High
School. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: March 9, 1984 (N.Y. Rangers at
Winnipeg)
Numbers: 13 (N.Y. Rangers); 13
(Minnesota); 10 (New Jersey)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Status: Retired September 7, 1990 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1984-1990 |
NYR, Minnesota, N.J. | 447 |
69 | 97 |
166 | 520 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1984-1990 |
NYR, Minnesota, N.J. | 34 |
9 | 9 |
18 | 59 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
N.Y. Rangers Playoffs Assists Leader: 1986
(9, tie)
Minnesota Playoffs Goals Leader: 1989 (3, tie)
Miscellaneous: Joined N.Y. Rangers for balance of 1983-84 season after
playing in 1984 Sarajevo Olympics. St. Louis had traded Brooke's rights to
N.Y. Rangers just days after Olympics ended. ... Became first former Yale
player to play in the NHL when he made his NHL debut on March 9, 1984. ...
Scored his first NHL goal on a 50-foot slap shot that beat Grant Fuhr during
N.Y. Rangers' March 10, 1984, game at Edmonton. ... Shifted from center to
right wing as a rookie with New York Rangers in 1983-84 and 1984-85. ...
Missed part of 1984-85 season with separated right shoulder, an injury
suffered when he was checked into the boards by Chris Kostopoulos during N.Y.
Rangers' Oct. 11, 1984, season-opener vs. Hartford. ... Played all three
forward positions as well as defense for N.Y. Rangers during 1984-85 season.
... Played on line with Ron Greschner and Pierre Larouche for N.Y. Rangers in
1985-86. ... Was only N.Y. Rangers player to score hat trick during 1985-86
season, a feat he achieved vs. Toronto on Nov. 20, 1985. ... Scored game-tying
goal with 2:35 left in regulation and scored winner at 2:40 of overtime as
N.Y. Rangers beat Washington 6-5 in Game 4 of 1986 Patrick Division finals on
April 23, 1986 in New York. The goal tied the series at 2-2, and the Rangers
went on to win the next two games. ... Missed part of 1987-88 season with
stiff neck, an injury suffered in January 1988. ... Played defense exclusively
for Minnesota during first half of 1987-88 season. ... Missed start of 1988-89
season with separated left shoulder, an injury suffered during Minnesota's
preseason schedule in September 1988. ... Missed part of 1988-89 season with
re-aggravation of left shoulder injury, suffered during Minnesota's Nov. 5,
1988, game vs. Chicago. ... Missed part of 1989-90 season with bruised right
foot, an injury suffered in March 1990. ... Traded by New Jersey to
Winnipeg in exchange for Laurie Boschman on Sept. 6, 1990, but refused to
report to Winnipeg, instead opting to retire. As compensation for Brooke's
retirement, Winnipeg received New Jersey's 1991 fifth-round pick (Yan Kaminsky). |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Yale (ECAC); Team USA
Olympics: 1984
(seventh place)
Canada Cup: 1984 (fourth place), 1987 (fifth place)
World Championships:
1983 (first place, Pool B) 1985 (fourth place), 1987 (seventh place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NCAA
East All-America First Team: 1982-83 (Yale)
ECAC All-Star First Team: 1982-83 (Yale)
Ivy League All-Star First Team: 1981-82, 1982-83 (Yale)
Ivy
League All-Star Second Team: 1980-81 (Yale)
Yale Mallory Award
(Senior Varsity Athlete of Year): 1982-83
Yale Murdoch Award (MVP): 1981-82, 1982-83
Acton-Boxborough
Colonial Club Hall of Fame: Inducted 1993
Yale Records: Most career assists (113), most assists by a sophomore
(30 in 1980-81), most assists by a junior (30 in 1981-82)
Education:
Majored in economics at Yale. Had a 3.50 GPA and earned an A for his senior
thesis on John Maynard Keynes. ... Earned an MBA Degree from Harvard Business
School in 1992.
Miscellaneous: Never played in minor leagues. ...
Was finalist for 1982-83 Hobey Baker Award. ... Played on gold-medal winners
at U.S. National Sports Festivals during summers of 1981, 1982 and 1983. ... Left Yale with
school record (since broken) for career points (155). ... Presented Ronald
Reagan with a trophy full of jelly beans when Reagan met with U.S. Olympic
hockey players at White House Rose Garden in September 1983. Brooke was chosen
as the team's representative to present the gift to Reagan. ... Played
all three forward positions as well as defense for 1984 U.S. Olympic team
during its 1983-84 pre-Olympic tour. ... Had an article published in a Sunday
edition of The New York Times in which he discussed his experiences as
a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic team. ... Worked as personnel director for
the E.B. Kingman Co. of Leominster, Mass., during summer of 1984. ... Worked
for Bear Stearns Wall Street firm during summer of 1986. ... Played on N.Y.
Rangers' off-season charity softball team. ... Worked in corporate finance
department of Bank of New England in Boston during summer of 1989. ...
Returned to the Boston area and went into banking after earning his MBA degree
at Harvard. He eventually went to work for First Boston Corporation.
Personal: Full
name is Robert William Brooke. ... Also known as Bobby Brooke during his
playing days. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: St. Louis traded Brooke and Larry
Patey to N.Y. Rangers in exchange for Dave Barr, 1984 third-round pick (Alan
Perry) and cash on March 5, 1984. |
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SNAPSHOT '80 | | Total Selected: |
210 | | Forwards: |
122 | | Defense: |
71 | | Goaltenders: |
17 | | Major Junior: |
138 | | Tier II Junior: |
7 | | College Players: |
42 | | High School: |
8 |
| Canadian: |
159 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
35 | | U.S.-Born: |
35 |
| European: |
13 |
| Reached NHL: |
132 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
24 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
17 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
19 |
| Picks Traded: |
25 |
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