Kenneth Broderick

Kenneth Broderick
Date of birth	February 16, 1942
place of birth	Toronto , Ontario , Canada
date of death	March 13, 2016
Place of death	Niagara Falls , Ontario , Canada
size	178 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Right
Career stations
1958-1961	Toronto Marlboros
1961	St. Paul Saints
1961–1962	Brampton 7-up
1962-1963	UCB Thunderbirds
1963-1965	Team Canada
1965-1966	Vancouver Canucks
1967-1968	Winnipeg Nationals
1968-1970	Phoenix Roadrunners
1969-1970	Iowa Stars Minnesota North Stars
1970-1971	Oakville Oaks
1971-1974	San Diego Gulls
1973-1975	Boston Bruins
1973-1974	Boston Braves
1974-1976	Rochester Americans
1976-1988	Edmonton Oilers
1977-1988	Québec Nordiques

Kenneth "Ken" Lorne Broderick (born February 16, 1942 in Toronto , Ontario , † March 13, 2016 in Niagara Falls , Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper . During his career he played for the Minnesota North Stars and the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League and for the Edmonton Oilers and the Québec Nordiques in the World Hockey Association . At the 1966 World Cup and the 1968 Winter Olympics , he won the bronze medal with the Canadian national team . His older brother Len Broderick also played in the NHL.

Career

Ken Broderick began his career with the Toronto Marlboros in the city of his birth. After three years, he left the team from the junior league of the Ontario Hockey Association and briefly joined the St. Paul Saints from the International Hockey League , where he contributed a little to winning the 1961 Turner Cup with three appearances . He then played for Brampton 7-up in the MTJHL and the University of British Columbia team , the UCB Thunderbirds , with whom he reached the 1963 University Cup final, but lost to the McMaster Marauders . In 1965/66 he played for the Vancouver Canucks , which were then still playing in the Western Hockey League .

After stints at the Winnipeg Nationals and the Phoenix Roadrunners , he moved to the Iowa Stars in the Central Hockey League in 1969 . The stars at the time were the farm team of the Minnesota North Stars , for whom he came to his first seven NHL appearances in the 1969/70 season . After he played in the following three years again in the lower class with the Oakville Oaks and the San Diego Gulls , he took another attempt in the NHL in 1973 and completed a total of 20 games for the Boston Bruins in the following two years , with whom he won the East in 1974 Division of the NHL won. In the 1975/76 season he was then only on the ice with the Bruins farm team, the Rochester Americans , in the American Hockey League . He then moved to the then NHL competition World Hockey Association , where he let his career end with the Edmonton Oilers and the Québec Nordiques .

International

Broderick joined Father David Bauer's project in 1963 to set up a team for the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck . This team spent the entire 1963/64 season together, trained together and completed test matches. Despite these intensive preparations, it was only fourth in Austria. In the following two years he took part with the Canadian national team at the World Championships in 1965 and also in 1966 , when he won the bronze medal with the maple leaves. The Canadians also won the bronze medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble , to which Broderick, as the best goalkeeper and member of the All-Star team, made a significant contribution. Outstanding was his shutout in the 3-0 win against the fourth-placed Swedes .

Achievements and Awards

• 1963 Turner Cup won with the St. Paul Saints
• 1966 bronze medal at the world championship
• 1968 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
• 1968 All-Star Team and best goalkeeper at the Winter Olympics

Web links

• Kenneth Broderick at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Kenneth Broderick at hockeygoalies.org
• “Broderick passes away” at www.iihf.com, accessed on March 19, 2016.