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United StatesUnited States  Neal loaves Ice hockey player
Date of birth November 29, 1959
place of birth Roseau , Minnesota , USA
size 170 cm
Weight 84 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1979 , 2nd round, 42nd position
Minnesota North Stars
Career stations
1978-1979 University of Minnesota
1979-1980 USA hockey
1980-1981 University of Minnesota
1981-1993 Minnesota North Stars
1993-1995 Dallas Stars
1995-1996 New Jersey Devils
1996-1997 Los Angeles Kings
1997 Dallas Stars

Neal LaMoy Broten (born November 29, 1959 in Roseau , Minnesota ) is a retired American ice hockey player who played in the course of his active career between 1978 and 1997, among other things, 1234 games for the Minnesota North Stars , Dallas Stars , New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . Broten celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the national team of the United States by winning the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid  - the so-called " Miracle on Ice " . He also won the Stanley Cup in 1995 with the New Jersey Devils and was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000 for his services to ice hockey in the United States .

Career

Broten played for the University of Minnesota during his junior years . His trainer there was Herb Brooks . In the 1979 NHL Entry Draft , the Minnesota North Stars selected him in the second round as 42nd. Brooks took over the US national team and Breads followed him. So he spent the 1979/80 season preparing for the Olympic Games. He had made the right decision, because the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid ended with the “ Miracle on Ice ” and the surprising gold medal for the US team.

Neal Broten (2nd from right) with his wife at the premiere of the documentary " Pond Hockey "

For the following season he went back to the University of Minnesota and was able to achieve numerous honors there with the swing of the Olympic victory. At the end of the 1980/81 season he moved to the North Stars and reached the finals of the Stanley Cup with them . Here they lost to the New York Islanders in which Ken Morrow , who played with breads at the Olympics, won his second Stanley Cup in a row.

The rookie season was not until the 1981/82 season , in which Broten set a franchise record that is still valid today with 98 points as a newcomer. In the next four years he was three times the best scorer of the stars and in the 1985/86 season exceeded the 100 point mark with 105 points as the first player born in the United States. He represented his country at the Canada Cup during this period in 1981 and 1984 . In the late 1980s he played with his one year younger brother Aaron .

As a result of difficulties in contract negotiations, he began the 1991/92 season in Berlin at BSC Preussen , for which he played eight games in which he made three goals and five assists. He then returned to Minnesota. In 1993 he and the team moved to Dallas. The six years younger brother Paul was also part of the team. Over the years he had developed from a scorer to a playmaker who played an important role for his team on and off the ice, but no longer achieved the high number of goals and assists. During the 1994/95 season , the Dallas Stars gave him to the New Jersey Devils for Corey Millen .

With the Devils he managed to win the Stanley Cup in 1995 . With 19 points in 20 playoff games, he also had a corresponding share in this success. After another year and a half, he moved to the Los Angeles Kings in November 1996 . After he was used several times in the farm team at the Phoenix Roadrunners in the International Hockey League , the stars brought him back for 20 games in the regular season and two in the playoffs.

In 2000 he was honored with induction into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

International

Team records

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1978/79 University of Minnesota NCAA 40 21st 50 71 18th
1979/80 USA hockey International 55 25th 30th 55 20th
1980/81 University of Minnesota NCAA 36 17th 54 71 56
1980/81 Minnesota North Stars NHL 3 2 0 2 12 19th 1 7th 8th 9
1981/82 Minnesota North Stars NHL 73 38 60 98 42 4th 0 2 2 0
1982/83 Minnesota North Stars NHL 79 32 45 77 43 9 1 6th 7th 10
1983/84 Minnesota North Stars NHL 76 28 61 89 43 16 5 5 10 4th
1984/85 Minnesota North Stars NHL 80 19th 37 56 39 9 2 5 7th 10
1985/86 Minnesota North Stars NHL 80 29 76 105 47 5 3 2 5 2
1986/87 Minnesota North Stars NHL 46 18th 35 53 33 - - - - -
1987/88 Minnesota North Stars NHL 54 9 30th 39 32 - - - - -
1988/89 Minnesota North Stars NHL 68 18th 38 56 57 5 2 2 4th 4th
1989/90 Minnesota North Stars NHL 80 23 62 85 45 7th 2 2 4th 18th
1990/91 Minnesota North Stars NHL 79 13 56 69 26th 23 9 13 22nd 6th
1991/92 BSC Prussia Bundesliga 8th 3 5 8th 2 - - - - -
1991/92 Minnesota North Stars NHL 76 8th 26th 34 16 7th 1 5 6th 2
1992/93 Minnesota North Stars NHL 82 12 21st 33 22nd - - - - -
1993/94 Dallas Stars NHL 79 17th 35 52 62 9 2 1 3 6th
1994/95 Dallas Stars NHL 17th 0 4th 4th 4th - - - - -
1994/95 New Jersey Devils NHL 30th 8th 20th 28 20th 20th 7th 12 19th 6th
1995/96 New Jersey Devils NHL 55 7th 16 23 14th - - - - -
1996/97 New Jersey Devils NHL 3 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1996/97 Los Angeles Kings NHL 19th 0 4th 4th 0 - - - - -
1996/97 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 11 3 3 6th 4th - - - - -
1996/97 Dallas Stars NHL 20th 8th 7th 15th 12 2 0 1 1 0
NCAA overall 76 38 104 142 74
NHL overall 1099 289 634 923 569 135 35 63 98 77

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1979 United States June World Cup 6th place 5 2 4th 6th 10
1980 United States Olympia 1st place, gold 7th 2 1 3 2
1981 United States Canada Cup 4th Place 6th 3 2 5 0
1984 United States Canada Cup 4th Place 6th 3 1 4th 4th
1990 United States WM 5th place 8th 1 5 6th 4th
1998 United States World Cup qual 1st place 3 3 3 6th 2
Juniors overall 5 2 4th 6th 10
Men overall 30th 12 12 24 12

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

family

His brothers Aaron and Paul were also professional ice hockey players and both played in the NHL as well. In addition, his nephew Shane Gersich made it into the highest league in North America.

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personal data
SURNAME Bread, Neal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Breads, Neal LaMoy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Roseau , Minnesota