# Brett Brochu

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{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = 2025-09-14 Dresdner Eislöwen gegen ERC Ingolstadt (Deutsche Eishockey-Liga 2025-26) by Sandro Halank–036.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Brochu in 2025
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|09|09}}
| birth_place = [Belle River](/source/Belle_River%2C_Ontario), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 176
| position = [Goaltender](/source/Goaltender_(ice_hockey))
| catches = Left
| team = [ERC Ingolstadt](/source/ERC_Ingolstadt)
| league = [DEL](/source/Deutsche_Eishockey_Liga)
| former_teams = [WBS Penguins](/source/Wilkes-Barre%2FScranton_Penguins)<br>[Manitoba Moose](/source/Manitoba_Moose)<br>[Bakersfield Condors](/source/Bakersfield_Condors)
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 2021
| career_end =
}}

'''Brett Brochu''' (born September 9, 2002) is a Canadian professional [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) [goaltender](/source/Goaltender_(ice_hockey)) for [ERC Ingolstadt](/source/ERC_Ingolstadt) of the [Deutsche Eishockey Liga](/source/Deutsche_Eishockey_Liga) (DEL).

==Early life==
Brett Brochu was born in [Belle River, Ontario](/source/Belle_River%2C_Ontario) on September 9, 2002,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/brett-brochu-8482588|title=Brett Brochu Stats and News|website=NHL.com}}</ref> and spent his youth playing hockey. He also went to Saint-Ambroise for elementary school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edmontonsun.com/sports/hockey/brett-brochu-looking-to-prove-scouts-wrong-with-canada-at-world-juniors|title=Brett Brochu looking to prove scouts wrong with Canada at world juniors|website=montrealgazette}}</ref>

==Playing career==
Brochu played for the [London Knights](/source/London_Knights) of the [Ontario Hockey League](/source/Ontario_Hockey_League).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/brett-brochus-unlikely-road-to-canadas-world-junior-team|title=Brett Brochu's Unlikely Road to Canada's World Junior Team|first=Steven|last=Ellis|website=The Hockey News}}</ref> In 2020 he was awarded the [F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy](/source/F._W._%22Dinty%22_Moore_Trophy).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cksn.ca/2020/03/brochu-wins-ohls-dinty-moore-trophy/|title=Brochu Wins OHL's Dinty Moore Trophy|date=March 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/11/17/tilbury-native-named-ohl-goalie-of-the-month.html|title=Tilbury native named OHL Goalie of the Month|date=November 17, 2021|via=Toronto Star}}</ref>

During the [2020–21 season](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_AHL_season), when the OHL season was postponed due to the [Coronavirus pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_North_America), Brochu played for the [Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins](/source/Wilkes-Barre_Scranton_Penguins) of the [American Hockey League](/source/American_Hockey_League).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8369254/knights-goaltender-brett-brochu-back-in-the-net-intent-on-being-even-better/|title=Knights goaltender Brett Brochu back in the net intent on being even better - London &#124; Globalnews.ca|website=980 CFPL}}</ref>

Entering the [2023–24 season](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_ECHL_season), Brochu signed with the [Fort Wayne Komets](/source/Fort_Wayne_Komets) of the [ECHL](/source/ECHL).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cohn |first1=Justin A. |title=Patience, hard work pays off for rookie Komets goalie Brett Brochu, who's 4-2-1 with a .936 save percentage |url=https://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/komets/patience-hard-work-pays-off-for-rookie-komets-goalie-brett-brochu-whos-4-2-1/article_ef7d8d3e-9ea1-11ee-a7ab-53fd754fb1b9.html |website=The Journal Gazette |access-date=December 30, 2023 |date=December 20, 2023}}</ref> He made 20 appearances with the Komets, collecting 7 wins and posting a .920 save percentage, he was loaned to the AHL on two separate occasions to the [Cleveland Monsters](/source/Cleveland_Monsters) and [Manitoba Moose](/source/Manitoba_Moose), featuring with the Moose in relief during 1 game.

As a free agent, Brochu secured a one-year AHL contract with the Bakersfield Condors, affiliate to the [Edmonton Oilers](/source/Edmonton_Oilers), on August 1, 2024.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.bakersfieldcondors.com/news/condors-sign-four-to-ahl-deals-2/ | title = Condors sign four to AHL deals | publisher = [Bakersfield Condors](/source/Bakersfield_Condors) | date = August 1, 2024 | accessdate = August 1, 2024 }}</ref>

==International play==
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{{MedalCountry|{{ihj|CAN}}}}
{{MedalSport|[Ice hockey](/source/Ice_hockey)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Junior Championships](/source/IIHF_World_Junior_Championship)}}
{{MedalGold|[2022 Canada](/source/2022_World_Junior_Ice_Hockey_Championships)|}}
{{MedalBottom}}
Brochu played for [Team Canada](/source/Canada_men's_national_junior_ice_hockey_team) at the [2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships](/source/2022_World_Junior_Ice_Hockey_Championships).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/hockey-canada/video/passed-over-in-nhl-draft-twice-brochu-finally-gets-his-moment-in-the-spotlight~2349893|title=Passed over in NHL draft twice, Brochu finally gets his moment in the spotlight|via=www.tsn.ca}}</ref> After winning the starting job for the national team over two other netminders, he made twenty saves against twenty-two shots in his debut game, as Canada won 11–2 over Team Austria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blackburnnews.com/chatham/chatham-news/2021/12/29/solid-start-brochu-world-juniors/|title=Solid start for Brochu at World Juniors|date=December 29, 2021}}</ref> The tournament was cancelled during the group stage on December 29, 2021, due to the [Coronavirus pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_North_America), but Brochu returned to the Canadian team when a replacement tournament was held in August 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canada defeats Finland in OT thriller for gold at world juniors in Edmonton|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/2022-world-juniors-medal-roundup-august-20-1.6557445|last=Sandor|first=Steven|website=[CBC Sports](/source/CBC_Sports)|access-date=August 22, 2022|date=August 20, 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{icehockeystats|hockeydb=227903}}

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Category:2002 births
Category:Living people
Category:Bakersfield Condors players
Category:Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Fort Wayne Komets players
Category:London Knights players
Category:Manitoba Moose players
Category:Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players
Category:Ice hockey people from Windsor, Ontario
Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen
Category:ERC Ingolstadt players

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