{{short description|Canadian Mohawk ice hockey player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox ice hockey biography | image = Brooke Stacey.jpg | caption = Stacey with the Montreal Force in 2022 | image_size = | alt = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|6|28}} | birth_place = Kahnawake, Québec, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = | position = Forward | shoots = Left | league = PWHL | team = Montreal Victoire | former_teams = Buffalo Beauts<br>Linköping HC<br>Maine Black Bears | played_for = <!-- Teams a retired player played for --> | sex = f | ntl_team = <!-- Senior national team only --> | career_start = 2014 | career_end = }} '''Brooke Stacey''' (born June 26, 1996) is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently on reserve with the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She is ''Kanien’kehá:ka'' (commonly known by the exonym 'Mohawk') and grew up in Kahnawake, a First Nations reserve on the St. Lawrence River in southern Québec.<ref>{{Cite web|last=D'Arcangelo|first=Lyndsey|date=2019-12-17|title='We want to grow women's hockey, right now': Two NWHL players, and best friends, are living in the moment|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1467300/2019/12/17/we-want-to-grow-womens-hockey-right-now-two-nwhl-players-and-best-friends-are-living-in-the-moment/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320145425/https://theathletic.com/1467300/2019/12/17/we-want-to-grow-womens-hockey-right-now-two-nwhl-players-and-best-friends-are-living-in-the-moment/ |archive-date=March 20, 2020 |access-date=2020-12-11|website=The Athletic}}</ref>
== Playing career == Stacey signed with Linköping HC Dam in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) for the 2018–19 postseason, after being invited by the club's general manager, Kim Martin Hasson.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Monkman|first=Lenard|date=2019-03-08|title=Meet 10 Indigenous women who are following their passions in 2019|language=en-US|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indigenous-women-iwd-profiles-1.5047343|access-date=2020-12-11}}</ref> She would score one goal in two regular season games, before playing in all twelve playoff games, as the club lost in the finals to Luleå HF/MSSK.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Karlsson|first=Måns|date=2019-01-30|title=Har stora skadeproblem – nu plockar SDHL-laget in kanadensiska|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2019/01/30/har-stora-skadeproblem-nu-plockar-sdhl-laget-kanadensiska|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203205254/http://www.hockeysverige.se:80/2019/01/30/har-stora-skadeproblem-nu-plockar-sdhl-laget-kanadensiska/ |archive-date=February 3, 2019 |access-date=2020-12-11|website=HockeySverige|language=sv}}</ref>
Stacey signed with the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) for the 2019–20 NWHL season.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Oliver|first=Nathaniel|date=2019-06-21|title=Beauts Bolster Offense With Brooke Stacey Signing|url=https://thehockeywriters.com/buffalo-beauts-brooke-stacey-signed/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105032006/https://thehockeywriters.com/buffalo-beauts-brooke-stacey-signed/ |archive-date=November 5, 2019 |access-date=2020-12-11|website=The Hockey Writers|language=en-US}}</ref> She would score in each of her first five games and recorded eight goals and eight assists in the first 14 games of the season, before announcing that she was pregnant and stepping away from hockey for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Murphy|first=Mike|date=2019-10-24|title=Behind the Glass: Brooke Stacey is on fire|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2019/10/24/20924312/behind-the-glass-brooke-stacey-is-on-fire-nwhl-sdhl-zhhl-pwhpa-womens-hockey-stats|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029135547/https://www.theicegarden.com/2019/10/24/20924312/behind-the-glass-brooke-stacey-is-on-fire-nwhl-sdhl-zhhl-pwhpa-womens-hockey-stats |archive-date=October 29, 2019 |access-date=2020-12-11|website=The Ice Garden}}</ref> She was invited to play in the 2020 NWHL All-Star Game prior to the announcement and, despite being unable to play, was able to participate as a passer in the Accuracy Shooting competition and was introduced with Team Packer at the All-Star Game. Her place in the All-Star game was filled by her best friend, Metropolitan Riveters forward Cailey Hutchison.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-02-04|title=Brooke Stacey to Make Final Appearances of Season at NWHL All-Star Weekend|url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/brooke-stacey-to-make-final-appearances-of-season-at-nwhl-all-star-weekend/n-5595826|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411090043/https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/brooke-stacey-to-make-final-appearances-of-season-at-nwhl-all-star-weekend/n-5595826 |archive-date=April 11, 2020 |access-date=2020-12-11|website=OurSports Central}}</ref>
In December 2020, she announced that she had re-signed with the Beauts for the 2020-21 season, stating that she wanted "to be a role model for new moms, showing that it is possible to compete at the highest level even after a couple of months postpartum."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gullickson|first=Eric|date=2020-12-16|title=Former UMaine women's hockey player Stacey re-signs with NWHL Buffalo|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/former-umaine-womens-hockey-player-stacey-re-signs-with-nwhl-buffalo/ar-BB1bZzuk|access-date=2020-12-22|website=MSN}}</ref>
== International play == Stacey represented Canada at the 2014 IIHF U18 World Championship, winning a gold medal.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Graif|first=Paul|date=2017-01-06|title=Stacey's Team Canada undefeated in world tourney|url=https://www.easterndoor.com/2017/01/06/staceys-team-canada-undefeated-in-world-tourney/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113151030/http://www.easterndoor.com/2017/01/06/staceys-team-canada-undefeated-in-world-tourney/ |archive-date=January 13, 2018 |access-date=2020-12-11|website=The Eastern Door}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Canada Roster: #18 - Brooke Stacey - F|url=https://stats.hockeycanada.ca/roster_players/4520789|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403235930/http://stats.hockeycanada.ca:80/roster_players/4520789 |archive-date=April 3, 2014 |access-date=2020-12-11|website=Hockey Canada}}</ref>
== Awards and honours == * Finalist, 2021 NWHL Denna Laing Award<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://goblackbears.com/news/2021/4/27/womens-ice-hockey-jackson-and-stacey-announced-as-finalist-for-nwhl-season-awards.aspx|title=Jackson and Stacey Announced as Finalist for NWHL Season Awards|website=goblackbears.com|date=2021-04-27|access-date=2021-04-30|language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Stacey is the daughter of Tina McComber and Sean Stacey. She has two brothers, Dylan and Tye, and a younger sister, Savannah.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2017-18 Women's Ice Hockey Roster: #3 Brooke Stacey|url=https://goblackbears.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/brooke-stacey/3954|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411091606/https://goblackbears.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/brooke-stacey/3954 |archive-date=April 11, 2020 |access-date=2020-12-11|website=University of Maine Athletics|language=en}}</ref>
Outside of hockey, Stacey studied sociology at the University of Maine.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lindblad|first=Emma|date=2018-01-29|title=Brooke Stacey continues to be a force for women's hockey|url=https://mainecampus.com/2018/01/brooke-stacey-continues-to-be-a-force-for-womens-hockey/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129105922/https://mainecampus.com/2018/01/brooke-stacey-continues-to-be-a-force-for-womens-hockey/ |archive-date=January 29, 2018 |access-date=2020-12-11|website=The Maine Campus}}</ref> She has expressed an interest in working towards a career in criminal investigation with specific interest in the area of missing and murdered Indigenous women.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ninham|first=Dan|date=2019-10-30|title=Brooke Stacey (Mohawk): National Women's Hockey League Recent Player Of The Week|url=https://www.ndnsports.com/brooke-stacey-mohawk-national-womens-hockey-league-recent-player-of-the-week/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102111415/http://www.ndnsports.com:80/brooke-stacey-mohawk-national-womens-hockey-league-recent-player-of-the-week/ |archive-date=November 2, 2019 |access-date=2020-12-11|website=NDN Sports|language=en-US}}</ref>
In February 2020, Stacey and her partner, Dylan Smith, announced they were expecting their first child<ref name=":0" /> and she gave birth in the summer of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-12-16|title=Motivated "To Be a Role Model for New Moms," Brooke Stacey Rejoins Buffalo for Lake Placid Season|url=http://www.nwhl.zone/news/role-model-for-new-moms-brooke-stacey|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216153115/https://www.nwhl.zone/news/role-model-for-new-moms-brooke-stacey |archive-date=December 16, 2020 |access-date=2021-01-27|website=NWHL.zone|type=Press release}}</ref>
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