Brian Brooke Class: Sophomore Hometown: Eden Prairie, MN High School: Eden Prairie Height / Weight: 6-0 / 170 Position: Goaltender Birthdate: 10/12/1988 Last Team: Eden Prairie

Joins the Notre Dame hockey roster in 2008-09 after spending his freshman year as the team's fourth goaltender ... hard-working goaltender who continues to develop his all-around game in goal ... came to Notre Dame after playing his high school hockey at Eden Prairie High School in Eden Prairie, Minn. ... one of four Minnesota natives on the Notre Dame hockey roster joining senior Garrett Regan (Hastings), junior Ryan Thang (Edina) and sophomore Ryan Guentzel (Woodbury) ... joins Jon Maruk `02 as the second Eden Prairie hockey player to play at Notre Dame ... becomes the 89th player from the state of Minnesota to play at Notre Dame ... seventh Irish hockey player all-time to have a father who played in the National Hockey League, joining Brett Henning `01, Jon Maruk `02, Connor Dunlop `03, Neil Komadoski `04, Yan Stastny and Christian Hanson ... his father, Bob Brooke, was an All-American at Yale and played seven seasons in the NHL with the Rangers, Minnesota and New Jersey ... outstanding student who has recorded Dean's List semesters (fall of `07 and spring of `08) in each of his first two semesters at Notre Dame with a 3.8 grade-point average.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Eden Prairie High School in Eden Prairie, Minn. ... two-sport athlete at Eden Prairie, winning two letters in hockey and three in tennis ... team captain of both teams as a senior ... played doubles in tennis helping school to conference championships as a junior and a senior and a sectional and state runner-up as a junior ... in hockey, helped Eden Prairie to the Lake Conference championship in 2006-07 ... served as team captain as a senior and was 16-8-2 with a 2.15 goals-against average and a .907 save percentage ... two-time all-conference selection in hockey ... as a junior was 13-2-3 with a 1.92 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage ... full name is Brian William Brooke ... son of Bob and Helen Brooke ... has one brother and one sister ... his father played hockey at Yale where he was an All-American in 1982-83 ... also was a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic team and played seven seasons in the NHL for the New York Rangers, Minnesota and New Jersey ... born on October 12, 1988 in Minneapolis, Minn. ... finance major in the Mendoza College of Business.