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Ice Hockey
Begins his second season with the Irish in 2009-10 ... joined the roster full-time as a sophomore after Brad Phillips went down in the preseason with a knee injury ... served as team's third goaltender ... has worked hard the past two seasons to continue to improve all aspects of his game ... got started at Notre Dame as a freshman in 2007-08, working as the team's fourth goaltender in practice ... played 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 Ryan Thang (Edina), fellow junior Ryan Guentzel (Woodbury) and freshman Nick Larson (Apple Valley) ... 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 `09 ... 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 three Dean's List semesters (fall of `07, spring of `08 and fall of `08) ... owns a 3.8 grade-point average at Notre Dame. AS A SOPHOMORE: Did not play in any games in 2009-10. 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. ... double major in finance and economics in the Mendoza College of Business. Brooke's Career Statistics
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