Aaron Broten

Aaron breads ( born November 14, 1960 in Roseau, Minnesota ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player who in his playing days from 1979 to 1992 among others for the Colorado Rockies, New Jersey Devils, Minnesota North Stars, Nordiques de Québec, Toronto Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Jets played in the National Hockey League.

Career

Aaron breads began his career as a hockey player in the team of the University of Minnesota, where he was active in the National Collegiate Athletic Association from 1979 to 1981. With his university team, he won in the 1980/81 season the championship of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. For him personally, the time at the University of Minnesota has been very successful. He was initially 1980 Freshman of the Year, the best beginner who WCHA, and elected in 1981 in the ALl -Star team, and the All- Tournament team in the NCAA. Even at the end of the 1980/81 season gave the Center its debut in the National Hockey League for the Colorado Rockies, who had chosen him already in the NHL Entry Draft in 1980 in the sixth round as the 106th overall player.

After the Colorado Rockies were following his rookie year, the 1981/82 season, relocated, remained breads in their succession Team New Jersey Devils, for which he was a regular in the following seven and a half years and with whom he only in the 1987/88 season playoff semi-finals for the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins failed. On January 5, 1990, he was finally discharged Stars in exchange for Bob Brooke at the Minnesota North. For the North Stars, he scored to end of season nine goals in 42 games and had 14 assists. Subsequently, he was obliged in the NHL Waiver Draft by the Nordiques de Québec. For the team from Quebec City, he played only 20 games before he shortly after the season starts within Canada on November 17, 1990 together with Lucien DeBlois and Michel Petit in exchange for Scott Pearson and one second-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft in 1991 and 1992 to the Toronto Maple Leafs have been made.

For the 1991/92 season signed a contract breads as a free agent with the Winnipeg Jets, for whom he scored 13 points scorer in 32 games. In parallel, he ran for their farm team, the Moncton Hawks in four games in the American Hockey League. Following this season of the American finished his career at the age of 31 years.

Internationally

For the U.S., breads participated in the junior level at the U20 World Youth Championship in 1979. In the senior level, he stood in his country's squad at the World Championships in 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986 and 1987, and 1984 and 1987 at the Canada Cup.

Awards and achievements

NHL stats

Family

His brothers Neal and Paul were also professional hockey players and both also played in the NHL.