Todd Brost
Todd Anthony Brost ( born September 23 1967 in Calgary, Alberta ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach.
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Career
Todd Brost began his career as a hockey player with the Penticton Knights, where he was active from 1983 to 1985 in the Canadian Junior Football League British Columbia Hockey League. He then studied for four years at the University of Michigan, for their hockey team he played parallel to his studies in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. From 1989 to 1992 he took part in the Olympic preparation with Team Canada. Following the Winter Games in 1992 he gave for the EV train from the Swiss National League A towards the end of the 1991/92 season his debut in professional hockey, but came for the team just to a single application. In the season 1992 /93 Center for the Salt Lake Golden Eagles appeared in the International Hockey League, in which he in 82 games a total of 22 points scorer, five goals scored. During the 1993/94 season he again took part with Team Canada at the Olympics preparation, but received no place for the final Olympic squad. Most recently, he played in the 1994/95 season for Huntington Blizzard in the ECHL, before he ended his career at the age of 27 years. In addition to his hockey career, he ran in the 1994 season for the Phoenix Cobars in professional inline hockey league Roller Hockey International.
From 1996 to 2000 Brost worked as head coach for the El Paso Buzzards of the Western Professional Hockey League. With the team he won the President's Cup, the championship of the WPHL in the seasons 1996/97 and 1997 /98. In the 1996/97 season he was also named coach of the year the WPHL. In the following two years, he retired with the Texans from each in the first playoff round. From 2000 to 2005 he was responsible also as head coach of the Elmira Jackals of the United Hockey League. Towards the end of the season 2004/ 05, the Canadian was in Elmira replaced by his compatriot Dave Schultz.
Internationally
For Canada Brost attended the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville in part, in which he won the silver medal with his team.